Trump admin seeks emergency relief of Judge Boasberg’s contempt threat

On Wednesday, the Trump administration asked the federal court of appeals to review a lower court order that threatened to lightly empty civil servants in a March 15 deportation flight. The emergency request comes hours after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said he had determined that administrative authorities may have violated a court order to […]

trade deficits ‘not an emergency’

The Coalition of Small Businesses has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. He claims that his recent wave of tariffs on foreign imports is unconstitutional and threatens the survival of American entrepreneurs. The lawsuit filed Monday in the US Court of International Trade; Challenge Trump’s legal authority Implement broad, unilateral trade barriers. The plaintiffs […]

FAA issues emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter, Inc.

The New York Helicopter Charter was grounded through an emergency order from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a helicopter crashed on the Hudson River last week killed five families and a pilot. The FAA decision comes after the helicopter company fired the operations director following his decision to close flights. “The FAA is taking […]

NC bill banning discrimination from emergency relief passes in House

North Carolina representatives have passed laws prohibiting emergency assistance from discriminating against people who support them based on political affiliation or political speech. HB 251 adds “A provision that “except as required to award grants or required by law, state emergency assistance applicants are not required to provide personal demographic information in the form of […]

Senate Republican chair challenges Trump over emergency funding move

Sen. Susan Collins (R Maine), the head of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and her Democratic counterpart, are challenging the Trump administration to handle emergency funds included in the law passed earlier this month. in letter President Trump's budget premier Russell Vert, Collins and Sen. Patty Murray (Washington), the top Democrats on the Funding Committee, […]