One way is a process known as civil contempt. That involves a judge issuing an order holding either the government writ large or an officer of the government in contempt. The judge could impose daily ...

The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration ...

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Justice Department on Wednesday to answer additional questions if they want to "purge" possible contempt findings.

Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service ...

Trump, three months into his term, has moved swiftly to use the powers of the presidency in unprecedented ways to punish, weaken and silence his enemies, experts say.

A judge found probable cause the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials defied his order to turn two planes around carrying alleged gang members.

When 30-year-old Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez arrived at the courthouse in Nashua, New Hampshire on Feb. 20, he was set to ...

The ruling overturns a lower court that reinstated thousands of employees who lost their jobs in Trump's purge of the federal ...

The D.C. Circuit blocked Trump's firings of two federal officials, citing precedent and setting the stage for a high-stakes ...

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge's order for President Donald Trump's administration to rehire thousands of ...

A federal judge in Vermont heard arguments Monday in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University graduate student who ...

A U.S. appeals court cleared the way on Wednesday for 18 federal agencies to once again fire thousands of employees who lost ...