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A federal judge gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay several nonprofit groups and aid organizations affected by President Donald Trump’s broad freeze on foreign aid spending.
Litigation continues with Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) and AFT Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans as defendants.
A federal judge Friday declined to block Elon Musk’s Department of Governmental Efficiency from accessing data at the Department of the Treasury and the government’s payment systems as part of a lawsuit filed by advocacy and union groups.
The case now returns to the trial court as litigation continues.
A federal judge ruled Trump violated federal law last month in dismissing the chair of the National Labor Relations Board, which safeguards employees’ rights to organize unions and prevents unfair labor practices.
The head of the U.S. African Development Foundation, one of the smallest agencies in the federal government, filed a lawsuit Thursday to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from shutting the agency down.
Hampton Dellinger, the former head of a key federal whistleblower agency, dropped a lawsuit challenging his removal by President Donald Trump.
A federal judge ruled in favor of dozens of states Thursday by finding that President Donald Trump’s massive federal funding freeze in late January encroached upon Congress’s power of the purse.
The D.C. Court of Appeals Wednesday granted the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower-court ruling requiring it to reinstate the head of a key federal whistleblower agency.
A foundation dedicated to developing democratic institutions around the world sued the Trump administration Wednesday for withholding $200 million in funding that was approved by Congress.