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California man pleads guilty in Kavanaugh assassination attempt

The Hill 08 Apr 2025
GREENBELT, Md. — A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh outside his home in 2022 ... His sentencing is set for Oct. 3 ... “I will be telling the truth today,” Roske told the judge Tuesday ... ....
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Supreme Court clears way for Trump admin to fire some probationary workers

The Hill 08 Apr 2025
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday by enabling officials to fire thousands of federal workers in their probationary period, saying the government employee unions that sued don’t have legal standing ... ....
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Judicial blocks on Trump spark battle over nationwide injunctions

The Hill 07 Apr 2025
The Trump administration’s repeated losses in courts have sparked Republican efforts to limit the reach of the judiciary, something Democrats argue is designed to hamstring reviews of lawless orders ... “The federal judiciary isn't interpreting the law.
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Appeals court halts Trump independent agency firings, spurring Supreme Court battle

The Hill 07 Apr 2025
A federal appeals court flipped on President Trump’s firings of two independent agency leaders, temporarily reinstating them Monday and likely setting up a battle at the Supreme Court. the full U.S ... The D.C ... Henderson dissented along with U.S ... ....
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift order to return wrongly deported man 

Fox31 Denver 07 Apr 2025
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a judge’s ruling ordering the government return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the end of Monday ... The administration has blamed it on an “administrative error.”. Calling U.S ... .
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Karen Read asks Supreme Court to block retrial

The Hill 07 Apr 2025
Karen Read asked the Supreme Court to block her ongoing retrial on accusations she killed her police officer boyfriend until the justices can resolve her double jeopardy claims ... Read maintains her innocence and claims she is being framed by police.
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Roberts temporarily halts deadline for Trump administration to return mistakenly deported man

The Hill 07 Apr 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted a judge’s midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return to the country a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador ... U.S ... Updated at 4.21 p.m. EDT ....
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Democratic attorneys general join legal fight over Trump’s election order

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued Thursday over President Trump’s executive order that aims to strengthen proof of citizenship requirements in voting and prevent states from tabulating mail-in ballots received after Election Day ... ....
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Trump sued over China tariffs

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
President Trump was sued Thursday over the 20 percent tariffs he imposed on Chinese goods in the weeks leading up to Wednesday’s broader announcement ... Trump first imposed a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods in a Feb ... ....
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Judge finds FEMA withholding grants in violation of court order

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
A federal judge Friday ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to disburse millions of dollars of grants to Democratic-led states, of the funds breached his previous ruling ... District Judge John McConnell ... ....
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Dem AGs sue Trump admin over order eliminating several federal agencies

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
Twenty-one Democratic state attorneys general sued President Trump Friday over his executive order that aims to eliminate seven federal agencies ... “President Trump is leading a campaign to dismantle vast swaths of the federal government ... ....
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Judge blocks Trump’s takeover of Inter-American Foundation

The Hill 04 Apr 2025
A federal judge blocked President Trump’s takeover of a federal agency that invests in Latin America and the Caribbean, finding Friday that he likely went beyond his authority. U.S ... The administration began efforts to gut the agency on Feb ... ....
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Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants

Fox31 Denver 04 Apr 2025
A divided Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration by allowing officials to block $65 million in teacher development grants frozen over concerns they were promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices ... U.S ... Updated 5.04 p.m. .
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Judge refuses Trump admin's request to move Mahmoud Khalil case to Louisiana 

Fox31 Denver 02 Apr 2025
A New Jersey-based federal judge on Tuesday declined the Trump administration’s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s immigration detention challenge to Louisiana, where is he is being held. U.S ... Just before 5 a.m ... EDT .
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Judge extends block on probationary employee firings, but only in some states

The Hill 02 Apr 2025
A federal judge Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from terminating thousands of probationary employees, but he declined to extend his order nationwide. U.S ...The government can terminate probationary employees en masse ... ....
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