Trump’s swift moves rattle some immigration lawyers
The Indiana General Assembly also is considering several measures that would support the new president’s efforts to shut down illegal immigration.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. The administrative stay lasts until Monday afternoon and applies only to existing programs.
Legal battle looms as Trump orders a funding freeze during a review of federal loans and grants
Administration officials said the decision was necessary to ensure that all funding complies with Trump’s executive orders, which are intended to undo progressive steps on transgender rights, environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts.
Justice Department fires employees involved in Trump prosecutions
The abrupt termination targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is consistent with the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president.
Trump signs order that likely sets in motion a future ban on transgender troops
The president also ordered troops to be reinstated who had left voluntarily or been booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines and outlined new rollbacks in diversity programs.
Indy refugee organization seeks private donations following federal funding uncertainty
Indianapolis-based Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc. has begun asking for private donations and support, following a flurry of immigration-related changes President Donald Trump made last week through a series of executive orders.
Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, says pardoning Capitol attackers sends ‘the wrong signal’
A key ally of President Donald Trump said the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.
Top Trump administration officials in Chicago for start of immigration enforcement crackdown
Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.
Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records
President Donald Trump had promised during his reelection campaign to make public the last batches of still-classified documents surrounding President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.
Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
The people pardoned were involved in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional. When the attorney said he’d like a chance to explain it in a full briefing, Coughenour told him the hearing was his chance.
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice.”
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
President Trump’s executive order will toss out equity plans developed by federal agencies and terminate any roles or offices dedicated to promoting diversity. It will include eliminating initiatives such as DEI-related training or diversity goals in performance reviews.
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
An internal memo also says the department will return to the principle of charging defendants with the most serious crime it can prove, removing a prosecutor’s discretion to charge a lower-level offense.
Trump grants sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who violently attacked police
Trump’s action paves the way for the release from prison of people found guilty of violent attacks on police, as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of failed plots to keep the Republican in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election
Trump signs slew of executive orders
President Donald Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions, began his immigration crackdown, withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accords and sought to keep TikTok open in the U.S.
Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, returning to power with a promise to end America’s decline and to “completely and totally reverse” the actions of the man who drove him from office four years ago.
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel, guarding against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump
The decision Monday by Biden came after now-President Donald Trump had warned of an enemies list filled with those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss and his role in the Capitol siege four years ago.
Trump’s first orders could include border, oil drilling, DEI policies
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign “dozens and dozens” of orders that will launch some 200 executive actions after being sworn in Monday.
TikTok restores service based on Trump’s promised executive order
TikTok restored service to users in the United States on Sunday just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban.