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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an administrative stay of yesterday’s decision by the Court of International Trade, so Donald Trump’s unilaterally imposed tariffs which were lifted…
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Federal District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that Donald Trump’s unilaterally imposed tariffs are unlawful and lifted them from the companies whose lawsuit is before him while the case progresses.…
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On 9 May 2025, an officer in the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas used Automatic License Plate Recognition provided by the company Flock to search nationwide for a woman…
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Raids at two Tallahassee, Florida construction sites by Homeland Security Investigations, Florida Highway Patrol, and other state and federal law enforcement agencies detained more than 100 people. Homeland Security Investigations…
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The first report from Donald Trump’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, released last week after only three months to prescribe government priorities regarding chronic health issues in children, turned out…
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A three judge panel on the Court of International Trade unanimously ruled that Donald Trump exceeded “any authority granted” by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, so his use of…
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Donald Trump pardoned Todd and Julie Crisley of the television show “Crisley Knows Best,” wiping away their 2022 convictions for bank fraud and tax evasion, as well as the $17.8…
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The Department of Health and Human Services cut off a $590 million contract with Moderna to use its mRNA platform to develop a vaccine against H5 avian flu. HHS Secretary…
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About 80 federal workers thrown out of the General Services Administration 18F tech shop 28 February 2025 by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” filed a class action appeal at…
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Department of Homeland Security officers insisted on entering the Manhattan office of Congressional Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY), where they handcuffed and briefly detained one of his staffers. Protests were underway…
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Federal District Court Judge Christina Reiss granted immigration bail for Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard Medical School researcher, and issued a declaratory judgement that Customs and Border Patrol acted unlawfully.…
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News surfaced through the Washington Post that 30 April 2025, Donald Trump’s White House fired all of the non-partisan Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, which keeps records of USA…
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Elon Musk and other top members of his “Department of Government Efficiency,” which is a subset of a White House IT team rather than a department, announced their impending departure…
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Donald Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, who pleaded guilty to using his employees’ tax money to fund his lifestyle, after Walczak’s mother attended a million dollar Trump dinner. Tax withholdings from…
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The Missouri state Supreme Court essentially blocked access to abortions, defying a constitutional amendment passed by voters in November 2024. In November 2024 voters in Missouri amended their constitution to…
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Federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan that a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” of various illegal actions can proceed. Attorneys General for 14 states filed…
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National Public Radio filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s executive order that strips it of Congressionally appropriated federal funding. Excerpts from the lawsuit include: The president has no authority under…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered USA embassies to stop scheduling visa application appointments for foreigners who want to study in the USA. Rubio plans closer scrutiny, beyond the enhanced…
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Federal District Court Judge Lewis Liman issued a temporary restraining order barring officials in Donald Trump’s regime from withholding federal funds from New York City due to its congestion pricing…
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Federal District Court Judge Paula Xinis denied the Department of Homeland Security’s request for yet another extension of time to respond to the court in regard to wrongful rendition of…
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Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon issued a permanent injunction that torched Donald Trump’s executive order that targeted major law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, commonly known…
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is making the Centers for Disease Control drop its recommendation of COVID vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant women.…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation detained about 40 people in immigration raids conducted by pulling over vehicles across Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, starting around 07:00.…
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Donald Trump’s White House ordered federal agencies to cancel all contracts they still have with Harvard University, which total about $100 million. This is in addition to $2.65 billion in…
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Trust between the Pentagon and White House broke down over unsubstantiated allegations that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used illegal wiretaps in his investigation of information leaks and suspicion that…
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Donald Trump issued a pardon for former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins in Virginia, who was sentenced in December to 10 years in federal prison for bribery, conspiracy and honest…
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Federal District Court Judge Brian Murphy emphatically rejected Department of Justice lawyer Drew Ensign’s motion for him to stay his own orders which commanded the government to rectify its violation…
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Congressional Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN5) announced that two House committees will investigate Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for allegedly “aiding and abetting” illegal immigration. The Homeland Security and Judiciary committees will…
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After a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Donald Trump announced suspension of his planned 50% tariffs against the European Union until 9 July 2025, the…
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Federal judges, who are subject to escalating threats especially when their rulings go against Donald Trump’s wishes, are considering developing their own security force over concern that Trump controls the…
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Federal District Court Judge Brian Murphy ordered Guatemalan man “O.C.G.” brought back to the USA from Mexico, to which Immigration and Customs Enforcement wrongfully deported him. This is at least…
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Donald Trump triggered a fall in European stock markets by posting in his social media Truth Social to impose 50% tariffs against the European Union, starting 1 June 2025, due…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio put more than 100 staffers for the National Security Council on administrative leave, cutting the NSC approximately in half. Administrative leave is often a step…
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Federal District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued a temporary restraining order blocking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s revocation of Harvard’s authorization to have international students. The TRO allows international…
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Donald Trump’s Department of Justice filed a motion seeking to completely terminate the 1997 Flores Agreement which requires the federal government to provide basic rights and services to immigrant children…
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Ximena Arias-Cristobal was released after posting $1500 bond, having been arrested by police 5 May 2025 for a traffic violation committed by another vehicle and driving without a license, then…
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District Court Judge Myong J. Joun issued a preliminary injunction barring implementation of Donald Trump’s executive order to close the Department of Education. Joun ordered reinstatement of about 1,300 federal…
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The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that prohibited establishment of the nation’s first taxpayer funded religious charter school. Amy Coney Barrett recused. She is a former professor…
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Federal District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to prohibit the federal government from revoking the legal status of international students, or arresting or detaining them…
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard University’s authorization to enroll international students. Noem not only barred Harvard from admitting international students, but also required current students from…
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Federal District Court Judge Brian Murphy said federal officers unquestionably violated his court order by putting six men on a removal flight to South Sudan without meaningful due process. He…
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Federal District Court Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered that Immigration and Customs Enforcement must allow detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil to meet with his wife Noor Abdalla at the detention…
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Business owner and non-profit leader Sam Sutton won a special election for New York state Senate District 22, keeping the seat Democratic after Simcha Felder resigned from it to take…
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Federal District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy ordered USA officials to “maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or to any other third country,…
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The Food and Drug Administration announced that going forward, access to vaccination against COVID will be limited to people 65 or older and people at high risk serious illness if…
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In a Senate hearing, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem badly botched the definition of habeas corpus, a right established in the Constitution that Donald Trump wants to suspend.…
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The Supreme Court, with only one dissent, put a hold on a District Court ruling in San Francisco extended Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans whose status was due to expire…
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Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced in social media that she charged Congressional Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) with two counts of assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement…
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Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced that misdemeanor charges of trespassing against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka were dropped. Habba posted on social media, “After extensive consideration, we…
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Federal District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that actions by Donald Trump and by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” to dismantle the U.S. Institute of Peace were unlawful and…
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