4 h. ago Federal judge temporarily blocks mass layoffs as Trump official estimates 10,000 could be affected – live

Judge Susan Illston says administration has ‘taken advantage of lapse in government functioning’; Russell Vought says his office wants to be ‘very aggressive in shuttering bureaucracy’Full report: judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdownThe far-right US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is further distancing herself from her fellow Republicans and accusing men in her party of being “weak”.In an interview with the Washington Post, Greene expressed her frustrations with Republicans, signaling her further deviation from the political strategies of her party, as the government shutdown beginning 1 October was slated to enter its third week. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdown

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workersA federal court has granted a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s firings of federal employees during the government shutdown.The ruling by Judge Susan Illston of the US district court’s northern district of California came in response to a lawsuit filed by labor unions representing federal workers. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s National Guard troops in Chicago: ‘Will only add fuel to the fire’

Judge April Perry says administration ‘simply unreliable’ when it comes to its demands for boots on the ground

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9 d. ago California and Oregon to fight Trump as both sue over deployed national guard

Governors Newsom and Kotek push back on Trump administration as it looks to escalate crackdown in PortlandCalifornia’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Sunday he would go to court to fight the move by Donald Trump to send national guard members from his state to Oregon, where protesters have gathered near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) building in Portland.Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, said 101 California national guard members arrived in her state on Saturday night by plane and more were on the way. Kotek said there has been no formal communication with the federal government about the deployment. A day earlier, a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying 200 members of Oregon’s guard to Portland. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard

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1 week ago Judge blocks national guard deployment to Oregon after legal action by Newsom

California governor says president ‘attacking rule of law’ as Trump-appointed judge rules twice to stop national guard from any state being used in OregonA federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would sue the president over the planned deployment of his state’s troops.Both states sought the temporary restraining order after the president sent guard members from California to Oregon earlier in the day. On Saturday, the same judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying Oregon’s national guard troops to Portland. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge blocks Trump from sending National Guard into Portland as protesters clash with federal agents outside ICE facility

An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with hundreds of protestors at an ICE facility.

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1 week ago Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland

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1 week ago Judge blocks Trump policy to detain migrant children turning 18 in adult facilities

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to detain migrant children in adult facilities once they turn 18

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2 w. ago Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry

White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 yearsThe White House will open 13.1m acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining while providing $625m for coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration has announced.The efforts came as part of a suite of initiatives from the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency, aimed at reviving the flagging coal sector. Coal, the most polluting and costly fossil fuel, has been on a rapid decline over the past 30 years, with the US halving its production between 2008 and 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Arizona judge blocks Trump administration from deporting migrant Guatemalan and Honduran children

A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children who came to the U.S. alone

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2 w. ago Former FBI head James Comey calls Trump a 'tyrant' following his indictment for lying to Congress while declaring his innocence

Comey has been a staunch critic of Donald Trump 's administration since the president fired him. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the charges in a post to social media Thursday evening.

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3 w. ago Federal judge refuses to reinstate eight former inspectors general fired by Trump administration

A federal judge has refused to reinstate eight former inspectors general who sued after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation

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3 w. ago Former FBI director James Comey 'expected to be indicted for lying to congress'

Comey has been a staunch critic of the Trump administration since President Donald Trump fired him in 2017.

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3 w. ago Legal groups resist Trump authoritarian moves with pro bono work

Groups of lawyers battling to get clients’ jobs back, avoid prosecutions or recoup money that has been illegally blockedAs the Trump administration has fired federal employees and top officials for political reasons, blocked millions of dollars Congress appropriated and flouted legal norms, several legal outfits are providing crucial pro bono and other help to many individuals hurt by Donald Trump’s authoritarian actions, say lawyers involved and ex-prosecutors.Lowell & Associates, Democracy Defenders Fund and the Washington Litigation Group, are among the leading legal groups with clients battling to get their jobs back, avoid prosecutions, or recoup millions of dollars that have been illegally blocked, say attorneys with the trio and experts. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Home Office appeal bid over blocked deportation to be heard next week

An Eritrean man’s deportation to France was temporarily blocked by a High Court judge on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago 3 members of federal control board in Puerto Rico sue Trump and others for illegal firings

Three members of a federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances who were recently fired by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit in U.S. court alleging their firings were illegal

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4 w. ago Trump’s war on science leaves US public health experts reeling: ‘They’re sidelining science’

Career experts warn of decades of progress lost as administration fires staff, slashes budgets and buries dataDonald Trump’s second presidency has spelled upheaval or worse for multiple spheres of US government. But for science – long a key driver of the US’s global preeminence – it has heralded the perfect storm.In public health, climate science, environmental protection and nuclear safety, seasoned career specialists have been left bewildered and often jobless under a ferocious onslaught from the president, apparently aimed at gaining control over a sector about which he has displayed strongly-held views, if frequently flawed understanding. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump’s war on science leaves US public health experts reeling: ‘There will be lasting damage’

Career experts warn of decades of progress lost as administration fires staff, slashes budgets and buries dataDonald Trump’s second presidency has spelled upheaval or worse for multiple spheres of US government. But for science – long a key driver of the US’s global pre-eminence – it has heralded the perfect storm.In public health, climate science, environmental protection and nuclear safety, seasoned career specialists have been left bewildered and often jobless under a ferocious onslaught from the president, apparently aimed at gaining control over a sector about which he has displayed strongly held views, if frequently flawed understanding. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Fired health official testifies to Senate committee about chaos in RFK Jr’s department – live

Susan Monarez was director of the Centers for Disease Control before she was fired in AugustDonald Trump has claimed his administration has reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operating in the US, amid uncertainty over what shape the final agreement will take, with suggestions from the Chinese side that Beijing would retain control of the algorithm that powers the site’s video feed.“We have a deal on TikTok ... We have a group of very big companies that want to buy it,” Trump said on Tuesday, without providing further details. Continue reading...

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