Donald Trump is knocking on the doors of the U.S. Supreme Court again—this time to revive one of the most divisive policies of his presidency: a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. His administration has asked the justices to step in and override a federal judge’s order that’s currently keeping the ban from …
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In a dramatic legal showdown, the American Bar Association (ABA) has taken the U.S. Department of Justice to federal court, claiming it was punished for speaking out. At the heart of the dispute: $3.2 million in federal grants meant to train lawyers to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence. The ABA alleges the Justice …
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In a ruling that clipped the wings of Donald Trump’s latest push to reshape federal elections, a Washington judge has blocked key elements of an executive order that would have imposed new citizenship checks and voter registration hurdles—moves critics feared could muzzle legitimate voices at the ballot box. At the heart of the ruling: U.S. …
Judge Draws Line Through Trump’s Election Order, Leaves Battle Half-Fought Read More »
The phones haven’t stopped ringing. In Washington, where power dances with policy, America’s biggest lobbying firms are riding a tidal wave of cash in the early days of Donald Trump’s second presidency. The White House is red, Congress is redder, and the K Street crowd is green with opportunity. At powerhouse law firm Akin, the …
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Even as a federal judge’s order echoed from a courtroom in Pennsylvania, a plane carrying a Venezuelan man—identified only as A.S.R.—was already in the air, headed for Texas. The flight left Harrisburg on April 15, about 30 minutes after the judge had explicitly blocked any attempt to move him out of the district, let alone …
In a sharply worded rebuke to U.S. immigration officials, a federal judge has ordered the return of a young Venezuelan man wrongly deported to El Salvador — the second such case to rock the administration’s efforts to fast-track removals under a centuries-old wartime statute. The man, known only as Cristian, had been tossed into El …
In a firm move to tighten border control and uphold pilgrimage regulations, Saudi authorities have laid down a harsh new warning for expatriates: overstay your visa, and you might end up behind bars, heavily fined, and swiftly deported. The Ministry of Interior has declared that any expat who remains in the Kingdom after their entry …
In a downtown Manhattan courtroom shadowed by the echoes of old Hollywood power, Harvey Weinstein’s retrial has begun — and with it, a fresh battle over who controlled whom, and at what cost. This time around, prosecutors aren’t just revisiting the past. They’re sharpening it. They allege Weinstein, the once-feared titan behind Miramax and The …
In a sweeping and largely unannounced move, the U.S. Justice Department has pulled the plug on more than 365 grants — a financial lifeline for programs supporting everything from mental health care for police officers to safe shelter for abuse survivors. The cuts have sent shockwaves through advocacy groups, nonprofits, and community coalitions that now …
In a direct challenge to President Donald Trump’s fast-tracked deportation strategy, two federal judges have extended temporary blocks on the removal of Venezuelan migrants and raised sharp concerns about his use of an 18th-century wartime law to do so. The law in question, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, was dusted off by Trump’s administration …
Judges Push Back on Trump’s Wartime Deportation Tactic, Call for Transparency and Time Read More »
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