- Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general
President Donald Trump said on April 2 that Pam Bondi will no longer be the U.S. attorney general. Trump confirmed the personnel decision in a Truth Social post. He called Bondi “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.” The president said Bondi’s deputy, Todd Blanche, will temporarily serve as acting attorney general. “We love Pam, and she [...]
- Pentagon appeals after judge blocks designation of Anthropic as supply-chain risk
The War Department filed an appeal on April 2 against a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from continuing to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. The designation of the artificial intelligence (AI) company, under a federal law designed to protect military systems from foreign sabotage, functions as a blacklist, preventing it from doing [...]
- Democrats ask judge to block parts of Trump’s election order
Democrats asked a federal judge Wednesday to block parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order on federal elections. The lawsuit challenges Trump’s directive, signed a day earlier, that will create a list of eligible voters in every state and prohibit the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from sending absentee ballots to those not included on the list. The order, titled [...]
- Key takeaways from Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s birthright citizenship order
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for over two hours on April 1, probing whether President Donald Trump had violated the Constitution with his order restricting birthright citizenship. The case, Trump v. Barbara, focuses on a portion of the 14th Amendment known as the citizenship clause that says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to [...]
