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Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and Jan. 6
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NEW: The Trump administration, via a senior State Department official, says Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. But they still won't say if they're doing anything to get him back. Details w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 16 hours ago • 517 comments

HAPPENING NOW: The Justice Department has missed a 5pm deadline to file details about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts and efforts to comply with a judge's otder to facilitate his return. Still waiting to see if they're just a few minutes behind or not planning to file at all

submitted 16 hours ago • 727 comments

JUST IN: The DC Circuit has partially blocked a lower court order aimed at preventing the dismantling of the CFPB. Large swathes remain in place, including requirement that CFPB maintain a physical office and retain records. The 8 parts of the original order are on the right:

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JUS TIN: Susman Godfrey becomes the latest firm to sue over Trump's retaliatory executive orders. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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JUST IN: President Trump is authorizing the military to occupy and take jurisdiction over public land along the southern border.

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BREAKING: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from freezing funds used by Maine to pay for school lunches and food for kids/adults in day care settings. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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UPDATE: Judge Xinis has ordered daily reports by 5pm every day starting tomorrow and a new hearing on Tuesday at 4pm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Judge Friedrich has turned down, on standing grounds, a request by a group of churches to immediately block the Trump administraiton's policy that could allow immigration raids at places of worship. There's no evidence the raids are imminent, she says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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JUST IN: The Justice Department is preparing to return $63,000 it seized from Jan. 6 defendant John Sullivan (a favorite target of MAGA conspiracy theories) that he made from selling footage of the riot, including moments around Ashli Babbitt shooting. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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DOJ has charged a Pennsylvania man who threatened to shoot Trump/Musk and other federal officials. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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NEW: A Republican congressman is suing the federal government for $2.5 million for the Capitol Police's decision to enter his office four years ago. www.politico.com/live-updates...

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JUST IN: US Attorney Ed Martin seeks 48 month sentence for former MPD Officer Shane LAMOND, for leaking info to Enrique Tarrio about the probe of his BLM flag burning — and the lying to colleagues about it. Tarrio has called for Lamond to be pardoned. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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UPDATE: DOJ trying to cancel today's Abrego Garcia hearing and delay filing a response to the judge's order until next week. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A federal judge is not prepared to “rubber stamp” the dismissal of charges against a Jan. 6 defendant who was separately convicted of an unrelated gun charge. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will require the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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JUST IN: A judge has denied Trump's motion to dismiss a defamation claim brought by the Central Park 5 rleated to statements Trump made during debate with Harris. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

NEW: DOJ is dropping its prosecution of a man it identified as an MS-13 leader and whose capture was celebrated with a huge press conference by AG Bondi, Kash Patel and Glenn Youngkin. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 3 days ago • 447 comments

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, the newest judge on the federal bench in DC has *denied* Democracy Forward’s urgent FOIA request for documents related to mass federal layoffs. But not before expressing her view on the attacks on federal employees. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments