Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.
A federal judge said he would order the Trump administration to submit plans for the building by the end of the month, but allowed minor construction to continue for now.
A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers.
The U.S. attorney’s office says it may use local grand juries for serious federal crime in Washington “when appropriate” after a judge signed off on the unusual procedure.
The lawsuit claims that repeated disclosures by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, were intended to damage prominent Democrats over their criticism of the president.
The ruling by a federal judge found that federal prosecutors could fall back on local grand juries to approve serious charges when they failed to persuade a federal grand jury.
A class-action suit accuses the Trump administration of weaponizing civil penalties to force undocumented migrants to self-deport through enormous penalties.
Judge Jia M. Cobb found that the presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops, many from outside D.C., was most likely unlawful. She paused the order from taking effect until Dec. 11.
Jurors found Sean Dunn not guilty of a misdemeanor after seven hours of deliberation, and after prosecutors had previously failed to secure a felony indictment.
A lawsuit filed on Monday argued that the president has discriminated against blue states by slashing federal funds for political leverage during the shutdown.
In a fast-moving trial, prosecutors invited testimony from the federal agent who said he was hit by a deli sandwich during a confrontation with Sean Dunn.
During a hearing on Friday, lawyers told a judge that National Guard troops sent from Republican-led states had been conducting conduct law enforcement work.
The federal magistrate judge, Zia M. Faruqui, accused prosecutors of relying on a “facially invalid” indictment to charge a man with felony gun possession.