
Ella Lee
Courts and Justice Reporter at The Hill
courts & justice @thehill, focused on cases tied to national politics. ex-@usatoday, @depauljour. 📩 [email protected]
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6 days ago |
thehill.com | Ella Lee
A federal appeals court panel seemed split over The Associated Press’s exclusion from certain White House spaces as it weighs whether to halt an order directing the Trump administration to restore the wire service’s access to such areas.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Ella Lee
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze funds under Biden-era laws authorizing massive investments in climate-friendly projects. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, an appointee of President Trump during his first term, on Tuesday ordered five federal agencies to immediately resume disbursing already-awarded funds appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, two of the Biden administration’s hallmark climate laws.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Ella Lee |Rachel Frazin
A federal judge on Wednesday indefinitely blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from clawing back billions of dollars in Biden-era climate grants. U.S. District Tanya Chutkan said the EPA may not suspend or terminate the green grant awards nor limit access to those funds while a lawsuit challenging the effort to recoup the money moves forward.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Ella Lee
The Jan. 6 defendants granted sweeping clemency by President Trump are growing increasingly vexed with his administration because they don’t believe it’s delivering on his campaign promise of payback for their prosecutions. It marks the apparent end of a honeymoon period between the administration and some of Trump’s most ardent supporters, as criticisms that top officials like Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel aren’t living up to their expectations spill into public view.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Zach Schonfeld |Ella Lee
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