Officials cite other legal authorities — not Mr. Trump’s court-blocked directives — to keep withholding foreign aid and domestic grant money. Politics
A judge last week ruled that the freeze on foreign aid must be reversed. But Trump's USAID team responded that many contracts give them the right to halt funding. Politics
The U.S. Agency for International Development was the biggest funder of projects for Palestinians to encourage stability and peace. Now these projects are under a stop-work order. Politics
A federal judge exploded at lawyers for the Trump administration tasked with defending the president's executive order pausing transgender enlistment in the military. Events
Trump lawyers argue court order does not block foreign aid freeze The Washington Post Politics
Dale Ho, who will decide whether the Justice Department can drop corruption charges against Eric Adams, argued successfully against Trump policy in a 2019 Supreme Court case. Politics
Dale Ho, who will decide whether the Justice Department can drop corruption charges against Eric Adams, argued successfully against Trump policy in a 2019 Supreme Court case. Events
A federal court on Tuesday heard arguments over whether the Trump administration has attempted to ban transgender service members from the U.S. military. Politics
A U.S. foreign service officer blamed the Trump administration's "cruel and harmful shutdown" of USAID for threatening the lives of his pregnant wife and unborn child. Politics
Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say. Politics
The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies. Events
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury Department. Politics
