U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer found that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law when they deployed thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles following immigration protests in June. Judge Breyer determined that the Trump administration’s use of military personnel constituted systematic […]
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirms that President Trump lacks authority to impose widespread tariffs under the emergency powers law. In a decisive 7-4 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he imposed […]
President Trump has invoked a rarely used “pocket rescission” to cancel $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid on Friday. A pocket rescission occurs when a president submits a rescission request to Congress so close to the end of the fiscal year that lawmakers lack sufficient time to respond within the […]
President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that his administration will pursue the death penalty in every homicide case in Washington, D.C. During a cabinet meeting at the White House on August 26, Trump made the announcement with a play on words: “anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capitol — capital punishment, if […]
Starting tomorrow, Aug. 29, one of the biggest changes to hit online shopping in decades takes effect across the United States. President Donald Trump’s administration officially terminated the decades-old “de minimis” exemption, eliminating duty-free treatment for low-value imports that has served as the backbone of international e-commerce for nearly a decade. […]
The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for fall 2025, but limited their use to adults 65 and older and younger individuals with underlying health conditions. The decision eliminates the broad vaccination framework that recommended shots for all Americans aged 6 months and older. Health and Human […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 25, 2025, directing federal agencies to withhold funding from jurisdictions that have eliminated or substantially reduced the use of cash bail for certain crimes. The executive order requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to compile within 30 days a list of states and local jurisdictions that have […]
This week, President Donald Trump made a series of unprecedented statements about dictatorship: alternating between denying he is one while simultaneously suggesting Americans might prefer authoritarian rule. Trump’s most striking comments came Monday during an Oval Office event where he signed executive orders related to federal takeover of the D.C. […]
Nearly 200 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees have issued a warning to Congress: leadership decisions under the Trump administration are undermining the agency’s disaster response capabilities and could lead to catastrophic failures similar to Hurricane Katrina. The letter, titled the “Katrina Declaration and Petition to Congress,” was released Monday […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a subpoena to the Jeffrey Epstein estate. Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) signed the subpoena on August 25, targeting the estate’s co-executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn. The subpoena demands 16 categories of documents spanning from 1990 through August 2019, including […]
