Judge Rules Feds Can’t Block Grant Money to Sanctuary Cities
CHICAGO (CN) – Chicago won a partial victory Friday against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempt to financially punish sanctuary
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Supreme Court Justices Block Lifting of Travel Ban for Refugees
The U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a temporary legal victory Tuesday afternoon, staying an order by the Ninth Circuit that would have struck down President Donald Trump’s ban on 24,000 refugees from settling in the United States.
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In Face of Trump Cuts, UN Slams Climate Change Denial
Facing the prospect of deeply tightened purse strings from Washington, the United Nations General Assembly’s new leader Miroslav Lajcak opened up this year’s 72nd session by directing his focus beyond any government.
Read moreBig Holdup for Borrowers Claiming For-Profit College Fraud
Tens of thousands of former students who say they were swindled by for-profit colleges are being left in limbo as the Trump administration delays action on requests for loan forgiveness, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Read moreCalifornia Lawmakers Propose $30M to Defend Dreamers
Ramping up their fight against the Trump administration’s plan to end protections to children of undocumented immigrants, California lawmakers on Tuesday announced they will dedicate $30 million to defending and educating the state’s 200,000 Dreamers.
Read moreTrouble Brews in New Hampshire for Voter-Fraud Showdown
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach set the stage for a much-anticipated meeting of the voting commission he leads by lobbing unsubstantiated fraud claims at New Hampshire, where lawmakers will gather Tuesday.
Read moreCalifornia Sues Over Plan to End Dreamer Program
Moving to freeze a decision by the Trump administration that could subject 200,000 young Californians to deportation, the Golden State’s attorney general on Monday announced a lawsuit against the plan to end protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
Read moreHigh Court Puts Brakes on Plan to Bring Refugees to US
The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a Ninth Circuit order and allow authorities to continue deny refugees six Muslim-majority countries in North Africa and the Middle East entry into the United States.
Read moreTrump Draws Fire Over Bow to Auto Industry on Emission Fines
The Trump administration drew a federal court challenge Thursday for a pirouette on vehicle emissions that is expected to save automakers millions.
Read moreAppeals Court Strikes Down Travel Ban’s Exclusion of Extended Family
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deny close relatives of Americans an exemption from the president’s travel ban on citizens from six predominately Muslim nations.
Read moreNorth Dakota Democrat Pressured by Trump to Pass Tax Reform Plan
President Donald Trump on Wednesday traveled to North Dakota to promote tax reform and to put pressure on the state’s Democratic senator to vote for the administration’s yet-to-be finalized proposal.
Read moreCrime in Decline: Study Shreds White House Rhetoric
Violent and nonviolent crime continued to drop in the United States this year, new research shows, splashing cold water on political scaremongering.
Read moreSenate Approves Timothy Kelly as DC Federal Judge
The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a new judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the sixth of President Donald Trump’s nominees lawmakers have sent to the bench.
Read moreSessions Announces Rollback of ‘Dreamers’ Program
Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday to rescind a rule that lets people who came to the United States illegally as children remain in the country.
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Trump Administration Retreats From NY Front of Travel Ban Fight
Settling the first lawsuit to challenge the travel ban, the Trump administration agreed to inform all people turned away from airports because of the order of their right to reapply with groups eager to provide free legal counsel.
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States Win Hollow Victory Over Trump’s Favors to Oil, Gas & Coal
California and New Mexico won a hollow victory on Wednesday, as a federal judge found the U.S. Department of Interior unlawfully postponed a royalties rule for oil, gas and coal companies’ benefit – but refused to reinstate the rule.
Read moreJudge Nails Trump’s Election Commission on Records Handling
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to show more evidence that its new commission tasked with investigating election fraud is complying with public-disclosure laws.
Read moreMueller Probe of Russian Meddling Faces Budget Threat
Like a poison pill in the corporate world, a Florida Republican introduced a legislative amendment to sink Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
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Family Ties Take Center Stage as Justice Department Defends Scope of Travel Ban
President Donald Trump’s travel ban was back in court on Monday afternoon, as attorneys for the Justice Department and the state of Hawaii squared off in the Ninth Circuit to settle the question of what the U.S. Supreme Court meant by “bona fide” relationship.
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