The judge, James E. Boasberg, said he was likely to wait until next week to rule on whether the White House was in contempt of court for having ignored his order.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg hinted at possible contempt proceedings as he grilled a government lawyer Thursday about whether the Trump administration violated his court order by

A federal judge said he's likely to begin contempt proceedings against government for failing to answer questions about deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge says the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush Venezuelan migrants out of the country before a court could step in to block their deportations to El Salvador.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg Thursday pushed, once again, the Justice Department to explain its use of the Alien Enemies Act and provide key details and the timeline of the flights.

Reps. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., signed onto the bill as co-sponsors last week, Fox News Digital was told, despite House GOP leaders signaling around the same time that they have little appetite to pursue that route.

The high-wire decision follows a multi-week legal battle between the Trump administration and the chief judge on D.C.’s federal court.

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about the Department of Justice's appearance in front of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg regarding the Trump administration deporting migrants under the Alien Enemies Act.

If you really believed everything you did that day was legal and would survive a court challenge, you wouldn’t have operated the way you did,” Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign on Thursday.