NOW: A 2-page criminal indictment against James Comey has been filed:

A federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making a false statement and obstruction, just days after Trump called for his longtime foe's prosecution. Story by The Hill's Rebecca Beitsch: thehill.com/regulation/c...

The Supreme Court takes up Trump's firing of FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, setting up a showdown over its 90-year precedent enabling protections for some regulators. In the meantime, the firing can go into effect:

Utah has filed formal notice of its intent to seek the death penalty against Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with killing Charlie Kirk:

NEWS: Utah prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk. Comes as Utah County AG Jeff Gray announces seven charges against Robinson, including aggravated murder. Story tk.

Developing: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S., has sued the Trump admin over its efforts to deport him again — this time to Uganda, a third country to which he has no known ties. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

A federal judge has rejected the Trump admin's bid to unseal Epstein grand jury materials, saying the gov is the “logical party” to make any sweeping disclosures. Said the motion seems like a "diversion" from Epstein files already in gov's possession. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Stanford's student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, has filed suit against Rubio & Noem, claiming some of its writers in the U.S. on student visas have “self-censored” re: Israel-Gaza to avoid being targeted for deportation: thehill.com/regulation/c...

👀The DC church whose BLM banner was destroyed by the Proud Boys in 2020 has sued a local chapter for infringement/dilution over its continued use of the “Proud Boys” trademark, which the church won rights to (by default) in an earlier suit Filing: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71021...

Two judges presiding over major Trump admin cases gave rare public remarks today denouncing the threats they’ve faced as the White House's war with the judiciary rages on. The threats have spanned “vile" voicemails to swatting and credible death threats. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

A BOP spokesperson confirms that George Santos has reported to FCI Fairton in New Jersey to start his 7-year prison term. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

A judge heard closing arguments today in a trial over the Trump admin's apparent deportation policy against pro-Palestinian campus demonstrators. The plaintiffs say the policy aims to chill speech, while DOJ disputes such a policy exists. More: thehill.com/regulation/c...

The Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists is on trial. It's the first major trial of Trump’s second term, taking aim at a policy that has led to arrests/deportation efforts against the outspoken students & faculty. Story: thehill.com/homenews/538...

Justice Barrett faced heavy criticism this spring for breaking w/Trump in emergency rulings key to his second-term agenda. But in the term’s most critical decisions, she proved her conservative bonafides, winning back some MAGA support. Story w/ @zschonfeld.bsky.social: thehill.com/regulation/c...

The Trump admin is appealing a judge's order blocking his EO against the law firm Perkins Coie, nearly 2mo after that ruling. Follows victories in district court for all four law firms who challenged Trump's orders against them. Background here: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise Trump's alternate electors strategy in 2020, has been disbarred in New York. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

The Supreme Court ruled that Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution. Story tk.

Fmr VP Pence earlier this month wrote a letter to a Jan. 6 defendant who refused Trump’s pardon, expressing “admiration” for her choice to reject the clemency & accept responsibility. A spox for Pence confirmed the letter’s authenticity: thehill.com/regulation/c...

McIver has pleaded NOT GUILTY to charges she assaulted & interfered with immigration officers during an oversight visit to an ICE facility last month. Story: thehill.com/homenews/hou...

A federal judge has ordered the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder & former pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University who has been detained for more than three months. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages. Story: thehill.com/homenews/536...

Justice Thomas’s shunning of “experts” defending gender-affirming care in his Skrmetti concurrence has delighted conservatives whose assault on liberal influence in academics & medicine is now reaching the courts. Story w/ @zschonfeld.bsky.social: thehill.com/regulation/c...

A Federal Bureau of Prisons spox confirms to @thehill.com that ex-Sen. Bob Menendez has reported to a federal prison in Pennsylvania to start an 11-year sentence following his conviction on bribery & other corruption charges. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom by Friday afternoon, prompting a lightning-fast appeal that began within minutes. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

An appeals court has denied ex-Sen. Bob Menendez’s last-min bid to avoid reporting to prison while he appeals his corruption conviction. He’s set to report Tuesday to start his 11yr prison term for trading bribes for political favors & other crimes. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

A 2nd Circuit panel just heard arguments in Trump's bid to fight his hush money criminal conviction in federal court. If the judges rule in his favor, it could open up a path for him to try to toss the jury's guilty verdict. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Five leaders of the Proud Boys convicted of spearheading the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack have sued DOJ for $100 million, accusing the gov & FBI employees of violating their constitutional rights. Story: thehill.com/homenews/533...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a Catholic charity group is entitled to WI state tax relief it was previously denied, a decision that could expand eligibility for religious tax exemptions. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the court. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist Society, unleashing a rebellion pitting MAGA against the conservative legal stronghold that helped him reshape the courts during his first term. Story w/ @zschonfeld.bsky.social: thehill.com/regulation/c...

