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- 2025/02/07 23:27 UTC [L..T] Transgender and Nonbinary People Take Trump to Court Over Passport Restrictions «Following an executive order from President Donald Trump barring people from updating the sex designation on their passports, seven people have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's refusal to issue passports with accurate sex designations.»
- 2025/02/07 22:29 UTC [L..T] North Carolina judge's ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected «In three one-page orders, Superior Court Judge William Pittman affirmed the December rulings of the State Board of Elections. Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs maintains a 734-vote lead over Republican rival Jefferson Griffin after more than 5.5 million ballots were cast and two recounts. [/] Pittman entered the orders only a few hours after listening to arguments by lawyers for Riggs, Griffin and the State Board of Elections. The hearing marked another step through a legal jumble on the outcome of the race, which is one of but a few unresolved nationwide from the Nov. 5 elections.»
- 2025/02/07 20:59 UTC [L..T] AG Bondi to Criminally Prosecute Private Entities for DEIA «This week a contact at the DOJ sent me a dozen memos just been issued by new US Attorney General Pam Bondi. The memos, among a range of instructions, informed DOJ employees that the Department will criminally prosecute private entities that implement Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEI/DEIA) policies. This is Project 2025 in action. This is fascism, plain and simple.»
- 2025/02/07 19:54 UTC [L..T] Trump energy secretary allowed 23-year-old DOGE rep to access IT systems over objections from general counsel On Wednesday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright «granted access to DOGE representative Luke Farritor – a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern – even over objections from members of the department's general counsel and chief information offices [...]. The DOE chief information office is the department's IT and cybersecurity office. [/] Members of the general counsel and chief information offices "said this is a bad idea" because Farritor hadn't had a standard background investigation needed to access the department's system, one of the people told CNN. "He's not cleared to be in DOE, on our systems. None of those things have been done."»
- 2025/02/07 17:56 UTC [L..T] DOJ agrees to give two-days' notice if it releases names of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases «FBI employees and the Justice Department agreed to a court order Friday that bars the DOJ from releasing a list of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases – including the one against Donald Trump – publicly, to the White House or to any other government agency without two days' notice.» ... «But Thursday night, after a full day of hearings on the matter, FBI leadership said in a memo obtained by CNN that it had complied with the demand from the Justice Department to hand over the names.»
- 2025/02/07 17:38 UTC [L..T] Trump delays cancellation of de minimis trade exemption targeting China imports «President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday* that puts a pause on his closing of the de minimis trade exemption, a provision commonly used by Chinese e-commerce companies Temu and Shein.» (*The document is officially dated Wednesday, but may have actually been posted on Friday for some reason.)
- 2025/02/07 15:51 UTC [L..T] Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in U.S. and Canada «At the same time, the Trump/Vance administration is moving to fire or force out more than 20% of the agency's Chicago staff, including officials who enforce clean air and water laws and others dedicated to helping poor communities disproportionately harmed by pollution in the Midwest. [/] The disconnect highlights how Trump, his aides and fellow Republicans in Congress repeatedly attempt to gut environmental protections while promising to guarantee Americans have clean air and water.»
- 2025/02/07 11:57 UTC [L..T] Trump Says He Will Dismiss Kennedy Center Board Members and Install Himself as Chair «President Trump announced his intention on Friday to bring the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington more firmly under his control, saying he would dismiss several board members and install himself as chairman. [/] "At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. [/] Mr. Trump said he would "immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture."» Dear Leader Envy, anyone?
- 2025/02/07 11:08 UTC [L..T] Lawmaker Quits DOGE Caucus Live On TV With 'Dynamite' Slam Of Elon Musk «Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) on Thursday announced to NewsNation's Chris Cuomo that she is leaving the fledgling, efficiency-seeking DOGE Caucus in Congress – and she directly blamed billionaire Elon Musk's actions in President Donald Trump's second term for her resignation. [..] Hoyle argued it is "just not possible" for the bipartisan group of lawmakers that make up the caucus to have any success with their mission to cut fraud and public spending waste and be "good stewards of taxpayer dollars" when Musk is just "blowing things up."»
- 2025/02/07 00:38 UTC [L..T] FEC chair says Trump has moved to fire her «Federal Election Commission commissioner and chair Ellen Weintraub said Thursday evening President Trump has moved to fire her, but she indicated she won't be removed from office without a fight.»
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