Column: The United States careens toward a constitutional crisis
Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down. But federal courts are proving more resistant to Donald Trump’s trampling of laws and the Constitution. Now, just two…
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Jackie Robinson story back on Defense Department site after DEI purge
An article highlighting the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie Robinson has been restored to the Department of Defense website. Its removal had appeared to be related to the…
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Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order
The federal judge’s ruling was clear: The Trump administration could not use an obscure wartime law from the 18th century to deport people without a hearing. If any planes were…
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Court blocks release of photos, video of bodies of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa
A New Mexico court on Monday blocked the release of police bodycam video and other images that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, after they…
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ACLU asks judge to force Trump admin to state if it violated court order
In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in…
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Confusion clouds the fate of two new California monuments
The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular…
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Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the United States, even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily…
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Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order
The Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelans accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador, pushing the limits of U.S. immigration law seemingly after a federal…
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Perkins Coie Gets Temporary Restraining Order Against Trump’s Punitive Executive Order
Yesterday, Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit to “to declare the [Executive Order targeting the firm] unlawful and to enjoin its implementation.” Today, Judge Beryl Howell held a held an hour-and-a-half-long…
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Trump signs executive order suspending security clearance of Perkins Coie – JURIST
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday suspending security clearances and terminating federal contracts with the law firm Perkins Coie. The executive order stated that all Perkins…
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Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist ‘take down’ data breach reporting, citing UK court order
A U.S.-based independent cybersecurity journalist has declined to comply with a U.K. court-ordered injunction that was sought following their reporting on a recent cyberattack at U.K. private healthcare giant HCRG….
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Trump Signs Order to Create a ‘Crypto Reserve,’ Adviser Says
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to create a national stockpile of Bitcoin and other digital currencies, an adviser said, an audacious idea that has been widely criticized…
Read More »Professor Jenny Breen Discusses Executive Powers in the Wake of SCOTUS Order in USAID Case
Professor Jenny Breen spoke with the Washington Post for the article “Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid”. The article discusses the recent 5-4 order…
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Trump Is Said to Be Preparing Executive Order That Aims to Eliminate Education Dept.
President Trump is preparing to sign an order that would instruct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling her agency, setting the stage for a potential power struggle with Congress…
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Supreme Court turns down Trump appeal over disbursing foreign funds
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts turned down an appeal from President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday, keeping in place a judge’s order that requires the…
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Court Blocks Trump’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion Executive Order
On February 21, 2025, a U.S. District Court judge blocked portions of Trump Administration executive orders focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion programming (“DEI”). The preliminary injunction issued in National Association of Diversity…
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USPTO Show Cause Order Targets 42,000 Trademarks
In a February 24, 2025 Show Cause Order against Shenzhen Seller Growth Network Technology Co., Ltd. et al., the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that about 42,000…
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Supreme Court pauses judge’s order to spend $2 billion in foreign funds
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday evening issued an order pausing a judge’s deadline requiring the Trump administration to send out nearly $2 billion in funds…
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Column: Trump’s true motive for renaming Gulf of Mexico
Before President Trump, the most high-profile call to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico came from Stephen Colbert, who joked on his Comedy Central show in 2010 that…
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L.A. city leaders seek crackdown on the N-word and C-word
For the last decade, the Los Angeles City Council chamber has been center stage for some of the meanest, most offensive messages delivered in an open government forum. A few…
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