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New tonight: A federal judge in Washington has blocked, for now, Trump's removal of the head of an independent US agency that protects government whistleblowers -- finding the removal effort "plainly" goes against US law https://buff.ly/4hyZa96

New: A group representing thousands of US doctors is suing the Trump administration over the sudden removal of public health data from government websites, arguing it creates a “dangerous gap” in information available to track disease and diagnose patients
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Doctors Sue Over Trump Health Agencies Removal of Online Data

A group representing thousands of US doctors is suing the Trump administration over the sudden removal of public health data from government websites, arguing it creates a “dangerous gap” in informati...

Overnight: The Trump administration is making a renewed push to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a judge they've sorted out logistics to send him to Liberia (and rejected his proposal to go to Costa Rica)
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"The court is required to continue its constitutional functions"

US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
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The largest federal employees union filed a lawsuit accusing the Department of Education of violating the First Amendment by inserting partisan language into the out-of-office emails sent from accounts of furloughed workers during the government shutdown
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NEW: President Trump's policies and actions have been stopped by US courts more than 200 times.

We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 320+ by the start of May -- and more keep coming.

A deep, deep dive into the data:
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Trump Has Been Stopped By Courts More Than 200 Times

A Bloomberg analysis of more than 325 court cases involving challenges to President Trump’s executive actions reveals the stress test on the balance of power taking shape.

A US citizen alleges he was improperly arrested and detained twice by immigration officers as they targeted Latino workers at Alabama construction sites, claims they initially rebuffed his offers to prove legal status -- new proposed class action in federal court buff.ly/LVwQRIm

4th Circuit tosses DOJ effort to halt a 14-day order restricting DOGE access at the Social Security Admin, finding no jurisdiction at this stage. Now we wait to see if Md. judge will grant a longer-term injunction (which admin would appeal)

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"Extraordinary circumstances"

A judge ruled Elon Musk can be forced to testify in a lawsuit brought by government workers and contractors who accused him of unlawfully directing the dissolution of USAID while he was a senior Trump adviser
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New tonight: Two lawsuits against the Trump administration --
- to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being dismantled: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
- to stop Elon Musk's DOGE from getting CFPB employee info: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Fun fact: If you ever find yourself thinking, "wow there sure are a lot of federal court rulings today," the odds are decent that the day is March 31 or September 30
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"...a Big Secret"

NEW: US courts are foiling efforts by the Trump administration to keep information under wraps about DOGE and the role that Elon Musk played during his whirlwind stint with the White House last year
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Overnight: Five Trump cabinet members now face a lawsuit accusing them of violating US recordkeeping laws by using the messaging platform Signal for official business

NEW: A US appeals court rejected DOJ's request to let federal officials fully move ahead with Trump’s overhaul of mail voting ahead of the November midterms, leaving in place a Boston judge’s order blocking key parts of the president’s exec. order in 23 states + DC
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More: Trump admin is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s DOGE — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries. From Gregory Korte:
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Social Security Says DOGE Ruling Could Force Agency to Shut Down

The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency —...

Democratic state AGs suing the Trump administration over $6 billion+ in K-12 education funding appropriated by Congress that the states say was supposed to be available 7/1 for the upcoming school year buff.ly/5xRO9Pn

Weekend read: US courts have ordered a stop to President Trump's policies and actions 200+ times.

We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 328 and counting.

A deep dive into the data (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

In Court, Trump Is Losing More Than He’s Winning

A Bloomberg analysis of more than 325 court cases involving challenges to President Trump’s executive actions reveals the stress test on the balance of power taking shape.

The head of an independent whistleblower agency is ending his fight over Trump’s decision to fire him after an appeals court allowed the removal to go forward.

Hampton Dellinger said in a statement that his position would be filled by someone "totally beholden to the president"

Whistleblower Chief Fired by Trump Drops Fight After Court Loss

The head of an independent whistleblower agency is ending his legal fight over President Donald Trump’s decision to fire him after a federal appeals court allowed the removal to go forward during his…

New this evening: A lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of wielding unconstitutionally vast powers across the US government can proceed, a US judge ruled.

The Trump administration adopted a "perverse reading" of the Constitution's system of checks and balances, Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote.
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Musk Must Face Suit Challenging Power as Trump Aide, Judge Says

Elon Musk will have to face a lawsuit that claims the billionaire is wielding illegal power by orchestrating President Donald Trump’s dramatic cuts in federal government jobs and spending, a judge…

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And: A court order blocking President Donald Trump’s freeze on trillions of dollars in spending for grants, loans and other financial assistance will remain in place while the government challenges the ruling, an appeals court said. From Erik Larson:
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Trump Loses Bid to Pause Court Ruling on Spending Freeze

A court order blocking President Donald Trump’s freeze on trillions of dollars in spending for grants, loans and other financial assistance will remain in place while the government challenges the rul...

NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
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Overnight: Elon Musk must face a lawsuit that accuses him of wielding unconstitutionally vast powers to reshape the US government, a US judge ruled.

The Trump administration adopted a "perverse reading" of the Constitution's system of checks and balances, Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote.
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Musk Must Face Suit Challenging Power as Trump Aide, Judge Says

Elon Musk will have to face a lawsuit that claims the billionaire wielded illegal power by orchestrating President Donald Trump’s dramatic cuts in federal government jobs and spending, a judge ruled.

After the US atty's office in Manhattan told a judge that it had been relying for months on apparently incorrect information in a fight over immigration court arrests -- and blamed ICE for the "error" -- the judge has ordered the USAO and ICE to preserve their records buff.ly/9q4ZmGJ

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And: MD federal judge says tonight in a new order that the Trump admin can't circumvent his order restricting DOGE activities at USAID by giving former DOGE officials new appointments/titles within the agency. Prev on constitutional challenge to Musk/DOGE: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...