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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing part of one of President Trump’s executive orders that directs agencies to withhold funds from cities and counties that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.In a brief order, the judge, William H. Orrick of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, found himself retreading old ground, intervening to stop a tactic he described as nearly identical to one Mr. Trump tried early in his first term.“Here we are again,” he wrote.As he did eight years ago, Judge Orrick prohibited the government from “taking any action to…

The Trump administration said it will accelerate permit approvals for mining, drilling and fossil fuel production and transportation on public land, fast-tracking a review process that would normally take years. In announcing the emergency procedures Wednesday, the Department of the Interior, which oversees the management of federal lands and natural resources, said the permitting process will now take up to “28 days at most” — a drastic departure from the current one- to two-year timeline. The government agency said the move is in response to President Trump’s January 20 declaration of a national energy emergency. In an executive order on the first…

Activism / April 21, 2025 The US medical profession’s long history of complicity with state violence has prepared it for compliance with Trump’s authoritarian orders. Ad Policy Supporters of transgender youth demonstrate outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on February 6, 2025, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to pull federal funding from healthcare providers who offer gender-affirming care to children.(Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images) Authoritarian regimes always enlist medical systems to ensure their control over the means of life and death, but they do not do so overnight. Instead, medical fascism, by which I…

A brewing weeklong fight inside the Democratic National Committee burst into the open on Thursday as the party’s chairman, Ken Martin, rebuked one of his vice chairs and moved to stop him from intervening in Democratic primary races while serving as a top party official.The vice chair, David Hogg, 25, had announced last week that he planned to spend money in Democratic primaries through his outside group, Leaders We Deserve, and that he hoped to raise $20 million for the effort.That set off a storm of criticism from Democrats angry at the idea that a top party official would be…

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily halted her order requiring the Trump administration to provide information on its efforts so far to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month — just one day after accusing the administration of demonstrating “bad faith” in the proceedings. Earlier Wednesday, the Department of Justice asked Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis to stay her directive to provide testimony and documents on Abrego Garcia for seven days, and Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a response. Hours later, Xinis granted a stay of the discovery process until April 30 at 5…

A deadly blast on Sunday near a UNESCO world heritage site in Yemen’s capital was caused by a Houthi missile, not a U.S. airstrike, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command said on Thursday.The health ministry of the Houthi-led government said earlier this week that an American airstrike had hit a densely populated neighborhood of Sana, the Yemeni capital, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others. The blast struck an area adjacent to Sana’s Old City, a UNESCO world heritage site filled with ancient towers.Dave Eastburn, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, said in…

Former first lady Michelle Obama said her decision to skip President Trump’s inauguration in January was her making a choice that was right for herself, a practice she said she’s trying to be better at. In a conversation with actor Taraji P. Henson on her podcast, “IMO,” which she hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson, Obama said she has been working on feeling comfortable saying “no” and that she has “done enough,” with the help of therapy.”My decision to skip the inauguration, … or my decision to make choices at the beginning of this year that suited me, were met with…

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Washington — President Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow his administration’s policy prohibiting transgender people from serving in the military to take effect while legal challenges to the ban move forward.The request for the Supreme Court’s intervention comes after a federal appeals court left in place a lower court order that prevents the Trump administration from enforcing the ban nationwide. The administration has attacked these broad orders, known as nationwide or universal injunctions, issued by federal district court judges as improperly setting policy for the country.Mr. Trump banned transgender people from serving in the military during his…

A New Hampshire federal judge on Thursday restricted the Trump administration’s ability to cut or withhold federal funding from public schools that participate in some diversity and equity initiatives. U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty, appointed by former President Barack Obama, found that actions by the Trump administration and Education Secretary Linda McMahon to withhold funds would “cripple the operations of many educational institutions,” and are a violation of executive branch power in overseeing local school districts. The ruling is not nationwide, and is limited to any public schools that work with the plaintiffs in the case, the National Education Association and the…