MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, an ally of President Trump, defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan deferred until future proceedings the question of whether Lindell — one of the country’s
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to look at whether President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is constitutional. A document seeking review of the order was filed with the nation’s highest court late on Sept. 26, Reuters reported.
This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. WOI Local 5 News via AP Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sept. 26 arrested a Guyana national who was serving as the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district despite being an illegal immigrant and facing a
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lindsey Vaala expressed confusion and surprise at some points during the seven-minute court session when a federal grand jury impaneled in Alexandria, Virginia, returned the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey Thursday night. According to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by CBS News, Judge Vaala asked the newly named interim
President Trump told his administration on Friday to declassify any federal records about Amelia Earhart, the pilot whose 1937 disappearance over the Pacific Ocean has drawn decades of public fascination. “Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again,” the president wrote on
Activists confront federal police during a protest outside of an immigration processing center in Broadview, Ill., on Sept. 12, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images An acting U.S. attorney in California on Friday ordered federal authorities to ignore a new state law that bars law enforcement officers from wearing masks. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a
President Trump is praising the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and warning that other political opponents could soon be targets of his Justice Department. Critics have been quick to call the two-count indictment a political prosecution, while legal experts say a conviction could face significant hurdles. Jessica Levinson has more. Original CBS News