Judge again bars Trump administration from deploying troops to Portland
A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday.
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College protests test free speech policies
An independent review of Indiana University’s response to encampment protests at the school’s Bloomington campus determined that while the university was permitted by legal standards and university policies to call off the protests when it did.
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ICE would need more money to expand use of bodycams in Chicago crackdown, official says
Many federal officers assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have body cameras but Congress would have to allocate more funds to expand their use, officials testified Monday at a hearing about the tactics agents are using in Trump administration’s crackdown.
US appeals court says Trump can take command of Oregon troops though deployment blocked for now
An appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower-court ruling that kept President Donald Trump from taking command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops. However, Trump is still barred from actually deploying those troops, at least for now.
Some FEMA staff call out Trump cuts in public letter of dissent
More than 180 current and former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency published a letter Monday warning that debilitating cuts to the agency charged with handling federal disaster response risks a catastrophe like the one seen after Hurricane Katrina.
DC residents protest as White House says federal agents will be on patrol 24/7
Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.
Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law
A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.
Barnard College settles lawsuit brought by Jewish students, agreeing not to meet with pro-Palestinian group
The Manhattan college, an all-women’s affiliate of Columbia University, will also establish a new Title VI coordinator to enforce against claims of discrimination.
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles
The decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally when he activated the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Braun appointees join IU board; changes made to protest policy
A newly constituted Indiana University Board of Trustees on Thursday changed the school’s protest policy related to a federal lawsuit after Gov. Mike Braun’s three new appointees were sworn in.
As legal fight over Guard deployment plays out, Noem vows to continue Trump’s immigration crackdown
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to carry on with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S.
Hundreds of protestors opposed to ICE raids gather downtown before NBA Finals
The protest was organized by a group called Indy Liberation Center, which says it wants to end ICE raids and funding.
Columbia student protester who’s lived in the US since age 7 sues to stop deportation
Yunseo Chung said Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to deport her after she was arrested while protesting the Ivy League school’s disciplinary actions against student protesters.
Closing arguments set to begin in pipeline company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace
The case could have consequences for free speech and protest rights and threaten Greenpeace’s future.
Braun orders review of policies, responses to acts of antisemitism on Indiana college campuses
Gov. Mike Braun is directing the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to review policies and responses regarding incidents on college campuses following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.
Columbia grad student’s detention stretches on as lawyers spar over Trump’s plan to deport him
Judge Jesse M. Furman ordered that Mahmoud Khalil not be deported while the court considers a legal challenge brought by his lawyers.
Hoosiers rally at Statehouse to protest Trump administration
President Trump’s flurry of executive orders on immigration, transgender athletes and soldiers and more spurred organized protests at state capitols across the country.
IU expressive activity policy violates First Amendment, ACLU of Indiana lawsuit alleges
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Indiana University in a challenge to the university’s newly-implemented expressive activity policy.
13 protesters arrested during first day of Democratic National Convention in Chicago
More protests were planned throughout the week, including one Tuesday night outside the Israeli Consulate. However, attendance at the main rally on Monday was far below estimates of organizers who had predicted more than 20,000 would show up.
Delegate who was arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws from DNC as bodycam video is released
One of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has withdrawn as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention, the Missouri Democratic Party said Wednesday.
IU releases review of April’s campus protest activity and enforcement
Almost three months after police arrested 57 protesters at a pro-Palestine encampment at Indiana University-Bloomington, a new independent review released Thursday found the university’s inconsistent enforcement of its own policies created “confusion and frustration” and made governing the campus difficult.