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The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday the federal government will not release the names of FBI agents who worked on President Donald Trump-related cases in an agreement reached Friday.
The U.S. Department of Justice argued Monday that a federal court order blocking President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze doesn’t halt the administration’s efforts.
Ken Martin, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and head of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party, won the election to become the new chair of the DNC.
A Republican-appointed federal judge granted a request from Democratic attorneys general in Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington to temporarily halt the implementation of President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents or parents who have lawful, but temporary residency status.
The lawsuits allege that the creation of DOGE violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972.
Democratic officials and pro-voting groups sued to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for future children born in this country to noncitizen parents — starting Feb. 19.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded former President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order promoting voting access and expanding voter registration.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would require anyone registering to vote in federal elections to provide proof of citizenship, will be one of the first ten bills considered in the new Congress.
President Joe Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that would add 63 new federal judges over the next decade, explaining that the bill “fails to resolve key questions” about the allocation of judges and senior status judges.
The newly-elected 119th Congress will be sworn in Friday and the GOP — which has repeatedly targeted voting rights — is set to control both chambers for the first time since 2019.