The judge also denied a request to have DOGE employees sit for depositions. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk must give records to attorneys general who sued them, in addition to answering written questions, a federal judge ruled on March 12. The U.S. government must give New Mexico’s attorney general and 12
The judge also denied a request to have DOGE employees sit for depositions. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk must give records to attorneys general who sued them, in addition to answering written questions, a federal judge ruled on March 12. The U.S. government must give New Mexico’s attorney general and 12
A match made in hell: The Columbia University student activist detained over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials has lawyered up. When Mahmoud Khalil appeared in federal court on Wednesday (spoiler alert: the Obama-nominated judge, Jesse Furman, temporarily halted his deportation), he was represented by, among others, a fellow Columbia graduate by the
The Illinois Board of Higher Education runs a scholarship program for graduate students that explicitly excludes white applicants, a move lawyers say is unconstitutional and could jeopardize the federal funding of more than two dozen participating universities, including Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. The program, Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI), was
When Hamas-supporting Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil appeared in court on Wednesday, he was represented by, among others, Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer perhaps best known for defending al Qaeda terrorists. The Syrian-born Khalil had his green card revoked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign
Lawmakers are seeking to counter a signature campaign issue for now-President Donald Trump amid tariff talk and downward trends in the market. LEESBURG, Va.—Four months after the November 2024 election, House Democrats have gathered at an issues retreat outside Washington. Not long into the second Trump presidency, they’re seeking to define a response to him
The firm argued that the president’s executive order violated its rights of free speech, free association, and due process. A federal judge on March 12 agreed to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s executive order stripping security clearances from employees at a prominent Washington law firm that was involved in generating the controversial Steele dossier. Trump