Harvard sues Trump administration over ‘unlawful’ $2.2 billion funding freeze
Harvard has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over “illegal” multi-billion dollar budget cuts to school research funds. “Some time ago, we filed a lawsuit to stop the funding freeze as it is illegal and exceeds government authority,” Harvard President Alan Gerber wrote in a post on X. The move comes just a day […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom suing Trump over ‘unlawful’ tariffs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he would su President Donald Trump on his drastic tariffs. The lawsuit argues that Trump uses international emergency economic forces to impose heavy tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, and that a 10% tariff on all imports is illegal. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the lawsuit Wednesday. Getty […]
Female high school Spanish teacher arrested, charged with ‘unlawful sexual intercourse’ with student: ‘Truly unfortunate’
The latest teacher sex scandal is said to involve a Spanish instructor from a high school who has been accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with a former California student. Deputies with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office arrested Dals Flores, a 33-year-old teacher from Riverbank, at his home Tuesday. Police say Flores is charged with […]
Firing of whistleblower protection office head unlawful, judge rules
A federal judge on Saturday determined that it was illegal for President Trump to fire the head of an office designed to protect government whistleblowers. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson endorses Hampton Dillinger, director of the Special Advisory Office, who said he was fired from his post in a one-sentence email. The former President […]
Head of watchdog agency must keep his job, Trump’s bid to rid him unlawful
WASHINGTON – The head of the federal watchdog must remain in his job, a Washington judge ruled Saturday, saying President Donald Trump's bid to remove special advisors is illegal. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dillinger, the special counsel office, in a legal battle over the president's powers to expel the head […]
Federal judge rules Trump’s firing of head of special counsel was unlawful, will maintain his job
A D.C.-based federal district judge ruled that President Donald Trump fired the Special Adviser Director late Saturday evening was illegal and that he kept him in the post. The Trump administration filed a notice of appeal shortly thereafter. Hampton Dillinger, appointed by former President Joe Biden to lead the Special Advisory Bureau, sued the Trump […]
Fed judge finds Trump’s mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday called for the mass shooting of probation employees likely to be illegal, giving temporary relief to a coalition of unions and organizations and halting the massive dismantling of the Trump administration's federal workforce. US District Judge William Alsup ordered the Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies […]
Dems press agencies to ignore Musk: ‘Reckless, cruel, unlawful, and unenforceable’
House Democrats are pushing all major Washington agency chiefs to reject recent requests from Elon Musk that federal workers must detail or fire recent work results. . More than 100 Democrats approvedMonday letterLeaders of 24 federal agencies characterized the mischief of masks and strengthened subsequent memos from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as an […]
Government watchdogs sue Trump White House over ‘unlawful’ mass firings
Washington – Eight government watchdogs sued them Massive fires This removed surveillance of President Donald Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington state requires judges to declare the dismissal illegal and to restore the inspector to his position at the agency. They said in their filings they play an important […]
‘Unlawful DEI-motivated’ discrimination in the workplace to be rooted out by Trump’s new acting EEOC chair
President Donald Trump's selection to serve as acting chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has vowed to make eradicating illegal DEI practices in the workplace a top priority, she said. “In accordance with the President's executive orders and priorities, my priorities include eradicating unlawful DEI-motivated racism and sexism; protecting American workers from anti-American […]