As former President Donald Trump attempts to publicly distance himself from Project 2025, an undercover video has revealed that one of the initiative’s key architects continues to boast about its influence over Trump’s second administration and its sweeping, hardline policy goals. In July, Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought, who now leads the Office of Management…
In a historic legal ruling, Senior Federal Judge Charles Breyer has declared for the first time in U.S. history that a sitting president violated the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878—a statute designed to prevent the use of the U.S. military in domestic law enforcement. The ruling blocks former President Donald Trump from deploying military forces…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard pivotal arguments this week in a case that could reshape how executive orders are challenged in federal court—and potentially redefine the power of individual federal judges across the country. At the heart of the debate: whether nationwide injunctions—court orders that block a law or policy across the entire U.S.—should be…
Former President Donald J. Trump suffered a major legal defeat Friday after U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell struck down his Executive Order 14230, which had imposed sweeping federal sanctions against the prominent law firm Perkins Coie LLP. The court ruled that the order was an unconstitutional abuse of executive authority and a retaliatory attack on…
In a pointed ruling that offered sharp words for President Donald Trump’s administration, a federal judge this week denounced what she called “seemingly baseless claims” against federal workers and described the administration’s rhetoric about mass government firings as “a slap in the face” to longtime public servants. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has filed a motion to dissolve a temporary restraining order (TRO) that restricts access to Treasury Department payment systems. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer over the weekend, limits access to civil servants with job-related needs, effectively blocking Elon Musk and the…