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• Complaint filed — Biden v. Department of Justice (D.D.C. 1:26-cv-01818) — Former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to block the Department of Justice's planned June 15, 2026 release of audio recordings and transcripts of his private 2016–2017 conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, recorded at his home during the writing of his memoir. The Department obtained the materials during Special Counsel Robert K. Hur's 2023 investigation into Biden's handling of classified records. Biden alleges the DOJ's decision to release the materials to the Heritage Foundation and House Judiciary Committee is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion under the Administrative Procedure Act, and violates the Privacy Act because he did not consent. He seeks declaratory judgment, vacatur of the disclosure decision, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief barring release.
• Biden sues DOJ to block release of Hur interview audio and transcripts — Former President Joe Biden filed a federal lawsuit in Washington DC on May 27, 2026, seeking to prevent the Department of Justice from releasing audio recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by Special Counsel Robert Hur. The conversations, from 2016–2017 with Biden's biographer, were obtained during Hur's classified-documents investigation. Biden's attorneys argue the release violates his privacy rights and that the DOJ bears responsibility to protect personal information obtained during criminal investigations. The lawsuit targets disclosure to the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee and the Heritage Foundation.

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• Preliminary injunction ruling — Bakken v. United States Military Academy (S.D.N.Y.) 7:25-cv-07826 — Judge Seibel granted Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and denied Defendants' motion to dismiss, finding that the court had subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff's First Amendment challenge and that he was likely to succeed on the merits. The court enjoined Defendants from enforcing the February 2025 Academic Engagement Policy - which required civilian West Point faculty to obtain prior approval before any external writing, speaking, or media engagement within their academic expertise that referenced their West Point affiliation - against all USMA civilian faculty, and separately barred Defendants from prohibiting Plaintiff from expressing his opinions to students on the subjects he teaches. The court found that Defendants' stated justifications appeared to be “post-hoc rationalizations” and that the policy was likely “a pretext for an effort to channel speech to conform to the President's liking and to prevent dissenting views from entering the marketplace of ideas.”

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• Preliminary injunction ruling — Kingdom v. Trump (D.D.C.) 1:25-cv-00691 — Judge Lamberth granted Plaintiffs' motion for another renewed preliminary injunction, extending the existing relief for a period beginning June 1 and ending 14 days after the court resolved Plaintiffs' pending motion for an updated preliminary injunction, subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act's 90-day limit. The order continued to bar implementation of Section 4(c) against class members and required BOP to restore and maintain access to prescribed gender-affirming treatment.

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• Federal judges blocked Alabama's 6R-1D congressional map for 2026 midterms — A panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama from using its 6R-1D congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections and reinstated the 5R-2D map. Two of the three judges were Trump appointees. Alabama is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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• Florida v. California and Washington (SCOTUS Denies Original Jurisdiction Motion; Thomas Dissent on Exclusive Jurisdiction) — The Supreme Court denied Florida's motion for leave to file a bill of complaint in an original jurisdiction case against California and Washington. Florida sought to sue those States for issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants who could not read English, allegedly in violation of federal law and creating a public nuisance. The case was prompted by a fatal 2025 crash in Florida involving an undocumented Indian national who had failed his CDL test multiple times in both Washington and California but was licensed anyway. Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Alito, dissented, arguing that the Court has no discretion to refuse cases within its exclusive original jurisdiction under Article III and that Florida's claim met the Court's own discretionary factors for hearing inter-state disputes.

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• Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges (SCOTUS Reversal on Party-Presentation Principle) — The Supreme Court granted certiorari, reversed the Fourth Circuit, and remanded in a case challenging an Executive Office for Immigration Review policy requiring immigration judges to obtain supervisory approval for public speeches relating to their official duties. The Fourth Circuit had vacated and remanded based on a novel issue—whether the Civil Service Reform Act's administrative review scheme was still functioning as Congress intended, given recent presidential removals of MSPB members and the Special Counsel—that neither party had raised. The Court held the Fourth Circuit violated the principle of party presentation by deciding "a case different from the one [respondent] advanced" without giving either side a chance to address the new theory.