A second federal judge has deemed one of Trump's orders targeting Big Law firms unlawful, this time against Jenner & Block. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c... Jenner & Block's statement:

TODAY: Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs faced their most significant legal scrutiny yet as a group of small businesses sought to persuade a 3-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade that the president exceeded his authority. Story w/ @zschonfeld.bsky.social: thehill.com/regulation/c...

🚨The Supreme Court will allow President Trump to begin enforcing a ban on transgender troops in the military, undermining two lower court decisions & handing a victory to an administration that has broadly sought to restrict trans rights. w/ @byellalee.bsky.social thehill.com/regulation/c...

Exclusive: Dems on the House Oversight Committee are launching an investigation into the deals several law firms made with President Trump to avoid being targeted by executive orders. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

TODAY: Two major law firms, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, asked judges for decisive relief from Trump’s EOs targeting them for their ties to his political adversaries. They’re among a small handful of Big Law firms fighting back. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Judge blocks Trump EPA from clawing back billions in Biden-era climate grants from me and @byellalee.bsky.social thehill.com/homenews/525...

Luigi Mangione's lawyers take big swings at DOJ and AG Bondi in a new court filing asking to block the government from seeking the death penalty. Suggests the gov intends to kill him as a "political stunt": www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Chatted with AZ AG @azagmayes.bsky.social & MI AG @dananessel.bsky.social about how Democratic attorneys general are turning to new media to win in the court of public opinion while waging legal battles against Trump's agenda in courtrooms nationwide: Story here: thehill.com/regulation/c...

NOW: A judge has blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She opens her opinion with remarks by Trump, Elon Musk and Russell Vought spelling doom for the agency. Story tk storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Earlier today: A pair of top journalists for @apnews.com covering the White House testified to the damage caused by Trump’s decision to revoke the org's access to key West Wing spaces over its refusal to use “Gulf of America” in @apstylebook.com. thehill.com/regulation/c...

Judge Boasberg ordered the Trump admin to preserve all Signal comms between March 11-15 as a lawsuit proceeds post-"Signalgate." w/ @zschonfeld.bsky.social thehill.com/regulation/c...

New - Trump’s unprecedented flex of executive power has sent legal challengers scrambling to courts to pump the breaks. But some of the president’s more extraordinary actions have been difficult to confront: thehill.com/homenews/520...

The next edition of The Gavel, @thehill.com's new courts newsletter anchored by me & @zschonfeld.bsky.social, drops tomorrow morning. Don't miss out! Sign up here: thehill.com/signup

Howell temporarily froze parts of Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which claims its past work for Democrats made it a subject of retaliation by the administration. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Judge Howell blocks the challenged parts of Trump's EO targeting law firm Perkins Coie. TRO includes a bar on: -preventing Perkins Coie personnel from entering federal buildings -requiring government contractors to disclose business w/the firm Story tk

Excited to launch The Gavel, The Hill's new weekly courts newsletter, with @byellalee.bsky.social This week, we chatted with Leonard Leo, who played an instrumental role in shaping the Supreme Court's conservative majority Sign up to get The Gavel in your inbox every Wednesday: thehill.com/signup

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TODAY: A top CFPB official gave an inside account of the “chaos” and “confusion” that overtook the agency when DOGE arrived at the consumer watchdog in early February. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

NOW: Judge Howell finds Trump unlawfully removed NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox. She writes in her ruling that the president sought to test the limits of his powers in doing so. Story: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Judge declines to immediately spare USAID contractors from firings via @byellalee.bsky.social thehill.com/regulation/c...

Judge Nichols denies a TRO sought by USAID personal services contractors: thehill.com/regulation/c...