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The law firm Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Tuesday, challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that appeared to punish the firm for its election work representing his political opponents.
Unions representing career diplomats and federal workers filed an emergency motion against the Trump administration to prevent officials at the United States Agency for International Development from violating federal law by destroying classified records.
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s extensive freeze to foreign aid spending through the U.S. Agency for International Development usurped Congress’s constitutional authority to decide how money can be spent by the government.
Parts of Montana’s HB 892 is now permanently blocked after more than a year of litigation.
Litigation is ongoing, with a coalition of pro-voting groups continuing their legal efforts for fair maps in Texas.
The state’s highest court determined that signature matching doesn’t violate the state’s constitution.
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.