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Decide blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

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Decide blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding. Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that the Transportation Department lacked authority to require the states to cooperate with … Read more

Choose blocks Trump administration from deploying members of California Nationwide Guard in LA, pauses personal order

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Choose blocks Trump administration from deploying members of California Nationwide Guard in LA, pauses personal order

A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, writing that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the temporary restraining order today after an hourlong hearing in a San Francisco federal court. Breyer issued a stay of the … Read more

Decide blocks administration from implementing anti-diversity and anti-transgender govt orders

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Decide blocks administration from implementing anti-diversity and anti-transgender govt orders

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that LGBTQ+ organizations say are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar said Monday that the federal government cannot force recipients to halt programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion or acknowledge … Read more