Federal Government

Trump’s deportation push tests courts’ ability to check his power

The Trump administration Monday insisted it had not violated a court order by expelling hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.

Mar 17, 2025 9:44 AM CDT

Trump asks Supreme Court to OK partial plan to end birthright citizenship

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow U.S. officials to begin implementing a partial plan to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.

Mar 13, 2025 3:40 PM CDT

Citing ‘anti-democratic takeover’ by ‘activist’ plaintiffs, Trump seeks money bond for injunction requests

President Donald Trump is directing federal agencies to seek a money bond when plaintiffs file federal lawsuits against the administration that seek temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions.

Mar 13, 2025 3:38 PM CDT

Judge orders Trump officials to offer jobs back to fired probationary workers

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to offer jobs back to all probationary employees who were fired last month from the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury and Veterans Affairs under directions by the Office of Personnel Management, a ruling that could reinstate thousands of employees who were ousted as part of the president’s push to slash the federal workforce.

Mar 13, 2025 3:30 PM CDT

Top House Judiciary Democrat seeks probe of US attorney Ed Martin

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) is calling for the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., accusing controversial prosecutor Ed Martin of violating the law and repeatedly ignoring legal ethics as he seeks to root out people he perceives as undermining President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Mar 13, 2025 3:20 PM CDT

ABA rapid-response series explains evolving legal and policy concerns

In a new rapid-response project, the ABA is providing guidance on pressing legal and policy issues that have unfolded under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Mar 13, 2025 11:24 AM CDT

Trump order targeting Perkins Coie is ‘affront to the Constitution,’ suit says; judge sees ‘chilling harm of blizzard proportions’

Updated: Perkins Coie has won a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over a directive targeting the law firm and its clients.

Mar 13, 2025 9:56 AM CDT

Foreign-aid pause likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules in ABA case

A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration’s “sudden, blanket suspension of congressionally appropriated” foreign aid was likely arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and was likely a violation of the constitutional separation of powers.

Mar 11, 2025 11:42 AM CDT

Trump order blocks public service loan forgiveness for employees of ‘activist organizations’

Employees of “activist organizations” that support activities with a “substantial illegal purpose” should no longer be eligible for a student loan forgiveness program for borrowers in public service jobs, according to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday.

Mar 10, 2025 11:18 AM CDT

PETA asserts First Amendment right to receive communications from NIH monkeys

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asserting a First Amendment right to receive communications from macaque monkeys held in a government research lab.

Mar 10, 2025 8:57 AM CDT

Delinquency rates soar as borrowers slow to repay student loans

One in five people who are supposed to be making payments on their federal student loans are more than 90 days past due, nearly double the percentage of delinquent borrowers since the pandemic hit and the government paused payments, according to the Education Department.

Mar 7, 2025 10:55 AM CST

Judge orders USAID payments to some foreign aid groups by Monday

A U.S. district court judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must pay tens of millions of dollars in outstanding foreign aid by the end of Monday, but the fate of hundreds of millions more in spending for lifesaving food and medicine has yet to be resolved.

Mar 7, 2025 8:50 AM CST

Trump expands retribution campaign against law firms that aided his foes

President Donald Trump on Thursday targeted another elite law firm that has represented clients he considers his political enemies, sending a forceful message that he is willing to punish firms who work for people or groups that oppose his administration’s agenda.

Mar 7, 2025 8:40 AM CST

ABA Legal Ed council suspended diversity standard; AG Bondi wants it scrapped

A move last month by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to suspend the accreditation standard originally titled “Diversity and Inclusion” doesn’t go far enough, according to a Feb. 28 letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who wants the council to abolish it “immediately” or risk the right to accredit law schools.

Mar 6, 2025 1:32 PM CST

DC US attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’

Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demanded that the dean of Georgetown Law School end all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the school, asserting in a letter that his office will not consider hiring anyone affiliated with a university that utilizes DEI.

Mar 6, 2025 12:55 PM CST