Tag: Justice Department

The Trump administration fought one battle after another in the nation’s courts over its power – or lack thereof – before the 2026 midterm elections.

The Justice Department told a court no FBI or ICE employees will serve and monitors will not carry firearms; the NAACP calls the plan voter intimidation.

The department asked the court to halt the count of about 20,000 mail ballots; California called its legal theory a stretch.

Justice Department appeals within hours; it has also asked Washington to set aside ballots from 400-plus voters and sued Alaska over its Senate race.

The 2-1 ruling came a week before the midterms, as the department's suits for state voter rolls have lost in more than two dozen cases.

A legal fight in a Chicago suburb could decide whether any American city can ever pay reparations for housing segregation.

The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.

Two Republican senators who had blocked the nomination demanded the fund be killed in writing. A second order narrows the tax settlement that created it.

Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general cleared a major hurdle this week after two Republican senators who had raised concerns agreed to back him.

The administration is threatening prosecution and federal funding cuts as it pushes states to change voting rules before the 2026 midterms.