Richard J. Leon

Judge Leon and the Circuit have directed President Trump what he can and cannot build on the grounds of the Executive Mansion

Leon ruled the tribe hasn't established that a border wall will change its reservation boundaries without congressional authority

One shows several large drones arranged across a flat rooftop and guarded by soldiers, while another adds military vehicles, including two fuel trucks, and dozens of personnel

A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend indefinitely a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government

House Rejects Renewing Broad Spy Power in Fight Over Pulte

Judge Declines Action on ‘Weaponization’ Fund While Warning DOJ

President Trump's appointment of housing official Bill Pulte to temporarily lead intelligence agencies has drawn criticism from government reform advocates

Administration cites security needs, preservationists argue project usurps Congressional authority

President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, praising organizers for moving forward with the event after a would-be assassin disrupted the original gathering in April

The US reimposes global financial sanctions on UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, known for her anti-Israel bias

The sanctions designation had blacklisted Albanese globally, making it impossible for her to use major credit cards or carry out bank transactions

Quiroz Zapata entered the US from Mexico in August 2024 and was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody

Citing First Amendment protections that she's afforded despite not living in the United States, a federal judge blocked the sanctions issued by the Trump administration in 2025

Court document is rife with Trumpian flourishes, including random capitalizations and other idiosyncratic and casual turns of phrase

It asks Judge Richard J. Leon to backtrack and allow construction on the project to continue

Republicans Seek to Fund Trump Ballroom After Dinner Shooting

Deranged leftist Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California man who donated to Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign, tried to barge in armed with multiple guns and the alleged purpose of assassinating Trump administration officials

President Trump vented frustrations on social media regarding a lawsuit against his White House ballroom project, linking it to recent security concerns (AFP)

Republican lawmakers plan to turn President Donald Trump’s call to create his ballroom after the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday evening into legislation

Trump’s ‘Triumphal Arch’ Is Vastly Larger Than Other Washington Monuments

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge's decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site

Erica Schwartz named as Trump’s CDC pick amid major challenges

A lower court judge had previously ordered the construction to cease on April 14

Trump administration prepares for Supreme Court fight as lawyers claim stop-work order ‘gravely threatens national security’

The ballroom is part of President Donald Trump's plans to quickly remake Washington

Beneath a $400m project, a deeper security overhaul takes shape

President Donald Trump’s sprawling ballroom project officially got the green light on Thursday from a board that oversees planning for federal buildings and land, marking the latest step in an accelerated process that now faces some legal uncertainty

The US Food and Drug Administration just approved the second GLP-1 pill for weight loss, and this one has fewer restrictions on how it’s used

France has blocked Israeli planes from flying weapons through its airspace, while Italy refused last-minute permission for US bombers to land in Sicily

Trump, who had suggested he wanted to attend a session last year when the court weighed his sweeping tariffs but ultimately abstained, appeared in his signature dark suit and red tie a few minutes before arguments began over his contentious executive order that would limit birthright citizenship

France has blocked Israeli planes from flying weapons through its airspace, while Italy refused last-minute permission for US bombers to land in Sicily

President Donald Trump has suffered four legal blows in the space of hours

1917-U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany

Judge rules president overstepped authority in tearing down historic East Wing

A federal judge certainly didn’t dance around how he really felt about one of the Justice Department’s claims about President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project

Trump wants a deal to constrain Iran’s nuclear program, and he sees an opportunity while the country is struggling at home with growing dissent following nationwide protests

Trump had East Wing torn down in October to build ballroom

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is challenging a judicial order that prevents him from punishing Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for his involvement in a video urging troops to resist unlawful commands

Kelly’s comments come as early signals emerge about the shape of the 2028 race, with betting markets offering one of the first external gauges of perceived viability

Pete Hegseth was blocked by a federal judge on Thursday from punishing a Democratic senator who urged troops not to carry out illegal orders from Donald Trump

He thirsts for revenge; he’ll stretch the limits of presidential power to enact it; and he never gives up after a defeat

No wonder that six Democratic lawmakers, all military and intelligence veterans, are bracing for what comes next despite a grand jury refusing to indict them for warning service personnel against obeying illegal orders

He thirsts for revenge; he’ll stretch the limits of presidential power to enact it; and he never gives up after a defeat

The court hearing, set for 4 p.m. ET in Washington, is another test of President Donald Trump's historic campaign of vengeance against his perceived political enemies, which has drawn pushback from judges across the ideological spectrum

President Donald Trump's grand plan of constructing a ballroom after demolishing the White House East Wing hit a roadblock on Sunday after a lawsuit from the National Trust for Historic Preservation sought a pause to the project

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush, raised doubts during a hearing on whether President Donald Trump can proceed with tearing down the historic East Wing and replacing it with a massive new structure on federal land