News for April 15, 2026

The Justice Department met with anti-abortion advocate John Mize and Americans United for Life after firing staff over claims they worked too closely with abortion-rights groups.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s conservative majority for using emergency orders to help the Trump administration move ahead with disputed policies.

Trump is threatening to fire Jerome Powell if Powell stays on the Federal Reserve board after his term as chair ends, as a Justice Department probe into Fed renovation costs adds pressure.

Jeanine Pirro’s office sent prosecutors to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters to inspect renovation work, but they were turned away and the move added to a tense criminal probe involving Chair Jerome Powell.

The Trump administration moved to erase the remaining Jan. 6 convictions tied to Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members, extending its effort to clear people convicted after the Capitol attack.