@ryan_knappy

D.C. Federal Court Reporter @CourthouseNews | fmr: @cronkitenews, @statepress, @azcentral & @coppercourier

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Not sure how many times I can say this but New Biggest Story of My Career Alert! Read my breaking coverage here and come back again for more details from the indictment itself as I update this story more tonight:
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#BREAKING: Donald Trump indicted for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/donald-tr…

Donald Trump indicted for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Special counsel Jack Smith leads the latest charges, which open up a new litigation front for the former president in Washington.

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President Donald Trump removed Katie Zacharia from her role as White House press secretary after just five days in the role, following a rocky start regarding whether she had misrepresented herself as an attorney despite failing the bar exam. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/white-hou…

White House press secretary ousted from role after five days

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday morning he had encouraged Katie Zacharia to “reconsider” the position following a week of questions surrounding her legal credentials.

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A group of former FBI agents assigned to investigate President Donald Trump’s classified documents criminal case sued Director Kash Patel on Thursday, challenging their wrongful terminations as clear First and Fifth Amendment violations. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/fired-fbi…

Fired FBI agents on Trump classified documents case sue DOJ

According to the agents, FBI Director Kash Patel invoked Article II of the Constitution to terminate them without cause, simply claiming they had exercised poor judgment leading to the weaponization...

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DC urges appeals court to end yearlong National Guard deployment in capital @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/dc-urges-…

DC urges appeals court to end yearlong National Guard deployment in capital

In the 13 months since their deployment, patrolling troops have become a part of daily life in the District, with constant patrols and units stationed in metro stations and public spaces.

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ACLU sues ICE over refusal to return personal items to detainees after release @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/aclu-sues…

ACLU sues ICE over refusal to return personal items to detainees after release

One of the seven named plaintiffs, an immigrant from Russia, had his work authorization documents and his wedding band seized by ICE and has been unable to retrieve them after five months.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear arguments in a case challenging an immigrant’s second arrest and prosecution for being “found in” the United States despite his probation requiring him to remain in the country. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/justices-…

Justices duck migrant’s double jeopardy case, flag 'serious constitutional problems'

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the immigrant faced a “Hobson’s choice” after he was barred from returning to Mexico and ordered to remain in Oklahoma, where he was “found in” and arrested.

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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Justice Department from using a flawed national voter database to revoke U.S. citizens’ voter registrations, finding it a clear effort by the Trump administration to “decide who gets to vote.” @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/judge-blo…

Judge blocks DOJ from using national voter database to boot citizen voters

Four citizens sued in April after they were wrongfully removed from voter rolls.

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LIVE: I'm at a hearing in SDNY in the habeas petition of Oscar Belgal, who was shot in the Bronx yesterday. Feds say they PLAN to hold Belgal at MDC Brooklyn. But still no word on precisely where Belgal is -- we should learn shortly. 🧵
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New: Oscar Belgal's lawyers are still looking for him after he was shot by ICE yesterday in New York City. He's a father of two: a one-year-old and a five-year-old. ICE says he was sent out-of-state, but a judge just ruled he must be kept in NY or NJ. courthousenews.com/ice-shot-…

NYC man shot by ICE still has bullet in body, lawyers say

Oscar Belgal is currently at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after initially being taken to an undisclosed facility in New Jersey.

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Just in: Judge Sooknanan in DC sides with @CommonCause and blocks the DOJ from compiling a national database of voters, slamming it as a clear effort by the government to "decide who gets to vote." More TK @CourthouseNews storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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Andrew Howard
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Big day for us ASU grads to remind everyone that we are, in fact, one of "America's most elite universities."
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JD Vance: "Some of America's most elite universities bring in foreigners to undercut the wages of American residents. There are 9 universities in particular that we believe merit an investigation. Those are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburg, UC Davis, Cal Tech, Arizona State, and MIT."
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A federal judge seemed likely to order the White House to permanently restore access to reporters from CNN, Politico and MS Now, after the Justice Department struggled to back up its claim that the ban strengthened national security. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/judge-lik…

Judge likely to end White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS Now

A Trump-appointed judge said he would decide whether to permanently freeze the ban by Tuesday.

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Democrats sue White House over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump political ads @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/democrats…

Democrats sue White House over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump political ads

According to the DNC, the White House used $20 million allocated to Customs and Border Protection for campaign ads broadcast nationally, including during professional and college football games. 

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'Corporate death penalty’: ABC News urges judge to block FCC censorship campaign @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/corporate…

'Corporate death penalty’: ABC News urges judge to block FCC censorship campaign

The Trump administration has pointed to a March 2025 probe into discriminatory hiring practices at the company as the basis for reviewing broadcasts licenses for ABC News and eight regional affilia...

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A D.C. Circuit panel on Monday seemed likely to strike down a new set of EPA regulations that allow thousands of industrial polluters to increase emissions of toxic chemicals like mercury and arsenic. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/dc-circui…

DC Circuit grills EPA over reclassification of toxic chemical emission standard

In January 2020, the agency enacted new standards allowing industrial facilities to emit up to 25 tons of chemicals like mercury and arsenic.

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The DOJ urged the D.C. Circuit to block Judge James Boasberg from continuing a criminal contempt probe regarding the government’s willful noncompliance with a 2025 order to return 137 Venezuelan migrants summarily deported to El Salvador. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/full-dc-c…

Full DC Circuit grills DOJ in bid to block contempt probe over El Salvador deportations

A federal judge’s finding that there was probable cause the Trump administration willfully ignored court orders and could face criminal contempt proceedings has been on hold since April 2025.

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NEW: In a Texas courtroom Monday, 25 migrant children lined the pews — a 9yo rested her head on the table, a 6yo pretended to fly an airplane, and a 3yo played with the mic. Many in attendance didn't have an attorney — and a 13yo was ordered removed. A look inside, thru sketches.
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A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the federal bribery case against D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. after jurors were unable to reach a consensus on whether to convict. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/federal-b…

Federal bribery trial for DC Council member ends in mistrial

Trayon White Sr. faced one count of bribery for accepting approximately $156,000 in kickback payments and faced up to 15 years, but prosecutors may seek to retry him.

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A D.C. Circuit panel appeared likely to side with the Trump administration in a long-running dispute over whether a federal judge exceeded his authority by ordering the government to return Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador in 2025. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/dc-circui…

DC Circuit split on returning migrants from foreign prisons

A federal judge in Washington ordered the government to facilitate the return of hundreds of migrants who were deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison and since released to Venezuela.

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A split D.C. Circuit panel on Friday rejected Anthropic’s challenge to its blacklisting by the Pentagon as a “supply chain risk” over certain restrictions built into the artificial intelligence company’s tool Claude. @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/dc-circui…

DC Circuit finds Pentagon justified in labeling Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’

A Trump-appointed majority sided with the secretary of defense's determination that the company's Claude AI tool could refuse orders during military operations.

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White House ignores court order to restore access to CNN, Politico, MS Now @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/white-hou…

White House ignores court order to restore access to CNN, Politico, MS Now

A Trump-appointed judge said he was skeptical the government was motivated by national security concerns.

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White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS Now reporters unlikely to fly @ryan_knappy courthousenews.com/white-hou…

White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS Now reporters unlikely to fly

The Trump-appointed judge seemed skeptical of the Justice Department’s claim that the ban was necessary for national security and noted the White House afforded little to no due process to the...

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