White House to Expand Military-Grade Armament for Local Police
Promising more military-style equipment for local police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end Monday of limits instituted in the Obama era.
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ACLU Fights for Memos Behind Religious-Liberty Order
The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding that four federal agencies release information about an executive order President Donald Trump reportedly planned to sign carving out religious-freedom exemptions the group says target the gay community.
Read moreEmissions Goal Ditched for Hard Law in Transportation Spat
In a case that has implications for how California cities and counties will address emissions responsible for climate change, the California Supreme Court ruled local governments must be guided by state law rather than an executive order signed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Read moreHawaii Continues to Fight Feds on Travel Ban Details
The state of Hawaii is again urging a federal judge to clarify his block of President Trump’s travel ban.
Read moreJudge Won’t Lift Block of Sanctuary-City Executive Order
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to lift an injunction blocking part of President Donald Trump’s executive order authorizing the withholding of federal funds from cities that refuse to help enforce immigration laws.
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Hawaii Revives Bid to Clarify Travel Ban Injunction
For the second time in under a week, the state of Hawaii has filed a motion requesting a federal judge clarify the scope of his March preliminary injunction that halted elements of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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Hawaii Takes Fight for Clarity of Travel Ban Rules to 9th Circuit
A federal judge in Hawaii ended his streak of decisions against President Donald Trump on Thursday by denying the Aloha State’s emergency request to clarify his injunction against the president’s travel ban – a denial Hawaii promptly appealed to the Ninth Circuit.
Read moreTaking Up Trump Travel Ban, High Court Puts Injunctions on Ice
Giving force to pieces of President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslim travel in the United States, the Supreme Court took up the controversial case Monday as its last act before summer recess.
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Unease as Trump Reviews San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
A stunning backdrop to the City of Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument is one of six under federal review in California. While some stakeholders are confident President Barack Obama’s 346,000-acre designation will escape unscathed, others are not so sure.
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Kentucky Attorney General Accuses Governor of Power Grab
Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general claims in court that Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is wielding executive power in an unprecedented and abusive way by systematically dissolving state boards and rewriting state law.
Read moreFederal Judge Revises Travel Ban Restrictions
The federal judge who temporarily barred implementation of President Donald Trump’s travel ban revised his order on Monday in response to a decision by the Ninth Circuit.
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A federal judge in Hawaii revised his injunction Monday against the executive order by President Donald Trump that limited immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries.
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Threat of Wetland Deregulation Inspires Records Suit
Worried that federal regulators will weaken federal wetland protections, a nonprofit brought a federal complaint to expose whether outside groups influenced an executive order targeting the Clean Water Rule.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Travel Ban
The Trump administration on Thursday night asked the Supreme Court to immediately reinstate its ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, arguing the Fourth Circuit made several mistakes in ruling against the Trump travel policy last week.
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Agency Heading National-Monuments Audit Pushed for Records
A conservation group studying the last administration’s designation of five national monuments claims in a federal complaint that its records demand has been gathering dust at the Interior Department.
Read moreRudy Giuliani Denies Working on Muslim Ban Order
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a federal judge Monday that he played no role in crafting President Trump’s “so-called Muslim ban executive orders,” despite Giuliani’s previous claim to the contrary on Fox News.
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Trump Launches Commission to Investigate Alleged Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression, the basis of his unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
Read moreAtheist Group Fights Religious Executive Order
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued Thursday to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing religious organizations and other nonprofits to support political candidates without risk of losing their tax-exempt status.
Read moreTrump to Order Review of National Monument Designations
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday enforcing a review of 21 years’ worth of national monuments designated by his predecessors.
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