The Department of Justice has told legal service providers who receive federal funding to stop providing legal orientation to immigrants at immigration courts.

The department’s motion to drop the case was signed by Hayden O’Byrne, who was appointed as the “interim” U.S. Attorney in Miami on Monday at the same time as the firings. O’Byrne, a member of the conservative Federalist Society, was hired as a prosecutor by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2019.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

Walt Nauta, an aide to President Trump, and Carlos de Oliveira, former property manager at Mar-a-Lago, were charged alongside the president in 2023. They all pleaded not guilty.

The federal funding freeze, rescinded after a judge paused it, is the latest episode in the president’s attempts to extend his authority beyond the limits of the law

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to capital punishment.

Trump correctly criticized the Biden administration’s weaponization of government. He must now choose whether to allow the Democrats’ wrongful lawfare against him to naturally end.

President Donald Trump has appealed his hush money conviction, seeking to erase the verdict that made him the first person with a criminal record to win the office.

Kash Patel has been nominated by President Trump to lead the FBI, pending Senate confirmation. Patel, who has a controversial history with the FBI and CIA, has served in various roles including as Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense.

President Trump's nominee to be top US spy, Tulsi Gabbard, and pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, face tough Senate hearings.

One Harvard Law School professor was skeptical that the removal of the inspectors general was not legally allowed -- but he did point to other provisions of the Inspector General Act that would constrain Trump's ability to replace those inspectors general.