Judge says dismantling of USAID was unconstitutional

Judge blocks parts of Trump executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a temporary restraining order that stops three parts of Trump's executive order from being implemented against the law firm Perkins Coie.

CBS News - Mar. 12

Patronus AI’s Judge-Image wants to keep AI honest — and Etsy is already using it

Patronus AI launches the first multimodal LLM-as-a-Judge for evaluating AI systems that process images, with Etsy already implementing the technology to validate product image captions across its ...

VentureBeat - Mar. 13

Details on judge's ruling that some government workers must be reinstated after mass firings

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate thousands of probationary federal employees who were recently fired. CBS News congressional reporter ...

CBS News - Mar. 14

Judges rule against mass firings and Tricare bills couple over $100K: Morning Rundown

Judges reverse Trump's federal mass firings. Keith Kellogg absent from Ukraine-Russia talks. Over $100,000 in denied medical bills. Supercharging gut health.

NBC News - Mar. 14

Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge on Saturday preemptively blocked the Trump administration's reported efforts to quickly deport five Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798. The move from ...

The Hill - 6d

A judge limits Trump's ability to deport people under the 18th century Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from using an 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies Act to deport five Venezuelans, kicking off a blizzard of litigation over the ...

NBC News - 6d

Rubio announces deportations day after judge blocks using Alien Enemies Act

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Sunday that hundreds of members of the Tren de Aragua gang have been deported under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, even as a federal judge ordered the ...

The Hill - 5d

Trump administration deports immigrants despite judge blocking use of Alien Enemies Act

The White House is disregarding a federal judge's ruling on immigration, claiming the court has no authority. The ruling was meant to block the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies ...

CBS News - 4d

Judge orders hearing over Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act despite court ruling

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for Monday afternoon on whether the Trump administration violated a court order against using a law passed in 1798 to deport hundreds of undocumented ...

CBS News - 4d

Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage here . White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations What is the Alien Enemies Act and how is ...

The Guardian - 3d

Trump administration briefing: judge incredulous at deportations defense; Doge workers break into building

White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela flights; Elon Musk’s Doge workers break into non-government agency – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance. The Trump ...

The Guardian - 3d

Former prosecutor: Trump admin distinction between judge's verbal, non-verbal orders 'completely silly’

Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu slammed the Trump administration's decision to violate a judge's order that blocked the removal of undocumented Venezuelan immigrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies ...

The Hill - 3d

Breakdown of Alien Enemies Act and Trump administration's deportation flights against judge's order

The Trump administration has until noon Tuesday to share details with a federal judge about the deportation flights carrying undocumented Venezuelans. The White House carried out the flights even ...

CBS News - 3d

Chief justice pushes back against calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement Tuesday rebuking President Donald Trump and his allies for calling to impeach judges who have ruled against the administration.

NBC News - 3d

Supreme Court chief justice rebukes Trump over call to impeach judge in deportation case

Trump's demand came a day after Chief Judge James Boasberg grilled a Department of Justice lawyer about deportations of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members.

CNBC - 3d

Judge temporarily bars EPA from clawing back $14B in green bank grants

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has temporarily barred the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from clawing back billions of dollars given out under the Biden administration to help finance ...

The Hill - 2d

Judge gives Trump administration 1 more day to turn over deportation flight info

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg gave the Trump administration a one-day extension to turn over information about deportation flights that left the country Saturday, as the government suggests it ...

The Hill - 2d

Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns

Federal judges are worried that online threats against those who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence.

The New York Times - 1d

Judge dismisses copyright suit against Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You

Country singer Vince Vance had alleged Carey copied his band’s 1988 Christmas tune of the same name. A federal judge has dismissed a copyright lawsuit against Mariah Carey and her smash holiday ...

The Guardian - 1d

Judge rips DOJ's 'woefully insufficient' response to questions about Alien Enemies Act case

A federal judge on Thursday blasted the Justice Department’s latest response to his demand for more information about deportation flights that were carried out under a wartime law known as the ...

NBC News - 1d

Mariah Carey didn't steal 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from other writers: judge

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial holiday hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You” from other songwriters

ABC News - 1d

Judge rips DOJ's 'woefully insufficient' response to questions about Alien Enemies Act case

A federal judge on Thursday blasted the Justice Department’s latest response to his demand for more information about deportation flights that were carried out under a wartime law known as the ...

NBC News - 1d

Judge halts Georgetown scholar's removal from US until further court order

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from removing a Georgetown University postdoctoral scholar from the country until the court can consider his legal challenge. Badar Khan ...

The Hill - 23h

Judge tells Columbia not to give House GOP student data until after Tuesday hearing

A district judge said Thursday that Columbia University is not to give the House Education and Workforce Committee information it had requested about student disciplinary actions until after a ...

The Hill - 22h

Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face imminent return after USAID cuts

US aid funding enabled the women to study in Oman - but their scholarships have been abruptly terminated.

BBC News - Mar. 8

How USAID lost its way — and how to fix America's humanitarian aid system

Congress faces a choice: Preserve an outdated, opaque system riddled with inefficiency, or forge a leaner, results-driven model that actually serves those in need.

The Hill - Mar. 9

USAid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’

Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze . Dangerous new forms of tuberculosis (TB) for which there is no treatment could emerge as ...

The Guardian - Mar. 10

Johns Hopkins University to let more than 2,000 workers go after Trump's USAID cuts

Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after the Trump administration rescinded funding for thousands of international aid projects.

NBC News - 6d

Putin's real goal: Destroy NATO

Putin's larger goal is to dismantle NATO by creating division from within and increasing European dependence on Russian energy.

The Hill - 4d

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

The New York Times - 3d

Trump set to sign executive order shuttering the Education Department

The president campaigned extensively on a promise to dismantle the department and appointed an education secretary keen to carry out the task.

NBC News - 1d

Mar 20: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET

President Trump expected to sign executive order dismantling Education Department; Finland ranked happiest country in the world.

CBS News - 1d

What to expect after Trump's Department of Education executive order

With questions about the Department of Education's future still unanswered, learn more about could happen if the agency is dismantled.

NBC News - 23h

Trump's Jan. 6 pardon doesn't cover rioter's plot to kill FBI agents, judge rules

President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot does not extend to the separate crimes of one rioter who plotted to murder the law enforcement agents who ...

NBC News - Mar. 10

Dianna Russini says the Broncos are not in on Cooper Kupp

Dianna Russini says the Broncos are not in on Cooper Kupp.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14

Federal judge hears arguments on Mahmoud Khalil's detention

Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and prominent leader of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University currently facing deportation by the Trump administration, will remain in detention ...

NBC News - Mar. 12