Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Minnesota has found MyPillow CEO and Trump ally Mike Lindell in contempt of court for failing to provide discovery and financial documents in the defamation case brought by voting machine company Smartmatic. Smartmatic sued Lindell for defamation in 2022, alleging thatRead More →
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to lay off as many as 80,000 workers in the coming weeks in the latest phase of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal workforce, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News. VA Secretary DougRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted on Thursday to censure Democrat Al Green over his outburst at President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday night. The Republican-led effort passed 224-198 with two members voting present, one of them being Green. Ten Democrats voted on the resolution to censure Green. TheRead More →
Win McNamee/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday pulled the expected signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple sources tell ABC News. A draft of the executive order called on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to facilitate a department closure byRead More →
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday denied a request from U.S. Agency for International Development contractors to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s mass termination of their contracts. The Personal Service Contractor Association, an advocacy group for U.S. personal services contractors employed by USAID,Read More →
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from freezing federal funding without going through Congress — offering a scathing critique of what he said was the White House’s attempt to disrupt the separation of powers. The judge, U.S. District JudgeRead More →
ABC News As Donald Trump seeks to reshape the federal government at breakneck speed, his administration has encountered a flood of litigation challenging the legality of its early actions in office. With more than 100 federal lawsuits filed since the inauguration, Trump and his administration have effectively been sued threeRead More →
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Billionaire Elon Musk’s political action committee, America PAC, has placed its first-ever nationwide TV ad, a $1 million ad buy that touts President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office following Tuesday’s joint address to Congress, a source familiar with the matter told ABC News.Read More →
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former top FEMA official who was removed as part of the political blowback over payments to New York City for housing migrants in what critics called “luxury hotels” has sued the Trump administration, alleging she was “unlawfully terminated from her position” without due process. Mary Comans,Read More →
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City on Wednesday pushed back against House Republicans’ claims that they are harboring dangerous immigrants and violating immigration laws as so-called “sanctuary cities.” During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, Boston MayorRead More →
