Mar 28 Wisconsin attorney general sues Musk to block his $1 million payment offers to voters By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general asked a court on Friday to block billionaire Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks to voters this weekend, just days before the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race was to be decided. Continue reading
Mar 28 Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed to issue a preliminary injunction that maintains the agency’s existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve the agency. Continue reading
Mar 28 WATCH: Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey By Associated Press President's Trump's former defense attorney has been sworn in as the new top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Continue reading
Mar 28 WATCH: Vance speaks to U.S. troops during Greenland visit By Philip Crowther, Kirsten Grieshaber, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Denmark has "underinvested" in Greenland’s security and demanded that Denmark change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory. Continue reading
Mar 28 WATCH: Khalil's lawyers speak as judge weighs whether to move jurisdiction for case By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests, urged a federal judge on Friday to move their client’s case out of Louisiana, describing his imprisonment there as a “Kafkaesque” ploy to… Continue reading
Mar 28 Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water By Adam Kemp Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Continue reading
Mar 28 Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime law By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues. Continue reading
Mar 28 Vance and wife to tour U.S. military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visit By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance and his wife will be visiting an American military base in Greenland. The visit on Friday was revised after an initial three-day trip to the semi-autonomous Danish territory created uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 6:39 News Wrap: Health and Human Services cutting workforce by nearly 25 percent In our news wrap Thursday, the Health and Human Services Department will slash its workforce by almost 25 percent, the White House pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be UN ambassador over the GOP's slim House margin and Attorney General… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 8:10 ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Unda Dittaboot President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for… Continue watching