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HOUSTON (AP) — With the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years looming, the Trump administration is using official government communications to blame Democrats and promote the president’s policies. At least one agency has posted a public warning blaming “the massive pain” of any shutdown on “The Radical Left,” provoking questions about potential violations of the Hatch Act, which …

Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules  The Washington Post Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech  The New York Times Judge rules Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestinian students for deportation efforts violated First Amendment  Columbia Daily Spectator Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students  The Guardian Federal judge rules Trump unconstitutionally targeted Gaza war protesters for …

Judge orders Trump administration to preserve $233M in FEMA grants it attempted to pull from blue states  Politico Trump administration can’t require states to cooperate with immigration agents to get FEMA grants, judge rules  CBS News Judge blocks Trump from cutting counterterrorism funds for Democratic-led states  Reuters Judge halts Trump administration cuts to disaster aid for ‘sanctuary’ states  Los Angeles Times Washington AG leads …

Washington — A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio violated the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation in order to strike fear into international students and curb lawful speech. In a 161-page decision, U.S. District Judge William Young delivered a blistering assessment of the Trump administration’s …

BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-U.S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judged said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his policies as serious threats to free speech. U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston agreed with several university associations …

In an unusual move, Donald Trump’s administration is using the US Department of Housing and Urban Development website to blame the looming government shutdown on the “radical left”. The giant red banner, splashed across the agency website on Tuesday morning, comes after Republican and Democratic leaders did not reach an agreement on government spending legislation beyond the Tuesday night deadline, …

At an address of assembled generals and admirals, Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, outlined changes to military policy and philosophy in a set of 10 directives meant to change organizational culture around fitness, race and gender, describing the previous state of military affairs as the “woke department.” Donald Trump followed Hegseth’s call to embrace the virtues of lethality as …

Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Donald Trump’s public and private push to have ex-FBI director James Comey indicted on criminal charges is a strong sign of the US slipping into authoritarianism, but it could also taint the case’s chances of success because it is evidence of a selective and biased political prosecution, ex-prosecutors and scholars say. Trump’s retribution drive against an old foe he blames …

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced the opening of 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing, tripling the benchmarks set by the landmark One Big Beautiful Bill Act and delivering on President Donald J. Trump’s directive to restore American Energy Dominance. This decisive action will help strengthen our domestic supply chains and secure reliable energy.  …