Federal News

Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.

Judge Hannah C. Dugan claimed judicial immunity this week after a federal grand jury indicted her.

The university expanded its ongoing suit after the Trump administration said it would stop issuing grants to the school and promised to take another $450 million.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City railed against the federal authorities who accused him of corruption and seized his numerous cellphones.

The latest broadside from the federal government comes as Harvard faces multiple investigations from across the Trump administration.

G.O.P. leaders are exploring cuts to federal aid, leaving some states fearful that their budgets cannot absorb billions of dollars in new costs.

The Federal Railroad Administration has brought in the tunneling company to help with a multibillion-dollar rail project.

A longtime provision of federal law called Swampbuster, which has protected millions of acres of wetland from being farmed, is facing a legal challenge.

In the three months since President Trump returned to power, his administration has prized speed and shock value. Harvard University is wagering that White House strategy could be used against it. The 51-page lawsuit the university filed on Monday …