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Four high-profile partners have made a clean break from powerhouse law firm Paul Weiss, following the firm’s controversial March agreement with former President Donald Trump. The pact involved the firm pledging $40 million in pro bono legal work to causes aligned with the Trump administration—an arrangement that sparked internal unease and, ultimately, departures. Karen Dunn, …

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A federal judge has hit the brakes on a sweeping Trump administration order that threatened to eject thousands of international students from Harvard University, marking a dramatic twist in the high-stakes clash between the White House and one of America’s oldest and most influential academic institutions. With just days to go before graduation, U.S. District …

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A federal judge in Washington has torched an executive order issued by former President Donald Trump that aimed directly at the high-profile law firm Jenner & Block, calling the move an unconstitutional assault on legal independence and the First Amendment. The now-defunct order had suspended security clearances for the firm’s attorneys and blocked their access …

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A federal court has slammed the brakes on a Trump-era directive that led to the quiet purging of government health content simply because it acknowledged transgender patients. At the center of the ruling: two Harvard Medical School doctors whose peer-reviewed articles vanished from the Patient Safety Network, a public resource overseen by the Agency for …

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In a move that has reignited fury among grieving families, the U.S. Justice Department has quietly sealed a deal in principle with Boeing—one that spares the aviation giant from criminal prosecution over the catastrophic 737 MAX crashes that claimed 346 lives. This behind-the-curtain arrangement means Boeing will escape the courtroom spotlight, avoiding the label of …

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Merrick Garland, former U.S. Attorney General and longtime jurist, is making a quiet but pointed reentry into the legal world. After stepping away from public office, Garland is heading back to where it all began—Arnold & Porter, the Washington-based law firm that helped shape his early legal career. The firm announced Garland’s arrival as a …

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In a late move that cloaks one of the most controversial arms of Donald Trump’s revived presidency in temporary secrecy, the U.S. Supreme Court has hit the brakes on lower court orders demanding transparency from the Department of Government Efficiency—an agency born of executive fiat and billionaire ambition. At the heart of the case is …

Veil of Secrecy: Supreme Court Shields Trump’s Musk-Backed DOGE From Public Scrutiny—For Now Read More »

In a dramatic courtroom twist, a judge has slammed the brakes on the Trump administration’s aggressive move to yank Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. This ruling grants a temporary shield to over 7,000 visa holders who were staring down the barrel of forced transfers and academic upheaval. Harvard, one of America’s oldest bastions of …

Ivy League Showdown: Court Halts Trump’s Attempt to Cut Off Harvard’s Foreign Students Read More »

In a striking blow to an executive order from the Trump administration, a federal judge in Washington decisively tossed out the move that targeted the law firm Jenner & Block. The order had aimed to freeze security clearances for Jenner’s lawyers, barring them from federal buildings, officials, and government contracts — a move widely seen …

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In a move that has stunned academia and rattled international scholars, the Trump administration has stripped Harvard University of its ability to host foreign students, triggering a seismic shift in U.S. higher education policy and threatening a broader campaign against universities across the country. The order, issued by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, pulls Harvard’s …

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