Michael Macagnone

Washington, D.C.

Legal affairs reporter for @cqnow and @rollcall Pitt grad and Philly fan. Writer for @Aether_Crucible michaelmacagnone at https://t.co/ElyV10GhOq Also on Signal, Proton

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Durbin’s run at Judiciary Committee focused on immigration, judges

1 day ago | union-bulletin.com | Chris Johnson |Michael Macagnone |Ryan Tarinelli

WASHINGTON — The retiring Sen. Richard J. Durbin has been a mainstay on the Judiciary Committee, where the Illinois Democrat became a leading voice on immigration and criminal justice issues and ushered President Joe Biden’s judicial picks through the confirmation process. He served on Judiciary for more than two decades and got a chance to be chairman in 2021, after the late Sen.
Supreme Court tells US to try to return immigrant deported in error

2 weeks ago | rollcall.com | Michael Macagnone

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to try to return a wrongly deported immigrant from a high-security prison in El Salvador where he is being held. The unsigned, unanimous ruling said the Trump administration should try to have Maryland resident Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia returned from the Salvadorian prison known as CECOT so that he can have immigration proceedings.
Supreme Court halts lower court order to rehire at 6 agencies

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Michael Macagnone

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies. In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case - and served as the basis of the nationwide injunction to reinstate federal employees - likely did not have the legal right to bring the case. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Supreme Court halts lower court order to rehire at 6 agencies

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Michael Macagnone

By Michael Macagnone, CQ-Roll CallWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies. In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case — and served as the basis of the nationwide injunction to reinstate federal employees — likely did not have the legal right to bring the case.
Supreme Court halts lower court order to rehire at 6 agencies

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Macagnone

By Michael Macagnone, CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies. In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case - and served as the basis of the nationwide injunction to reinstate federal employees - likely did not have the legal right to bring the case.
Supreme Court halts lower court order to rehire at six agencies

2 weeks ago | rollcall.com | Michael Macagnone

The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies. In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case — and served as the basis of the nationwide injunction to reinstate federal employees — likely did not have the legal right to bring the case.
US asks Supreme Court to halt order to undo deportation error

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Michael Macagnone

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene Monday and block a lower court order mandating the return of an immigrant mistakenly deported to El Salvador in a high-profile challenge to the administration's immigration crackdown. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and his family filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court, arguing that the removal violated an immigration judge's 2019 order that he not be deported to El Salvador due to possible persecution.
Appeals court reinstates board members Trump fired

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Michael Macagnone

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday reinstated members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board who had been fired by President Donald Trump, escalating fights over Congress' ability to protect federal officials from removal.
US asks Supreme Court to halt order to undo deportation error

2 weeks ago | thenewstribune.com | Michael Macagnone

Members of the Salvadorian army stand guard at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4, 2025, in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. Amid internal legal dispute, Trump’s administration continues with its controversial and fast-paced deportation policy to El Salvador, as part of a partnership with President Nayib Bukele.
Appeals court reinstates board members Trump fired

2 weeks ago | rollcall.com | Michael Macagnone

A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday reinstated members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board who had been fired by President Donald Trump, escalating fights over Congress’ ability to protect federal officials from removal.