Ashley Oliver

Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., United States

Reporter at Washington Examiner

DOJ reporter / [email protected]

Articles

Court grants Trump temporary win in lawsuit over second man deported to El Salvador

5 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

An appellate court handed the Trump administration a small victory Thursday evening by temporarily blocking a lower court’s order that required the government to take steps to return a Venezuelan national it deported to El Salvador. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit gave no explanation for its decision but granted the administration the stay until Thursday.
Maine asks court to reject Trump lawsuit on transgender athletes

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

Maine’s attorney general denied on Thursday that his state was in violation of Title IX after the Trump administration sued it last month over its policy on transgender athletes. In a response to the federal court in Maine, the state attorney general’s office said the Department of Justice’s lawsuit had no constitutional basis.
Patel grilled on shifting stance on FBI budget needs

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

FBI Director Kash Patel faced pointed questions from Senate appropriators on Thursday during a hearing after he took the unusual position one day prior that he needed a bigger budget than what President Donald Trump had proposed in order to carry out the bureau’s mission. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Patel’s request in the House on Wednesday for roughly $1 billion more than what Trump proposed for fiscal 2026 was “important and revealing.”Sen.
What 'due process' do illegal immigrants actually get by law?

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

President Donald Trump has been carrying out his deportation plans forcefully and rapidly, pleasing his base while alarming some advocates who say the administration is ignoring due process rights of deportees. Recent high-profile deportation cases that have attracted the legal services of well-funded liberal immigration groups have put a spotlight on due process and how much a person living in the country illegally should receive.
Patel at odds with White House over FBI budget cut proposal

1 week ago | gazette.com | Ashley Oliver

FBI Director Kash Patel made the case to House lawmakers during a hearing on Wednesday that the bureau needed an operating budget that is roughly a billion dollars more than what President Donald Trump has proposed. Patel was pressed on the discrepancy by House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). The Democratic lawmaker repeatedly asked Patel what jobs at the FBI would be cut if Trump’s FBI proposal were to pass.
Trump administration ordered to return second migrant from El Salvador

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

A judge told the Trump administration on Tuesday that she is standing behind an order she gave last month requiring the government to take steps to retrieve a second man from a prison in El Salvador after deporting him there under the Alien Enemies Act. Judge Stephanie Gallagher of Maryland said she would pause the order for two days to give the Justice Department time to appeal it, but after that, she would set a deadline for the government to comply with her demand.
DOGE access to personal data is legal, DOJ argues

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

The Department of Justice argued to an appellate court on Monday that the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to data stored within a trio of federal agencies should not be scrutinized by the courts. DOJ attorney Jack Starcher told a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it should toss out a lower court’s injunction against DOGE because its access to personal data across the various agencies aligned with the Privacy Act.
Maine settles with Trump administration in funding freeze lawsuit

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

The State of Maine dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday after reaching a settlement agreement, which comes as the two parties have been feuding over transgender policies. Maine agreed to withdraw its lawsuit in exchange for the Department of Agriculture vowing not to freeze the millions of dollars it directs to the state’s Department of Education unlawfully, according to court documents.
DOJ argues only Trump can decide if Tren de Aragua is invading US

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

The Trump administration told a Washington, D.C., court on Thursday that the president was the sole person who could decide whether the conditions of the Alien Enemies Act had been met. The argument comes as the government has faced a string of legal setbacks over its decision to invoke the powerful deportation law.
DHS asks Supreme Court to allow revocation of Venezuelan immigrants’ protected status

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ashley Oliver

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in a case in which a lower court blocked the Department of Homeland Security from stripping some Venezuelan immigrants of their temporary protected status.