Agriculture secretary’s religious Easter message to all employees sparks internal backlash and a formal complaint
April 10, 2026
Appeals court judges are questioning whether a judge who sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to over four years in prison on prostitution-related charges went too far in considering evidence supporting behavior he was acquitted of
April 09, 2026
Appeals court grills attorneys over whether Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was improperly sentenced
April 09, 2026
Federal judge says Arkansas Capitol Ten Commandments Monument is religious, not secular
April 03, 2026
Takeaways from the Supreme Court decision on Colorado law banning ‘conversion therapy’ for trans and gay minors
April 01, 2026
Hateful symbols removed from home after months of complaints from neighbors
March 02, 2026
The family of independent U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over U.S. sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies in Gaza
February 26, 2026
Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
February 12, 2026
Democrats are denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”
February 11, 2026
A federal judge says he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration
February 03, 2026
Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon speaks outside of a Los Angeles courthouse after he was criminally charged in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
January 30, 2026
Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say
January 27, 2026
Two former detainees at a Florida immigration center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified they faced punishment for seeking legal advice
January 28, 2026
Renee Good’s death was the consequence, writes a First Amendment scholar, of a kind of politics in which the state survives by making dissenters illegitimate as citizens.
January 22, 2026
Federal authorities have called those who monitor ICE ‘domestic terrorists.’ Here’s what we know
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges
January 21, 2026
Sen. Mark Kelly files lawsuit alleging Hegseth violated his rights with push for punishment over illegal orders video
January 12, 2026
A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she challenges her arrest and detention by the Trump administration
December 09, 2025
Analysis: Trump’s first year back in office contradicts his ‘free speech’ commitments
December 08, 2025
Some New York lawmakers want to ban protests outside houses of worship after pro-Palestinian demonstration
December 03, 2025
Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly
November 29, 2025
The Associated Press and the Trump administration renewed their argument over a president’s ability to limit media access to journalists he disagrees with
November 24, 2025
The congressional anti-communist hearings of the 1940s are a reminder that freedom of speech today is even more fragile than it may seem.
November 20, 2025
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November 12, 2025
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