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Document: Judge Denies Government Motion to Dismiss in Travel Ban Case
On May 2, Judge Theodore Chuang of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied the government's motion to dismiss in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, challenging the cur... -
Document: White House Letter to Barr About Mueller Report
On April 19, Emmet Flood, special counsel to the president, sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr expressing concerns about the Mueller report. Flood argues that the report, particularly regarding ... -
Document: U.S. Department of Defense Annual Report on Civilian Casualties
The U.S. Department of Defense has released the 2018 edition of its annual report on civilian casualties in connection with U.S. military operations. The full report is available below. -
Document: Robert Mueller's Letter to Bill Barr
On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had submitted a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr on March 27 related to the letter Barr sent to Congress on March 24 summa... -
Document: 2018 ODNI Statistical Transparency Report
On Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual statistical transparency report for 2o18. The full report is available below. -
Document: D.C. Circuit Will Not Rehear Andrew Miller Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected Andrew Miller's petitions for both a panel rehearing and a rehearing en banc in his effort to quash a subpoena issued by the grand jury empanel... -
Document: FISC Releases 2018 Annual Report
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has released its annual report for 2018. The document is available here and below. -
Document: House of Representatives Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against Border Wall
The House of Representatives has applied for a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's use of funds to construct a border wall under 10 U.S.C. -
Documents: White House Orders Former Official to Defy Congressional Subpoena, Congress Responds
The White House sent a letter on Monday to counsel for Carl Kline, former White House personnel security director, directing him to not comply with a subpoena issued by the House Committee on Oversight a... -
Document: Trump Sues House Oversight Chairman and Accounting Firm Over Tax Returns
President Trump and the Trump Organization have filed a lawsuit against Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, and the accounting firm Mazars USA LLP. The complai... -
Document: Appeals Court Upholds Chelsea Manning Contempt Order
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has rejected Chelsea Manning's appeal of the district court order finding her in civil contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury. The order is ... -
Full Text of the Mueller Report's Executive Summaries
Editor’s Note: Below are the executive summaries of the two volumes of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report. Volume I deals with links between Russia and the Trump campaign, while Volume II deal...
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