Trump administration

  • Harvard Sues Trump Over $2 Billion Research Freeze: 7 Key Allegations in the Federal Lawsuit

    Harvard University has filed a sweeping 51-page federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of unlawfully freezing $2 billion in research funding in retaliation for the university’s alleged failure to crack down on antisemitism. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, claims the government is abusing its authority to force ideological compliance from one…

  • Conservative Judge Slams Trump Administration for ‘Shocking’ Deportation Tactics in Abrego Garcia Case

    A prominent conservative federal judge has delivered a blistering rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling its actions “shocking” and a fundamental violation of constitutional due process. In a sharply worded Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion issued Thursday, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee with…

  • Student Unions on Shaky Legal Ground As Trump Cracksdown on Campus Protests

    Student worker unions across the U.S. are facing increasing legal uncertainty as the Trump administration steps up efforts to discipline pro-Palestine protestors, threatens university funding, and reshapes labor law oversight through a more conservative National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The administration’s sweeping response to last year’s campus protests has placed unions in a bind. Universities…

  • Federal Judge Slams Trump Administration’s ‘Baseless Claims’ About Civil Servants

    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…

  • Explainer: Supreme Court’s Alien Enemies Act Ruling Raises Questions About Wartime Powers

    In a sharply divided 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration may resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 wartime statute. The ruling intensifies debate over the scope of presidential authority, especially in matters of immigration and national security. Here’s what the ruling means, what it doesn’t, and…

  • Milbank Becomes Latest Big Law Firm To Reach Agreement with Trump

    Milbank LLP has become the latest major U.S. law firm to strike a deal with President Donald Trump, further widening the rift within the legal community over how firms navigate the administration’s pressure campaign against perceived adversaries. On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Trump announced that Milbank had approached his administration to negotiate an agreement, making…

  • Inside America | Breaking Down the Headlines: Elon Musk’s Legal Challenges And Widespread Protests

    Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed a lawsuit to prevent billionaire Elon Musk from distributing $1 million payments to voters ahead of the state’s Supreme Court election. Kaul argues that Musk’s proposed financial incentives violate Wisconsin’s election bribery statutes, which explicitly prohibit offering anything of value in exchange for voting. The move has sparked…

  • Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate Thousands of Fired Federal Employees

    A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate tens of thousands of federal employees who were summarily dismissed in an alleged attempt to circumvent employment protections. On March 7, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the administration engaged in a “sham” operation…

  • Federal Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order Targeting Law Firm Perkins Coie

    A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has temporarily halted enforcement of an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that sought to penalize the law firm Perkins Coie by restricting its access to federal buildings and threatening government contracts for its clients. The ruling, issued Wednesday, March 12, 2025, by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell,…

  • Judge Orders DOGE to Release FOIA Documents Amid Transparency Dispute

    A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, to release records requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The ruling comes after the Trump administration argued that DOGE, a quasi-governmental agency, was not subject to…