5 h. ago Supreme court backs Trump over holding back $1.5bn in USAid cash – US politics live

Stay of lower court ruling comes as Trump administration said it is eliminating $60bn worth of US assistance around the worldUK prime minister Keir Starmer is in Washington where later today where he will have his first meeting with President Trump since the inauguration.With Trump aligning with Moscow even more explicitly than he did during his first administration, and threatening to wind down the Nato guarantees that have underpinned the security of western Europe since the second world war, the stakes could not be higher. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trump live: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to pay $2bn foreign aid

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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9 h. ago USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled

Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces

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11 h. ago Trump live updates: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to unfreeze foreign aid payments

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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11 h. ago Supreme Court pauses judge’s order for Trump to unfreeze USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices

High court temporarily blocks judge’s order just before midnight deadline to restart aid payments

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13 h. ago Trump live updates: President asks Supreme Court to block USAID payments hours before deadline

President said of million federal workers yet to respond to DOGE email, 'maybe they're gonna be gone’

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13 h. ago Trump calls on Supreme Court to block USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices

Trump administration calls on high court to block judge’s order in fight over foreign aid payments

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21 h. ago Supreme Court seems likely to rule for Ohio woman claiming job bias because she's straight

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight

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29 h. ago Trump administration sued over crackdown on school diversity programs

Teachers union says the crackdown violates the First and Fifth Amendments

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38 h. ago Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs

A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money

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5 d. ago Supreme Court won’t let Trump immediately fire whistleblower chief as legal challenge plays out

Hampton Dellinger will remain at the Office of Special Counsel, for now

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9 d. ago Trump administration files first supreme court appeal over firing of government watchdog

Attempt to remove head of the office of special counsel is key test of executive branch’s battle with US judiciary to reshape federal governmentDonald Trump’s administration has asked the supreme court to approve the firing of the head of a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers in the first appeal of Trump’s new term and a key test of his battle with the judicial branch.Hampton Dellinger, the head of the office of the special counsel (OSC), is among the fired government watchdogs who have sued the Trump administration, arguing that their dismissals were illegal and that they should be reinstated. Continue reading...

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