LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Criminal justice reporter

Whitehurst covers the Supreme Court, legal affairs and criminal justice for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C. Past stops include Salt Lake City, New Mexico and Indiana.
The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups
 
The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Supreme Court turns back challenges to laws keeping abortion opponents away from clinics, patients
 
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump backs Musk as he roils the federal workforce with demands and threats
 
President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs
 
Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job
 
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama
 
President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Pool via AP)
Federal judge allows Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward
 
Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says
 
A demonstrator holds a poster displaying a prohibited traffic sign reading "Musk DOGE" during a rally to protest President Trump's policies on Presidents Day Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
DOGE notches courtroom wins as Elon Musk crusades to slash federal government
 
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs
 
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
White House says Elon Musk is not in charge at DOGE, but is advising the president
 
President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed
 
President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump moves with dizzying speed on his to-do list. But there are warning signs in his first month
 
The American flag flying alone beside an empty flagpole that previously had the flag of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are pictured in the reflection of a window that previously had the sign and the seal of USAID, outside the agency's headquarters in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze
 
A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
 
President Donald Trump speaks as Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignations
 
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
White House says it’s the judges — not Trump — causing a ‘constitutional crisis’
 
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them
 
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
Appeals court rejects Trump administration push to reinstate spending freezes on grants and loans
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
 
In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally
 
Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
A federal judge won’t immediately block DOGE access to the US Labor Department
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
As Trump pushes the limits of presidential power, the courts push back
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to Air Force One after arriving back at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Judge in nation’s capital extends block on Trump administration federal funding freeze
 
A member of a dive team and a Coast Guard vessel with a crane are pictured as they work near the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC air crash as army helicopter’s black box recovered
 
Court says banning gun sales to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional
 
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Justice Jackson punches out her frustrations with the conservative Supreme Court in the boxing ring
 
People follow a virtual speech of President Donald Trump at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
White House rescinds federal funding freeze amid legal battle, widespread confusion
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
 
Enrique Tarrio, center right, is hugged by a supporter after arriving at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Miami. Tarrio was pardoned by President Donald Trump after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Experts worry that Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
 
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