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Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A judge refuses to toss states’ lawsuit against Elon Musk and DOGE

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FILE - Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Judge unconvinced by blue states’ alarm at Musk’s role in federal government

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Supporters of President Donald Trump stand with their flags in support of people convicted for their part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol at the DC Central Detention Facility in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

D.C. judges rail over Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons; Tanya Chutkan calls it a ‘whitewash’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image from security video of Michael Daniele, a retired New Jersey State Police trooper, seen in the Crypt in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was contained in the Justice Department affidavit and complaint in support of the arrest of Daniele. (Department of Justice via AP)

Judge unseals heavily redacted trove of evidence in Trump’s 2020 election interference case

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Erie, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Trump’s lawyers ask judge to reject special counsel’s ‘politically motivated mission’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith files ‘oversized motion’ in Trump’s federal election prosecution

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Then-President Donald Trump listens as then-Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing at the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. Former President Trump said it doesn't faze him that his former vice president isn't backing him in his reelection bid. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Lower court to decide if Trump’s communications with Pence, tweets have immunity

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Michael Foy, who traveled to Washington alone from his Michigan home on the morning of Jan. 6, wildly swung a hockey stick at officers at least 11 times in 16 seconds, while other rioters attacked police with a crutch, flagpoles, and other makeshift weapons during an explosion of violence at mouth of the Lower West Terrace Tunnel. Earlier, he picked up a sharpened metal pole and hurled it like a spear at police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

11 strikes in 16 seconds: One Capitol rioter’s violent attack on police with a hockey stick

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump participates in a town hall with FOX News host Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Judge sets schedule in Trump election-fraud case, lets prosecution file briefs first

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, shows U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's election interference case on Wednesday rejected the notion that jailed defendants charged with some of the most violent crimes of the U.S. Capitol riot are “hostages” — a label that Trump and his allies have frequently used to describe the prisoners. (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP, File)

Judge in Trump’s election interference case rejects ‘hostages’ label for jailed Jan. 6 defendants

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, shows U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump will argue in court Monday, Oct. 16, over a proposed gag order aimed at reining in the former president's diatribes against likely witnesses and others in his 2020 election interference case in Washington. (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP, File)

Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case

By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Pray Vote Stand Summit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

A proposed gag order on Trump in his federal election case is putting the judge in a tricky position

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the California Republican Party Convention Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Federal prosecutors press Trump gag order request as judge sets hearing for arguments

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks in front of members of the House Freedom Caucus during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2023. House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Matt Gaetz introduces measure to censure judge in Trump Jan. 6 case over ‘political bias’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Des Moines International Airport after a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump assails judge in 2020 election case after she warned him not to make inflammatory remarks

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. A Wisconsin judge on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 allowed a civil lawsuit filed against 10 fake electors for former President Trump and two of his attorneys to proceed, rejecting a move to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Judge orders Trump not to talk publicly about ‘sensitive’ evidence in Jan. 6 case against him

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. A Wisconsin judge on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 allowed a civil lawsuit filed against 10 fake electors for former President Trump and two of his attorneys to proceed, rejecting a move to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Judge says Trump’s free speech right ‘not absolute’ in Jan. 6 trial

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Judge orders Trump to explain why he shouldn’t be silenced in Jan 6 case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Justice Department asks judge for protective order in Trump election case after social media post

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, shows U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. Chutkan is initially assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump. (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP) ** FILE **

Judge assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press