In a major legal setback for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an order on Friday, February 14, 2025, temporarily halting mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The decision delivers an early blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to restructure the consumer watchdog agency, which was established in…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s White House-backed efficiency team from accessing sensitive Treasury Department data following a lawsuit filed by 19 states challenging the legality of such access. The lawsuit, brought by a coalition of mostly Democratic attorneys general, argues that President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent violated federal law…
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a stern warning to hospitals across the state on Monday, asserting that compliance with President Donald J. Trump’s recent executive order restricting gender-affirming care would violate New York’s anti-discrimination laws. In a formal letter addressed to healthcare providers, James emphasized that refusing medical services to transgender individuals based…
In a major political move on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued pardons for approximately 1,500 individuals convicted for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The rioters, who stormed the Capitol in a bid to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election, will now see their convictions erased…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several immigrant rights organizations filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire District Court on Monday, challenging the Trump administration’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who entered the country illegally. The lawsuit argues that the executive order violates the…