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• SCOTUS Orders: Texas v. New Mexico (Original Jurisdiction); Trevino v. Hobbs (Expedite Motion Denied); Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards (Joint Appendix Printing Waived); Multiple Certiorari Denials; Habeas and Mandamus Denials; Rehearing Denials — The Supreme Court issued its May 26, 2026 order list containing routine procedural dispositions across multiple cases. The Court entered a final decree in the original jurisdiction case Texas v. New Mexico and discharged the Special Master. It denied a motion to expedite in Trevino v. Hobbs (a state-election-related case), granted a motion to waive joint appendix printing in Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards, denied in forma pauperis motions in two cases, and denied certiorari in 24 cases, habeas corpus in one case, mandamus in two cases, and rehearings in 11 cases. Several denials included noted dissents or recusals.

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• Supreme Court releases opinion in Margolin v. NAIJ (25-767) — The Supreme Court released an official slip opinion in Margolin v. NAIJ. Docket number(s): 25-767.

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• New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill denied entry to Delaney Hall — On Monday, May 26, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, was denied entry to Delaney Hall by facility management. Sherrill stated that the refusal raised "serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view." A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson characterized Sherrill's visit as "nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day when visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside in the facility."
• New Jersey state police assume policing functions outside Delaney Hall ICE detention facility — New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced that state police will take over "public safety operations" from federal immigration officers outside Delaney Hall, a privately run ICE detention center in Newark. The state will establish a "peaceful protected zone" for demonstrators. The announcement coincides with reports of an influx of federal agents arriving to defend the facility and investigate protesters. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced DOJ charges against a protester accused of assaulting an ICE officer.

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• Bill Cassidy supports Democratic war powers resolution to end Iran war — Less than 72 hours after losing his Louisiana primary, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy threw his support behind a Democratic war powers resolution to force Trump to end the Iran war. The resolution passed the Senate after seven previously failed attempts. Cassidy's action demonstrates how Trump's purge of dissenters can backfire by liberating defeated lawmakers to vote their conscience without electoral consequences.

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• Senate Republicans rebuke Trump over White House ballroom project and political weaponization compensation fund — Senate Republicans issued a rare rebuke of Trump over his lavish White House ballroom project and a controversial $1.8 billion compensation fund for allies claiming to be victims of "political weaponisation." The rebuke signals fracturing Republican unity on Trump's spending priorities and use of public funds for partisan purposes.

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• Republican officials publicly criticize Iran deal terms — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the reported terms a framework matching the Obama-era Iran deal, the very agreement Trump spent a decade attacking. Senator Ted Cruz issued a lengthy statement expressing deep concern that Iran would emerge with billions in assets, uranium enrichment capability, and control of the Strait. Senator Roger Wicker called the deal "ill-advised." Senator Lindsey Graham warned that a deal leaving Iran in regional dominance would empower Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias. Ben Rhodes, an Obama-era JCPOA negotiator, stated that Operation Epic Fury accomplished nothing except putting the IRGC in charge of Iran and the Strait.
• Senator Roger Wicker condemned Iran deal as surrender — Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, publicly condemned the reported Iran agreement as "a disaster" that would nullify the accomplishments of Operation Epic Fury. Wicker urged Trump to allow the armed forces to complete the destruction of Iran's conventional military capabilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning that pursuing an agreement with Iran's government "risks a perception of weakness."

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• Federal judge dismisses criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García, finding presumptive vindictiveness — US District Judge Waverly David Crenshaw Jr. dismissed a criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García on May 23, 2026, finding that the Trump administration would not have prosecuted him had he not challenged his deportation to El Salvador. The judge determined there was sufficient evidence of "presumptive vindictiveness" based on the timing of the indictment, statements by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, and sustained DOJ oversight. Ábrego had been deported to a Salvadoran anti-terrorism prison in March 2025 despite a prior court order, then brought back to the US only after being charged with human smuggling related to a 2022 traffic stop.

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• Judge Vyskocil dismisses Wolff's preemptive anti-SLAPP lawsuit against Melania Trump — U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismissed author Michael Wolff's lawsuit seeking declaratory judgment that statements he made about Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were non-defamatory. Vyskocil ruled Wolff's anti-SLAPP claim was "preemptive" and constituted "bad-faith forum shopping," filed in New York before Trump's threatened defamation suit materialized in Florida. The judge declined to exercise jurisdiction and ordered the dispute litigated "like any other," rejecting Wolff's attempt to establish his statements as protected speech before facing actual litigation.