Vice President JD Vance attacked federal judges on Sunday for blocking several of the Trump administration’s sweeping executive actions, characterizing their recent decisions as “illegal.” “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Mr. Vance wrote on social media. Mr. Vance’s post raises questions about whether the Trump administration will abide by federal rulings … Read more
Two Democratic Senators said on Sunday that their party would not rule out forcing the federal government to shut down to stop President Trump’s legally questionable actions in dismantling federal agencies. “We are in a crisis right now, and Democrats will use every tool possible to protect Americans,” Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, … Read more
One was fired by email at 12:47 a.m. Another wept with colleagues as security escorted her from the office. A third frantically tried to fill a prescription after she got a 24-hour notice that her health care was ending. Then there is Jacqueline Devine, a contractor in the office of H.I.V.-AIDS at the United States … Read more
President Trump will revoke the security clearances of several current law enforcement and former national security officials, White House officials confirmed on Sunday. In an interview with The New York Post published Saturday, Mr. Trump said he would withdraw the clearances of former Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and others who served in top … Read more
The curious trade came a little past 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 — a $1,096,109 bet less than two minutes after the soon-to-be president of the United States posted on his social media account that his family had issued a cryptocurrency called $Trump. In those first minutes, a crypto wallet with a unique identification code … Read more
A small group of crypto insiders and other early investors in Trump’s meme coin made millions of dollars and inflated the price of the cryptocurrency. But many average investors who came late to the game have lost money. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what happened. Source link
More than 40 lawsuits filed in recent days by state attorneys general, unions and nonprofits seek to erect a bulwark in the federal courts against President Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive actions that have upended much of the federal government and challenged the Constitution’s system of checks and balances. Unlike the opening of Mr. Trump’s first … Read more
On Monday morning, as Vivek Ramaswamy was soft-launching his campaign for governor of Ohio, Dan Merenoff sat at a coffee-shop counter in Delaware, a suburb of Columbus, weighing the prospect of Mr. Ramaswamy, a political celebrity but a governing novice, running the state. “I like his views,” said Mr. Merenoff, 44, an operations manager for … Read more
The legal war over President Trump’s blizzard of executive actions is intensifying, with new lawsuits and fresh rulings emerging now day and night. Judges are already making their mark: As of Saturday, eight rulings have at least temporarily paused the president’s initiatives. Other cases have not been decided. No matter the initial rulings by judges, … Read more
One day a year ago in southeast Texas, Lori Laird got a text from a friend and fellow lawyer with an unusually urgent request for help: He had clients to offload. And fast. “Do you know any Houston attorneys looking for a high-profile case with unpopular clients set to go to trial in May?” asked … Read more