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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining sensitive medical re...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining sensitive medical records from healthcare institutions in New York City that provided gender identity care to minors in recent years. https://cnn.it/4vsAjul
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Federal judge dismisses Justice Department lawsuit seeking detailed Maryland voter data
The Trump administration's attempts to obtain state-level voter data have suffered yet another legal blow.
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Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund
A federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from creating or operating President Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate people it says were wronged by the federal government.
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All charges against Chicago protesters dropped in latest ICE case to unravel
Prosecutors may face sanctions over redactions to grand jury transcripts linked to four of ‘Broadview Six’ defendants
Federal prosecutors have decided to drop all remaining criminal charges against four people indicted in October after protesting outside a suburban Chicago immigration detention center in the latest such case to unravel for the Trump administration.
Andrew Boutros, a US attorney, made the announcement on Thursday after a meeting about redactions made by prosecutors to a set of grand jury transcripts. Boutros told US district judge April Perry he had learned of what happened three weeks earlier.
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Appeals court shows some skepticism of Trump’s effort to punish law firms
A panel of judges expressed skepticism about President Trump’s efforts to punish law firms, pressing a Justice Department lawyer about sanctions that have been blocked by lower courts.
Law firms argued the sanctions were retaliatory and unconstitutional.
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Trump asks judges to pause E. Jean Carroll ruling so he can appeal case to SCOTUS
President Trump has asked a court to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit so he can appeal the case to the Supreme Court.
Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a DOJ criminal probe over paid informants
The Alabama-based civil rights organization made the announcement Tuesday, saying President Donald Trump's administration appears to be preparing legal action against it or its employees.
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Pain at the pump | Latest US politics news from The Economist
♦️ The Iran war pushes the average price of petrol above $4 per gallon.
♦️ The Trump administration sues Minnesota’s Education Department.
♦️ Citizenship and Immigration Services resumes processing some asylum-seeker applications.
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