A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland imposed a preliminary injunction on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Thursday, restricting access to personally identifying data in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) database. The preliminary injunction comes after Judge Ellen Hollander granted a temporary restraining order on March 20, [...]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday ordered Harvard University to give records on student visa holders’ “violent activities” by April 30, or risk losing Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification. DHS also canceled $2.7 million in grant funding, finding the school to be “unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer dollars.” [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Maine Department of Education (DOE) on Wednesday over its policies that allow transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports. The lawsuit alleges Maine’s policies violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects citizens under any education program or activity receiving federal funding from being [...]
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Thursday that tech giant Google LLC had violated federal anti-trust law by engaging in anti-competitive acts to attain monopoly power and depriving competitors of the ability to compete. An accompanying order issued by the judge required both Google and the US Department of Justice to submit a joint proposed [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, or the guarantee of citizenship to nearly any individual who is born inside the US. President Trump issued his order in January of this year seeking to end birthright citizenship in the US. The [...]
Gambian national Michael Sang Correa was convicted by a Colorado jury for participating in the torture of victims in 2006, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday. Correa was a part of a paramilitary unit known as the “Junglers,” run by Yahya Jammeh, dictator and former Gambian president. The victims told the jury that [...]
US District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted universities and university advocacy groups relief Wednesday when she approved their motion for a temporary restraining order on the federal Department of Energy’s new “Rate Cap Policy.” The DOE announced its new policy on April 11. The policy will cut funding for indirect costs that support research at [...]
Chief Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that there is “probable cause” to hold the government in contempt for defying his earlier order to halt the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on March 15, citing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, [...]
A federal judge in Texas vacated a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulation on Tuesday. The ruling by Judge Mark Pittman, a federal district court judge for the Northern District of Texas, removes many previous caps from credit card late fees. This comes amid a flurry of court decisions involving the CFPB, as the Trump [...]
The Associated Press (AP) filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to ensure immediate compliance with the injunction imposed last week that ordered the White House to allow AP reporters access to the press pool. The injunction was filed just one day after information was leaked regarding a new White House press policy that would once [...]
