Judge Jesse M. Furman in Manhattan declined at a hearing to let lawyers for Comey immediately gather evidence to learn who ordered her firing and how it transpired. He told both sides to submit written arguments in coming weeks.

A federal judge in Florida ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and other records in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein granting the Justice Department’s request.

The Trump administration brought an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Friday in a case concerning immigration judges’ free speech rights that poses wide implications for federal

The ruling by a federal judge found that federal prosecutors could fall back on local grand juries to approve serious charges when they failed to persuade a federal grand jury.

A federal judge declared Jefferson County's appeal of his evidentiary decision "frivolous" on Thursday, which enables him to continue handling the civil rights litigation even as an appellate court separately addresses the appeal.

A group representing federally appointed judges is taking the government to court over its decision to reject a recommended pay raise of at least $28,000.

A top office for the federal judiciary declined requests to have two judges facing impeachment threats from conservative lawmakers testify before a Senate committee, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Planned Parenthood Keystone are praising a preliminary ruling from a federal court judge in Boston that orders the federal government to restore funding to health care centers that also provide abortions.

For the first time in months, Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan appeared in federal court as her trial approaches its Dec. 15 start date.

Federal court officials are speaking out about the rising number of threats against district judges in the wake of several high-profile cases heard and rulings issued by the Northern District Court of Illinois.

With few options to get their clients out of detention, immigration attorneys have turned to the federal courts for relief.