Trump Watch Daily Political Updates

A Turkish court has again refused to free philanthropist Osman Kavala, upholding an October 13 decision, even though a binding European Court of Human...

A federal judge in Chicago has made permanent an injunction barring federal officials from pressuring Apple or Facebook to suppress two platforms that...

The DOJ memo is guidance, not a statute, and it says it does not alter agencies' existing legal obligations. The line it draws is between prioritizing...

The Sunday Times reports that Stuart Sterling has stepped back as chief executive of the Ethics and Integrity Commission, pending a civil service...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed legal criticism as an attack on American sovereignty. Speaking at the Federalist Society on November 13, he...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio downplayed Republicans' midterm losses, telling conservatives that those who see one defeat as the end of the republic...

The Trump administration's appeal now before the Supreme Court would curtail judges' long-standing ability to halt federal agency actions. It is the...

• Radar strike: Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it destroyed a U.S. early warning radar in Bahrain, calling it a response to an attack on a telecom...

The reporting covers two separate developments.

• Advocacy request: The Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide is seeking ICC arrest warrants for Trump...

The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber II has ordered the original Afghanistan investigation closed, and the prosecution says it has appealed.

• Closed: Judges...

The committee's core concern is hotel billing. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney said the rates "raise significant concerns" about self-dealing and "may...

The author argues that repealing Citizens United alone would not stop wealthy donors. Even under the earlier ruling, Elon Musk could still...

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Trump's asylum restrictions, a case that sets up a major legal test of his immigration policies. At...

The author argues that public distrust, which the earlier polling showed was deep and widespread, should drive Democratic opposition. The proposed...

ICC judges have formally closed the part of the Afghanistan investigation that examined alleged crimes by U.S. troops. The decision also closes a...

The White House's top lawyer warned Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, that using subpoenas to scare Trump's...

This week's losers show how the November election reshaped California's political landscape:

• Corrin Rankin will not seek another term as California...

The Court's decision to take up the case means the policy's long-term fate will be settled by the end of June, and it stays in effect in the...

• Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia's co-founder and CEO, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that does not absolve him, other executives, or the...

Trump told Hugh Hewitt his popularity may be higher than in 2024, then qualified it: it "would be higher, other than what happened at the midterms". The column reads this as last week's election facts slowly penetrating.