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1 week ago | 
ntd.com | Sam Dorman
WASHINGTON—Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of social media giant Meta Platforms, testified in federal court on April 14 as part of a trial in which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) attempted to convince a judge that his company violated antitrust law. Zuckerberg appeared at the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington after opening arguments in which FTC attorney Daniel Matheson accused the company of engaging in anticompetitive conduct that harmed consumers.
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1 week ago | 
ntd.com | Sam Dorman
GREENBELT, Md.—A federal judge pressed the Trump administration on April 11 for answers as to where Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported due to an administrative error, is after the Supreme Court issued an order for his return to the United States. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Drew Ensign told U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis that he didn’t have information about Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman
The judge said the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed in showing that her court had jurisdiction over certain claims. 4/8/2025Updated: 4/8/2025GREENBELT, Md.—A federal judge in Maryland refused to issue an order blocking the Trump administration’s decision to cancel various grants to immigration nonprofits.
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2 weeks ago | 
epochtimes.fr | Sam Dorman
La Cour suprême a accédé à la demande du président Donald Trump de suspendre les ordonnances d’un juge fédéral empêchant son administration d’utiliser la loi sur les ennemis étrangers (AEA : Alien Enemies Act) pour expulser des membres présumés d’un gang vénézuélien. « Nous accédons à la demande et annulons les ordonnances d’interdiction temporaire », a déclaré la Cour dans un avis non signé (per curiam) le 7 avril.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman
An appeals court had rejected Trump’s request to stay Judge James Boasberg’s orders blocking deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. 4/7/2025Updated: 4/7/2025The Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump’s request to halt a federal judge’s orders preventing his administration from using the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman
A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a permanent injunction on April 4 blocking the Trump administration from reducing the amount of money the National Institutes of Health pays grant recipients for indirect costs, such as those for administration or maintenance of facilities. The order solidifies a preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Angel Kelly issued in March. Her more recent order vacated the NIH’s notice of change to the indirect cost rate.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman
Several Latin American-based nonprofits sued, saying the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it fired IAF’s entire board. By Stacy Robinson and Sam Dorman4/4/2025Updated: 4/4/2025WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Washington blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on April 4 from firing the leadership of the InterAmerican Foundation (IAF) and canceling most of its grant contracts.
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2 weeks ago | 
ntd.com | Sam Dorman
The Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump’s request to halt the reinstatement of millions of dollars in Department of Education grants that the government targeted over concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Chief Justice John Roberts would have denied the administration’s request for relief, according to a court document. Justice Elena Kagan issued a dissent, as did Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whose dissent was joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s order directed the federal government to “facilitate and effectuate the return of … Garcia to the United States no later than 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025.”Xinis asked an attorney from the Department of Justice multiple questions during a hearing on April 4.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman
The Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump’s request to halt the reinstatement of millions of dollars in Department of Education grants that the government targeted over concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Chief Justice John Roberts would have denied the administration’s request for relief, according to a court document. Justice Elena Kagan issued a dissent, as did Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whose dissent was joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
