Trump Legal & Politics Tracker

Senator Cory Booker offers a front-row view of Republicans' collapsing effort to advance Todd Blanche's Attorney General nomination out of committee....

Trump is appealing Judge Kathleen Williams' order that accused him of filing a $10 billion IRS lawsuit to manipulate the court into endorsing a sham...

The suspicious timing stands out: just 90 minutes after Trump appealed a ruling nullifying the $1.776B anti-weaponization fund as a legitimate...

Trump's lawyers are pressing for an immediate ruling on shifting his state criminal appeal to federal court, warning they will soon "have no choice" but to bypass the judge. This move signals urgency to potentially alter the prosecution's trajectory.

The Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 that the Trump administration cannot deny bond hearings to migrants detained inside the U.S., breaking with 30 years of...

• Every local election for state or national office serves as a referendum on Donald Trump
• His popularity trajectory is falling, yet support remains...

Federal judges nationwide are openly questioning the Justice Department's honesty and ethics, eroding the long-standing "presumption of regularity"...

After the Supreme Court struck down his sweeping tariffs, Trump is pivoting to Section 301 authority.

• Critics label it dishonest, hunting obscure...

Trump seeks Supreme Court review to restart his dismissed lawsuit accusing Clinton and others of pushing Russia collusion claims to sabotage his 2016...

• Gov. Josh Shapiro has sued the Trump administration more than two dozen times over federal funding freezes and policy rollbacks.
• Cases involve...

Trump's lawyers will seek to force the BBC News chief to testify in the president's $10bn defamation suit, marking another direct legal push against major media leadership.

Trump and the DOJ have filed coordinated Supreme Court petitions to overturn the $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict, arguing...

Trump's first term faced an unprecedented wave of federal lawsuits.

• 134 suits hit in the first three months alone, compared to just 26 for Obama and...

Rivian’s lawsuit in the Court of International Trade seeks repayment of tariffs collected under Trump-era policies the Supreme Court later struck down...

A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's bid for New Jersey's unredacted voter files, marking the 18th straight loss for DOJ suits...

Trump's Supreme Court petition combines presidential immunity claims with a DOJ bid to shift liability.

• Immunity argument: Lawyers say statements...

• Accountability risk: Welker-Miller socializing at dinner weakens journalist oversight of officials
• Ballot order blocked: Court halts Trump's bid...

President Trump admitted his new tariffs are "doing the same thing" as those struck down by the Supreme Court, prompting a federal lawsuit that...

A split between appeals courts has created judicial chaos over Trump's March 2026 executive order restricting mail ballots.

• D.C. Circuit ruled...

Recent polls show Donald Trump's approval rating stuck in the mid-30s to low-40s as of July 29, 2026.

• Ballotpedia: 40% approval
• RealClearPolitics:...