14 h. ago NAACP head disinvited from Texas even after group’s lawsuit against Trump

The State Bar of Texas has rescinded a speaking invitation to the civil rights group’s president after the organization challenged the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department

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33 h. ago A dozen US states sue to stop Trump’s ‘reckless and insane’ tariff policy

Lawsuit rebukes claim that president can arbitrarily impose tariffs based on act intended for emergenciesA dozen states sued the Trump administration in the US court of international trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.The lawsuit said the policy put in place by Donald Trump has been subject to his “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority”. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration

The State Bar of Texas has rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil rights group challenged the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department

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2 d. ago US colleges criticise Trump ‘political interference’ after Harvard lawsuit

Harvard University has announced it is suing the Trump administration over a funding freeze

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3 d. ago Harvard sues Trump over $2.2 billion funding freeze as free speech battle heats up between White House and Ivy League school

Trump administration officials had demanded that the prestigious university crack down on student protests and screen international applicants for their political opinions

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3 d. ago Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demandsIn a new lawsuit, Harvard University alleged that the Donald Trump administration is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard”, several news outlets are reporting.The university is fighting back against the administration’s threat to review about $9bn in federal funding after Harvard officials refused to comply with a list of demands that included appointing an outside overseer to ensure that the viewpoints being taught at the university were “diverse”. Harvard is specifically looking to halt a freeze on $2.2bn in grants. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

A class action lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to reinstate the legal status of international students who have been stripped of their visas in a Trump administration crackdown that has left more than a thousand fearful of deportation

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6 d. ago Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber

Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’

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7 d. ago Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industryConservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies.Filed by the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, the litigation focuses on Trump’s day-one “unleashing American energy” executive order. In an effort to boost already booming US energy production, the emergency declaration directed federal agencies to identify all policies and regulations that “unduly” burden fuel producers and create “action plans” to weaken or remove them. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Zuckerberg reportedly cozied up to Trump so he could settle his FTC lawsuit for $450m instead of $30bn

Zuckerberg attempted to settle an antitrust lawsuit with the FTC with the support of Trump – but it was ultimately unsuccessful

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9 d. ago Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals

The White House has pulled federal webpages tracking climate and environmental justice dataUS politics live – latest updatesGreen groups have sued the Trump administration over the removal of government webpages containing federal climate and environmental justice data that they described as “tantamount to theft”.In the first weeks of its second term, the Trump administration pulled federal websites tracking shifts in the climate, pollution and extreme weather impacts on low-income communities, and identifying pieces of infrastructure that are extremely vulnerable to climate disasters. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump ICC sanctions order challenged in US court by human rights advocates

Exclusive: Lawsuit says ‘unconstitutional’ order violates right to share information with court’s chief prosecutorDonald Trump’s executive order imposing sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC) is facing a legal challenge from two US human rights advocates who argue it is “unconstitutional and unlawful”.In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday, the advocates said the order had forced them to stop assisting and engaging with the ICC out of fear the US government would punish them with criminal prosecution and civil fines. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago First lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs argues he illegally used emergency powers

‘These unlawfully implemented tariffs cause harm to American businesses, American jobs, and American consumers,’ says Florida entrepreneur who filed suit

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2 w. ago FTSE suffers biggest daily drop since early in the pandemic as Wall Street slides again – business live

Global trade war escalates as Beijing hits back against Donald Trump with new tariffs on US goodsChina retaliates to Trump’s ‘bullying practice’ with 34% tariffs on US importsIMF warns of ‘significant risk’ to global economy from Trump tariffs as markets slideAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsNew Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, has filed what it says is the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the US president overstepped his authority. Reuters reports:The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges that Trump lacked the legal authority to impose the sweeping tariffs unveiled on Wednesday as well as duties authorized on February 1 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped Congress’s right ...

Economics

2 w. ago Stock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business live

Global trade war escalate as Beijing hits back against Donald Trump with new tariffs on US goodsIMF warns of ‘significant risk’ to global economy from Trump tariffs as markets slideGlobal markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsNew Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, has filed what it says is the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the US president overstepped his authority. Reuters reports:The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges that Trump lacked the legal authority to impose the sweeping tariffs unveiled on Wednesday as well as duties authorized on February 1 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped Congress’s right to contro...

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 hits lowest level since January as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcementGlobal markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsNew Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, has filed what it says is the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the US president overstepped his authority. Reuters reports:The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges that Trump lacked the legal authority to impose the sweeping tariffs unveiled on Wednesday as well as duties authorized on February 1 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped Congress’s right to control tariffs, and upset the Constitution’s ...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump ordered to pay £626,000 legal costs after Steele dossier lawsuit

US president had sued over denied allegations he took part in ‘perverted’ sex acts but UK case was thrown out last yearDonald Trump has been ordered by a judge in England to pay more than £620,000 in legal costs after unsuccessfully suing a company over denied allegations he took part in “perverted” sex acts.The US president brought a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by a former MI6 officer, Christopher Steele, in 2022. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I have lost faith’: Cornell PhD suing Trump over protest executive orders flees U.S. before deportation

Federal court denied initial request to stall immigration arrest while PhD was pursuing suit against Trump

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3 w. ago Lawyer tears into her former employer in viral resignation letter over $100M Trump deal

‘As an attorney, if my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,’ former Skadden attorney Brenna Trout Frey declared Saturday

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4 w. ago Fired FTC commissioners sue Trump administration over ‘indefensible’ terminations

Democrats Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya said White House violated laws and constitution in firing themTwo Democratic commissioners fired by Donald Trump from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit on Thursday to challenge their “indefensible” terminations.Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, whose controversial firings were announced last week, are suing the Trump administration for “unlawfully” removing them from their positions. Continue reading...

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