Federal Judge Blocks Ballroom Construction at White House

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Architect Shalom Baranes shows a site plan for the White House ballroom during a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington on Jan. 8, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A federal judge issued an order March 31 halting for the time being the ongoing ballroom construction project at the White House that was ordered

Archives IG says human error to blame for release of Sherrill’s military records

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Washington — In a finding that puts to rest months of partisan suspicion, the inspector general for the National Archives and Records Administration concluded that the improper release of New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s largely unredacted military records during last year’s governor’s race was the result of human error, not political design.  While the disclosure

Judge Rules Trump’s Order Ending Funding for NPR, PBS Unconstitutional

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President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher (L) and President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service Paula Kerger are sworn in before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 26, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A federal judge on March 31 ordered federal agencies not

Judge temporarily blocks construction of Trump’s White House ballroom

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom to replace the White House’s East Wing. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that a legal challenge brought by a preservation group that sued to block President Trump’s construction project was likely to succeed on the merits, because “no statute” the

Jackson’s Dissent Says Colorado’s ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban Is Proper Standard of Care

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for an official portrait in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissent on a March 31 decision ruling against Colorado’s ban on “talk conversion therapy” for LGBT youth. Eight out of nine Justices agreed that the

Judge rules Trump cutting off funding for NPR and PBS is unconstitutional

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Washington — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that parts of President Trump’s executive order stripping National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service of federal funding violated the First Amendment by seeking to punish the two news outlets for speech he dislikes. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing two provisions