News for April 1, 2025

A New Jersey judge said he has jurisdiction over Mahmoud Khalil’s detention case and rejected the government’s bid to dismiss it.

South Carolina forestry officials said careless cigarette use by hikers sparked the Table Rock Fire, leading to misdemeanor charges and a major wildfire response.

Cornell student activist Momodou Taal left the United States after his visa was revoked following his role in pro-Palestinian protests.

A federal judge ruled that Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case will stay in New Jersey, blocking the Trump administration’s push to move it to Louisiana.

Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., faces a Senate hold from Adam Schiff over concerns about his conduct in office.

The White House fired career prosecutor Adam Schleifer, deepening concerns that President Donald Trump is pulling the Justice Department closer to direct political control.

A judge denied former Alabama officer Mac Marquette immunity, so he will stand trial in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins during a truck repossession.

Rhode Island and 22 other states and Washington, D.C. sued Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration over $11 billion in public health funding cuts.

Indiana University ended Tim Garl’s 44-season run as its men’s basketball athletic trainer as the school faces claims that staff ignored sexual abuse allegations tied to Dr. Bradford Bomba Sr.

The Trump administration said an "administrative error" led to the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a prison in El Salvador, even though he had legal protection from removal there.

Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s costly Supreme Court race, defeating Brad Schimel in an election that drew heavy national money and attention.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador because of an “administrative error,” even though a court order had protected him from removal.

Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race after a huge campaign that became a test of Donald Trump’s influence and Elon Musk’s political spending.

Hooters of America has filed for bankruptcy in Texas as it tries to cut debt and sell its company-owned restaurants.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is likely to turn on turnout in two very different places, with President Donald Trump’s supporters in rural areas and Democrats in Dane County as the key forces.

The Democratic National Committee and nonprofit groups sued President Donald Trump over his executive order on elections, saying it is unconstitutional and could make voting harder.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants while the case moves forward.