Senate Blocks DHS Funding, Raising Odds of Shutdown
The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline as Democrats pressed to rein in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.[#item_full_content]
Trump’s EPA Rolls Back Major Climate Change Rule
The Trump administration on Thursday announced the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the legal basis for federal climate regulations.[#item_full_content]
N.J. Gov. Sherrill Bans ICE Operations on State Property
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Wednesday signed an executive order banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement from launching operations on state property.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s bid to move Biden-commuted death row inmates to ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 former death row inmates to the federal “supermax” prison in Colorado, ruling the move likely violated their Fifth Amendment due process rights. The 35-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sets up a dispute between executive authority and prisoners’ procedural rights. Under […]
Federal judge upholds temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants
A federal judge on Thursday upheld her order postponing the termination of temporary protected status for around 350,000 Haitians in the United States. The Justice Department appealed U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes’ stay to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit but simultaneously requested that she rescind her order. Reyes heard arguments from […]
Trump Backs AG Bondi, Blasts Democrats, Rep. Massie
President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Attorney General Pam Bondi for her performance at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, while using the post to attack Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.[#item_full_content]
Rep. Mace: ‘You Would Be Shocked’ by Redacted Names in Epstein Files
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is warning that the American people would be “shocked” by the powerful names still being redacted in documents tied to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[#item_full_content]
Gail Slater Steps Down as DOJ Antitrust Chief
Gail Slater, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust unit, said Thursday she is stepping down from her post, marking the end of a tenure that spanned a year during a period of heightened scrutiny over corporate consolidation and competition policy.[#item_full_content]
Judge Temporarily Blocks Pentagon From Punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for Illegal Orders Video
A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Pentagon from punishing Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.[#item_full_content]
Trump Met Privately With Paramount’s Ellison
Paramount CEO David Ellison met privately with President Donald Trump at the White House last week, just days before the president said publicly that he is “not involved” in the ongoing battle over Warner Bros. Discovery’s future, CNN reports.[#item_full_content]
