The Gavel is The Hill's courts newsletter. Sign up by clicking here or adding your email in the box below. The Gavel has broken down the more than 200 lawsuits challenging major Trump administration actions and it found that most of the cases — 72 percent — have been assigned by judges appointed by a Democratic...
The Jan. 6 defendants granted sweeping clemency by President Trump are growing increasingly vexed with his administration because they don’t believe it’s delivering on his campaign promise of payback for their prosecutions. It marks the apparent end of a honeymoon period between the administration and some of Trump’s most ardent supporters, as criticisms that top...
Vice President Vance defended the Trump administration’s move to deport Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, criticizing legal efforts to secure his return to the U.S. In a lengthy post on the social platform X on Tuesday, Vance argued that former President Biden allowed approximately 20 million undocumented immigrants into the country, which he said has...
A word exists for a prison that “functions outside a judicial system” and where “prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.” According to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the word for that kind of place is a concentration camp.
It's been 30 years since the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the United States: Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
In today’s issue: The legal battle over the Trump administration’s efforts — or lack thereof — to return a mistakenly deported Maryland migrant may eventually wind up back before the Supreme Court as President Trump tests the limits of his executive power. The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia already reached the high court, but on...
This story is the third in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. As the precipitous rise in housing costs over the past decade has put buying a traditional home out of reach for many Americans, a growing number are turning to nontraditional alternatives. Some are repurposing old commercial buildings or...
After Vanderbilt University Medical Center was allegedly caught hiding their DEI resources, Tennessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn is calling on the medical school to comply with President Trump's orders demanding they such programs be halted.
Texas lawmakers passed a bill that would establish a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following Elon Musk's federal model. The state agency will focus on cutting bureaucracy and improving government services.