13 h. ago Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by CongressA federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding.Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of some or all of their claims. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general

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60 h. ago Judge says government can't limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people

A federal judge has expanded a ruling that blocked the Trump administration from enacting policy changes to sex markers on passports to cover all transgender and nonbinary Americans who are without a passport or need to apply for a new one within a year

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60 h. ago Trump administration blocked from cutting local health funding for four municipalities

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding for four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states

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4 d. ago Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull support

Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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1 week ago Minister dismisses US fears about China's London 'super embassy' as White House warns against letting Beijing build near sensitive City sites

The Trump administration has urged Downing Street to block the proposed development close to London financial centres amid fears that it will be used to tap into commercial information.

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2 w. ago Trump keeps being overruled by judges. And his temper tantrums won’t stop that | Steven Greenhouse

A word of advice to Trump: dozens of judges keep ruling against you because you’ve flouted the law more than any previous presidentIt’s hard to keep track of all the temper tantrums that Donald Trump has had because he’s so ticked off that one judge after another has ruled against his flood of illegal actions. In seeking to put their fingers in the dike to stop the US president’s lawlessness, federal judges have issued a startling high number of rulings, more than 185, to block or temporarily pause moves by the Trump administration.Livid about all this, White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has railed against “judicial activism”, while Trump adviser Stephen Miller carps about a “judicial coup”. As for Trump, the grievance-is-me president has gone into full conniption-mode, moaning about anti-Trump rulings and denouncing “USA-hating judges”. On Truth Social, he said: “How is it possible for [judges] to have potentially done such damage to the United States of America? Is it ...

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3 w. ago US court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs while administration appeals ruling blocking them – US politics live

US appeal judges grant administrative stay of trade court’s order blocking tariffsCan Trump get around the court ruling that blocks his tariffs?A federal judge will consider on whether to further block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard university’s ability to enroll international students (see post at 10.38 for more details).At a hearing in Boston, US district judge Allison Burroughs will weigh whether to extend a temporary order she issued last Friday that blocked the US department of homeland security from carrying out the revocation it issued a day earlier. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump adviser confident tariff ruling will be overturned and says three trade deals nearly done – live

Kevin Hassett says three trade deals are nearly complete and more expected; Stephen Miller says ‘the judicial coup is out of control’ after federal court blocks tariffsTrump allies rail against court ruling blocking wide swath of tariffsA federal judge will consider on whether to further block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard university’s ability to enroll international students (see post at 10.38 for more details).At a hearing in Boston, US district judge Allison Burroughs will weigh whether to extend a temporary order she issued last Friday that blocked the US department of homeland security from carrying out the revocation it issued a day earlier. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Latest: Federal judge blocks Trump administration decision to bar foreign students at Harvard

A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students

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3 w. ago Judge blocks Trump administration’s ban on Harvard accepting international students

Ivy league had filed suit saying the ban was unconstitutional retaliation for defying White House’s demandsUS politics live – latest updatesUS university scholars and international students: are you considering working or studying elsewhere?A US federal judge on Friday blocked the government from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students just hours after the elite college sued the Trump administration over its abrupt ban the day before on enrolling foreign students.US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued the temporary restraining order late on Friday morning, freezing the policy that had been abruptly imposed on the university, based in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago British students BANNED from Harvard University as Trump administration blocks all admissions from abroad

US homeland security secretary says Harvard will no longer be able to enrol international students over allegations of ‘anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators’ on campus

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4 w. ago Harvard says Trump administration’s block on international student enrollment ‘unlawful’ – US politics live

In a major escalation between Trump and Harvard, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem says move to halt enrollment should ‘serve as a warning’Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international studentsIsrael’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, has accused unnamed European officials of “toxic antisemitic incitement” he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington took place, Reuters reports.Israel has faced a blizzard of criticism from Europe of late as it has intensified its military campaign in Gaza, where humanitarian groups have warned that an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid supplies has left the Palestinian territory on the brink of famine. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status

A judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations plays out

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4 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from government

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider

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