The federal judiciary’s policymaking body also has warned that the court system is underfunded and vulnerable amid rising threats to judges. Two top House Judiciary Democrats have called on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to request more help from Congress to protect federal judges and court personnel, citing an alarming surge in threats
The president offered condolences to those affected by the pope’s death. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is planning on attending Pope Francis’s funeral with First Lady Melania Trump in Rome in the coming days, he announced on April 21 on his Truth Social platform. “We look forward to being there,” Trump wrote. The president earlier ordered flags
The lawsuit was filed as the administration plans to withhold another $1 billion from the university. Harvard University has sued the Trump administration, asking a federal court to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal contracts and grants that the president is withholding due to what officials say is the Ivy League school’s refusal to end
The Supreme Court earlier this month blocked a previous order issued by the same judge that reinstated laid-off employees. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to provide laid-off federal probationary employees with a written notice stating that they were not terminated for performance reasons but that it was part of a government-wide termination effort.
The Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation battle did not spark comments—but President Nayib Bukele seemed popular among Salvadorans in the U.S. capital. WASHINGTON—The afternoon of April 18, Good Friday, was warm and sunny in Washington, D.C.—a clean, dry interlude before swampy weather settles in. On the streets of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, men from El Salvador,
Noem ‘was using the cash withdrawal to treat her family to dinner, activities, and Easter gifts,’ a DHS spokesperson said. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse, containing her driver’s license, $3,000 in cash, and other items, was stolen at a restaurant in Washington on Sunday, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed. A spokesperson told The
Trump joined global figures in honoring Pope Francis, whose death marks the end of a transformative and often controversial papacy. President Donald Trump on April 21 ordered that U.S. flags fly at half-staff to honor Pope Francis, who died earlier in the day at age 88. Trump’s directive, announced in an executive order on Monday,