Voting Rights Claims Plunge in Wake of Supreme Court Decision
After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to ...
50 YEARS AGO: Centennial Committee formed as Litchfield prepares for midsummer gala
NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF JAN. 23, 2009 The federal investigation in Meeker County that caused such a stir in late 2007 apparently has ended quietly with no charges filed and with no ...
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A Third Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
The judge in New Hampshire said an injunction would be issued immediately, with an explanation of his reasoning to follow on Tuesday. By Jenna Russell A federal judge in New Hampshire issued an ...
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Judge blocks Elon Musk's team from accessing federal payment systems
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked a Trump administration team led by tech billionaire Elon Musk from accessing government payment processing systems in response to a challenge from ...
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Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for children of people in U.S. illegally
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante in New Hampshire comes after two similar rulings by judges in Seattle and Maryland last week. Laplante, who was nominated by Republican ...
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Judge temporarily blocks USAID purge, evacuations from host countries
A federal judge late Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on leave at midnight.
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Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Treasury records after Democratic AGs file lawsuit
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's government efficiency team has been temporarily blocked from accessing certain government systems, according to a federal judge's ruling on Saturday. U.S. District Judge Paul ...
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Musk calls for impeachment of judge who blocked DOGE access at Treasury
Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants ...
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Judge Halts Access to Treasury Payment Systems by Elon Musk’s Team
By Hurubie Meko and Qasim Nauman A federal judge early Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems ...
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Judge pauses Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands
A federal judge on Friday paused a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000. U.S ...
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Reagan-appointed judge slams Trump’s approach to the rule of law
"The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore," a Reagan-appointed judge said in reference to Donald Trump. By Steve Benen Donald Trump and his team must ...
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Desecraters of Cologne Synagogue Sentenced to Prison Lose Rights
Paul Schoenen was sentenced to 10 months. Judge Hans Metse ordered them deprived of their civil rights for two years. He ruled that the accidence showed a Nazi ideological influence in the ...