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WASHINGTON — A federal judge abused his authority in pursuing contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials over deportation flights carried out under the Alien Enemies Act, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was split 2-1, with two Trump appointees in the majority and an Obama …

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, issuing the fourth court decision blocking the president’s birthright citizenship order nationwide since a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman’s preliminary injunction was expected …

Abbott says FEMA needs improvements Abbott says FEMA needs improvements after deadly Texas floods 02:47 A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reallocate more than $4 billion in federal funding geared toward natural disaster mitigation projects, arguing the transfer could lead to “irreparable harm” to flood-prone areas.   The injunction by U.S. District Judge Richard …

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead. A spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not immediately …

Cloudflare: Perplexity AI Acts Like North Korean Hackers, Ignores Scraping Blocks  PCMag UK Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives  The Cloudflare Blog Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it  Yahoo Finance AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges  CyberScoop An AI Data Trap Catches Perplexity Impersonating Google  Business Insider Source …

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting migrants who entered the U.S. legally on humanitarian grounds, potentially curtailing arrests at immigration courts that have triggered controversy across the country. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of Washington, D.C., barred federal immigration officials from using two Trump administration directives to apply a fast-track deportation process known as …

Judge blocks Trump rapid-fire deportations for immigrants with parole status  Politico Judge pauses expedited deportations of migrants granted humanitarian parole  CNN Federal Judge Bars Trump From Expediting Deportation of Migrants Paroled into U.S.  The New York Times US appeals court weighs Trump’s authority to revoke legal status for thousands of migrants  Reuters Federal Judge Delivers Scathing Rebuke to Trump’s Deportation Regime  The New Republic Source …

Van Hollen blocks FBI funding bill from floor debate over Trump headquarters dispute  Politico Source link

Alaska senator blocks Navy chief confirmation  Politico Here’s why this GOP senator is blocking Trump’s pick for top military leadership position  alternet.org Key Trump appointee blocked by Senate Republican playing harball over pet project  rawstory.com Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday from Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of U.S. bombs and firearms to Israel, though the vote showed a growing number of Democrats opposed to the arms sales amid widespread hunger and suffering in Gaza. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has repeatedly tried to block the sale of offensive weapons …