Trump's Court Record Is Out. It's Ugly.

The Trump administration's defiance of federal courts has reached a threshold that analysts are now calling unprecedented — a new AP/Guardian analysis documents a systematic, broad pattern of ignoring judicial rulings across dozens of cases.

Meanwhile, a federal appeals court blocked mifepristone from being mailed anywhere in the country, a decision that will restrict abortion access across all 50 states, and the Trump sons have been caught cashing in on their father's war with a Pentagon drone deal. Friday’s May Day saw over 100,000 students walk out in what organizers called the largest one-day student strike in 80 years — and barely anyone in mainstream media noticed.

At home, the Iran war's economic damage is spreading beyond gas pumps: Spirit Airlines has become the first airline casualty of the conflict, Pete Hegseth is reportedly staging an internal power grab, and ICE just hired a contractor with documented torture allegations to hunt down undocumented children. And Trump posted the bizarre AI photo above. Another busy, totally normal Sunday.

A major new AP investigation documents what many have suspected: the Trump administration has been found in violation of court orders at an extraordinary rate, across a broad range of issues — and it just keeps going (AP Politics).

They’re not appealing them. Not negotiating around them. They’re straight up ignoring them.

The investigation found Trump is “violating an order in at least 31 lawsuits over a wide range of issues, including mass layoffs, deportations, spending cuts and immigration practices.”

This isn't spin or legal maneuvering, and it’s not a series of individual controversies either. It's a strategy, a pattern of executive contempt for judicial authority (The Guardian US). The receipts are now public and stacked.

Expect this to flood the Sunday shows and force congressional Democrats to put the phrase "constitutional crisis" back on the table — loudly.

Spirit Airlines has shut down, and the cause is being stated plainly: surging jet fuel costs driven by disruption in the Strait of Hormuz (Huffington Post News). This is the first major airline failure attributable directly to the war, and it will not be the last. Spirit served budget travelers — working-class flyers, people visiting family, people who couldn't afford anything else. Those passengers don't have a fallback. Meanwhile, the U.S. is now threatening to sanction any shipping company that pays Iran to transit the Strait (AP Politics), which will further tighten supply and push energy prices higher. The economic logic of this war is working its way down the class ladder, and Spirit is exhibit A.

A federal appeals court has blocked the mailing of mifepristone across the United States (Huffington Post News), effectively restricting the most common method of abortion in the country. This goes beyond any individual state ban — it cuts off mail-order access in states where abortion is still legal. The ruling is the most significant abortion restriction since Dobbs, and it landed on a Friday before a holiday weekend with very little fanfare. That was purposeful.

Eric Trump and Don Jr. have struck a lucrative drone deal with the Pentagon — a company linked to the pair has been awarded a military contract while their father is actively conducting the war that creates demand for it (The Daily Beast). Separately, the two also purchased a stake in a federally contracted mining company (The New Republic). This is textbook war profiteering by the first family, and it is happening in plain sight.

More than 100,000 students walked out of class yesterday as part of a coordinated action alongside workers — organizers are calling it the largest one-day student strike in over 80 years (Common Dreams). Thousands more joined "May Day Strong" marches protesting Trump, the Iran war, immigration enforcement, and rising costs (The Guardian US). The backdrop: new data shows real CEO pay surged 54% between 2019 and 2025, while real worker pay fell 12% — and at least four CEOs each pocketed over $100 million last year (Common Dreams). The strikes happened. The anger is real. This is the story of our moment.