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According to analysis by experts, cancer patients in the UK miss out on lifesaving medications and clinical trials are scuppered by extra costs and bureaucratic hurdles imposed by Brexit. The…
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The Supreme Court ordered an emergency temporary halt to Donald Trump’s application of the Alien Enemies Act to abruptly rendition immigrants to El Salvador. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito…
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted contempt proceedings by federal District Court Judge James Boasberg stemming from mass rendition flights last month by Donald Trump’s regime which used…
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Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg denied a request for an emergency order to bar more expulsions of people using the Alien Enemies Act, on the grounds that a recent…
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Governor Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a number of bills with a right wing slant, with national attention for her veto of a bill intended to make state and local officials…
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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” got permission from the Department of Justice to access a sensitive data system that details the interactions of immigrants with the federal government. DOGE…
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Federal District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who previously issued an order blocking Donald Trump’s regime from demolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, issued another order to block mass firings…
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Federal District Court Judge William K. Sessions III ordered that Immigration and Customs Enforcement must return Rümeysa Öztürk from Louisiana to its Vermont detention facility by no later than 1…
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Joe Kasper, Chief of Staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, will leave that role soon to take a different position in the Department of Defense. Last month Kasper asked for…
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Three top staffers for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were fired a few days after being placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into leaks of sensitive…
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Federal District Court Judge Brian Murphy followed his 28 March 2025 temporary restraining order with a memorandum and an injunction to block Donald Trump’s regime from carrying out fast-track deportations…
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Federal District Court Judge Victoria M. Calvert in the Northern Georgia district issued a temporary restraining order against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s stripping of F-1 visas from 133 students, which…
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Officials in Donald Trump’s regime backpedaled, claiming the letter that ignited a showdown with Harvard University was sent by mistake. It is unclear whether the mistake was premature mailing, or…
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Federal District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick ordered a temporary pause to Donald Trump’s executive order which removed from passports the ability of transgender people to change the gender signifier…
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After Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) successfully got a meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, the White House posted on X (formerly Twitter) saying “he’s NOT coming back” which…
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Donald Trump’s regime began removing COVID-related signs from federal properties and replaced COVID-related government websites with a White House page promoting allegations against China and other targets of the Republican…
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A federal class action lawsuit was filed seeking to reinstate the F-1 immigration visas of over 100 foreign students for whom they were revoked abruptly in mid-semester without explanation by…
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Federal judges warned Congress that they need more resources allocated to protect their security from escalating threats and efforts to intimidate them. Such activities are stoked by Donald Trump, his…
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Elon Musk’s company Tesla reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by employee Raina Pierce over racial discrimination. Pierce alleged that at the Fremont, California factory where she installed car…
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With persistence and after drawing global public attention, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) got to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia who is wrongfully imprisoned in El Salvador’s CECOT despite an…
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After the story of his birth certificate, Social Security card and a judge affirming his citizenship were not enough to get him released from detention as an illegal alien, blossoming…
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward R. Martin Jr. sent letters to at least three medical or scientific journals questioning whether they are partisan and various aspects of…
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The Mississippi state Supreme Court ruled that a transgender boy cannot change his name legally to something more masculine until he reaches age 21. State law normally allows a minor…
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The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by Donald Trump’s regime against an order by federal District Court Judge Paula Xinis for deposition of officials about expulsion of…
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Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, who was born in the USA state of Georgia, was arrested as an illegal alien after Florida Highway Patrol stopped a car in which he was a…
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Dr. Lisa Anderson of Connecticut, a USA citizen born in Pennsylvania, received email from the Department of Homeland Security ordering her to leave the country. She found the language in…
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The stepson of a sheriff’s deputy used her former service weapon to kill two employees and wound six other people in a mass shooting at the student union of Florida…
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On her show, Rachel Maddow pulled together fragmented local news reports to show that universities are banding together in mutual academic defense compacts against Donald Trump’s demands at an accelerating…
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California filed a lawsuit in federal District Court asserting the tariffs Donald Trump has imposed are illegal. Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to borrow from Congress the…
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Prosecutors filed criminal charges against five private security guards who dragged Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl out of a Republican town hall in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on 22 February 2025. The meeting…
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Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network was announced, offering pro bono (free of lawyer’s fees) legal assistance to current and former federal workers who need it. More than 1000…
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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” began trying to insert its people into independent non-profit organizations which receive federal funding. DOGE is a subset of a White House IT team,…
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Donald Trump told the Internal Revenue Service he wants tax-exempt status stripped from Harvard University, so the agency is preparing to do it. Universities often have 501(c)(3) tax status, which…
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Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) got on a flight around 06:00 to El Salvador with the primary goal of at least meeting with his constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as well…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, made bizarre statements about autism and announced an equally bizarre campaign against it. At a press…
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After the White House again denied Associated Press access other news media have to cover Donald Trump and then issued a new policy to cement that, AP asked federal District…
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem threatened to revoke Harvard University’s certification to host international students in the wake of its rejection of demands by Donald Trump’s regime to intrude significantly…
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Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled there is probable cause to find Donald Trump’s regime in criminal contempt of court for violating his order immediately pause deportations done via…
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Lena Kotler, a mother, was dragged out of a Board of Education meeting for City Schools of Decatur, Georgia, after she shouted one word out of turn during consideration of…
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In response to tariffs, Hong Kong’s post office will no longer ship small parcels to the USA. The USA is ending a de minimis exemption that allowed shipments worth less…
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District Court Judge Paula Xinis began building a case about holding Donald Trump’s regime in contempt of court for its persistent non-compliance with orders from both her court and the…
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Federal District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from enforcing an executive order he issued against the law firm Susman Godfrey to bar it…
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Three top staff members for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were placed under investigation regarding leaks of sensitive information. They were escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative…
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In the wake of mass firings throughout the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration suspended its safety checks of food due to lack of staff.…
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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” wiped out the 30 year old AmeriCorps program that put young volunteers to work on projects to help communities. DOGE is a subset of…
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The Department of Justice fired attorney Erez Reuveni, who answered District Court Judge Paula Xinis honestly about being unable to get information about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia before having to…
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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” has in recent weeks taken over grants.gov, a central website for providing information about and taking applications for federal grants. DOGE is a subset…
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A whistleblower account broke out detailing intrusion into National Labor Relations Board systems by Elon Musk’s DOGE, disabling of security barriers, exfiltration of data and apparently associated access attempts from…
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Cody Balmer, under arrest for setting fire to the home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, was denied bail by Dauphin County Magisterial District Judge Dale Klein. Klein said Balmer is…
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Five businesses jointly filed a lawsuit in the federal Court of International Trade to halt Donald Trump’s tariff policies on the grounds that they are unlawful. The businesses assert that…
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