Abrego Garcia’s lawyers challenge Trump administration’s invocation of state secrets privilege

Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia pushed back on the Trump administration’s invocation of the state secrets privilege in a court filing Monday, saying that the government has produced no evidence “showing that it has made the slightest effort to facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from detention in El Salvador. “There is little reason to … Read more

Lawyer calls Trump tariffs ‘unlawful’ as they face 1st test against small businesses

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are an “unprecedented and unlawful expansion” of executive power, a lawyer for a group of small businesses told a federal court Tuesday morning. The hearing at the Court of International Trade in Manhattan marks the first time a federal court has taken up the question of whether Trump’s “Liberation Day” … Read more

RFK Jr. to testify before House, Senate committees amid layoffs, overhaul at HHS

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify before two congressional committees on Wednesday to discuss, among many topics, the Trump administration’s proposed budget and its impact on HHS. Kennedy will appear before the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday morning and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee in … Read more

Ed Martin, Trump’s DOJ pardon attorney, says he’ll review Biden’s outgoing pardons

Ed Martin, the outgoing Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney who will soon start his role as DOJ’s pardon attorney and chief of the so-called “Weaponization Working Group,” said he plans to review and scrutinize the last-minute pardons issued by former President Joe Biden. Martin’s appointment to several powerful positions at the Justice Department — following his … Read more