Kyle Cheney

DEPT OF GOOD TIMING: One of Trump's other media lawsuits — a claim that Bob Woodward's publication of the "Trump Tapes" violated copyright law — was just dismissed. The 81-page opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

BREAKING: 4th Circuit lifts admin stay, lets Trump proceed with cancellation of temporary protected status for Afghans & Cameroonians. But appeals panel says advocates appear to have plausible case decision was preordained. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2601… #TPS

JUST IN: The bench of the federal district court in Maryland responds to Trump’s lawsuit over their automatic 2 day stay of habeas cases. It plainly violates separation of powers and is not justiciable — all for an “ordinary” administrative decision. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Judge Boasberg again denies a POLITICO bid ot unseal grand jury info -- this time the contents of FBI Director Kash Patel's grand jury transcript that Patel himself said should come out. Boasberg notes that Patel incorrectly claimed he couldn't disclose details himself (he can).…

Judge McFadden has *denied* a Jan. 6 defendant's motion to expunge the records of his case. Matthew Martin was one of just two defendants acquitted of all the charges that reached a verdict. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p…

NEW: Judge Darrin Gayles, who will preside over Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal may be having deja vu: He presided over Trump's ill-fated 2023 lawsuit against Michael Cohen. Trump ultimately dropped that case to avoid being deposed. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

JUST IN: A federal judge rules that the Trump administration must reinstate a policy to provide lawyers to people who are deemed mentally incompetent in deportation proceedings. It was terminated without a legally persuasive reason, Judge Ali finds. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/045111516…

JUST IN: Judge Paul Engelmayer, whose emergency ruling blocking DOGE's access to treasury infuriated the Trump administration, has been assigned to handle one of Trump's Epstein grand jury unsealing requests.

JUST IN: Judge Sullivan rules that that Trump administration broke the law by concealing realtime data about how the government is spending congressionally mandated funds. He notes this data is crucial amid concerns about potential illegal impoundment. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia and DOJ have agreed to a 30-day delay in his release from pretrial incarceration so he can evaluate his legal options against an anticipated effort to deport him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

JUST IN: Trump’s lawsuit against Murdoch and the WSJ goes to Judge Darrin Gayles, an appointee of Barack Obama.

JUST IN: For the fourth time, a federal judge has barred the Trump administration from imposing a 15% limit on indirect cost rates for federal research — this time at the Pentagon.

NEW: As many as 252 Venezuelans, deported by the U.S. to a notorious Salvadoran prison, could be returned to the U.S. for further legal proceedings, under a diplomatic arrangement tied to today’s prisoner swap, the Trump admin indicated in court tonight politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from enforcing Trump's executive order punishing people who work with the ICC, calling it an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

🚨The Trump administration says it has arranged with the Maduro regime to be able to bring back any of the deported Venezuelans for legal proceedings if ordered by a court. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2601…

NEW: The Epstein grand jury transcripts could just be one agent's summary testimony. And the existence of many living witnesses and victims, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell's pending appeal could cause courts to deny their publci release. w/ @eorden politico.com/news/2025/07/1…