Kyle Cheney

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge for a gag order against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

JUST IN: Judge Berman agrees that effort by DOJ to unseal Epstein grand jury files is a “diversion” when DOJ could just release a trove of far more comprehensive documents without court involvement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Judge Reyes has called a 2pm hearing on D.C.'s emergency bid to reclaim control of its police department. A restraining order could be in place within hours. w Nicole Markus www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

NEW: The Supreme Court will consider whether there are constitutional limits to mandatory detention — without bond — for some ICE detainees with criminal records. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

BREAKING: Trump admin asks for a 12 hour delay in removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center, saying work got delayed due to thunderstorms. Crowd (including Rep. Beatty) has been outside the center most of the evening.

NEW: The Trump administration said it had moved so far, so fast on the White House ballroom that it was to late for the courts to intervene. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: Todd Blanche has mastered the audience of one — in part by keeping him out of prison. The audience of 100 is a tougher sell. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @eorden www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Sen. Cassidy says the anti-weaponization fund "presents an immediate and dire threat to our constitutional order" in part because it "is designed to compensate ... insurrectionists." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: The death of the “anti-weaponization” fund raised a host of new questions — like whether DOJ would find another way to pay Jan. 6 defendants, whether Trump could revive his IRS lawsuit and whether Congress is satisfied. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: A federal judge ruled that a group could not be blocked from protesting on t he National Mall over its decision to fly an "86-47" flag, saying the evidence did not support calling it a coded call to violence against President Trump. w @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Judge Mehta doesn’t want to quietly dismiss the seditious conspiracy conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. He’s asking the Trump administration to justify its decision to try to erase the case.

JUST IN: Judge Williams is pressing Trump's lawyers to answer for allegations that they committed a fraud on the court and filed the president's lawsuit against the IRS as a "collusive" effort to create the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Judge Cooper has barred the Trump administration from shuttering the Kennedy Center. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...