August 05, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has stayed the Trump administration's challenge to the city's prohibition on silencers and AR-15s, ordering the case to remain on ice until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar challenge to semiautomatic bans in Illinois and Connecticut.
April 30, 2026
The District of Columbia government is urging a federal judge there to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit targeting its assault weapons laws, claiming in a new response brief that the Trump administration is misusing a federal police misconduct law that was never intended to challenge criminal statutes.