President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against the country’s elite law firms has sent shock waves through Washington. Defenders of the effort say that’s a good thing. Trump’s threatened or actual executive orders stripping Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Paul Weiss, and other firms of government access, absent pledges from the firms to devote resources to cases deemed acceptable by the Trump administration, have drawn fierce criticism from much of the legal community. Critics...

Former President Joe Biden spent four years suing Republican-led states over border crackdowns that defied his federal policy. Now, President Donald Trump is turning the tables — taking sanctuary states and cities to court in an attempt to force compliance with his own federal immigration enforcement. Last week, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County, challenging local laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The...

Whoever wins the presidential race on Nov. 5 will have 76 days to complete a complicated and massive effort to take over the federal government from outgoing President Joe Biden. That process has already begun for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. While most of the attention will fall on what the president-elect is doing, some scrutiny may fall on Biden’s transition out of office, including on how his team handles classified documents. In this series, the Washington Examiner will look at the...