Beryl Howell

(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the early identification of disabilities in young children. US District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, DC, awarded the preliminary injunction late Sunday,...

(Newser) - A federal judge has halted the Trump administration's practice of making immigration arrests in Washington, DC, without a warrant or clear proof that a person is likely to flee. The preliminary injunction, issued by US District Judge Beryl Howell, was granted after a lawsuit filed by the American Civil...

(Newser) - DOGE has at least temporarily lost a fight to dismantle a DC agency. A federal judge on Monday found that the Department of Government Efficiency acted illegally with its March takeover of the Institute of Peace, a think tank created by Congress decades ago to function in nonpartisan fashion, reports...