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----oooo00O00oooo---- Federal judge calls Trump's order targeting prominent law firm a 'shocking abuse of power'   (NBC News) In a blistering ruling, a federal judge blocked a new executive order from President Donald Trump punishing a prominent law firm that successfully sued Fox News for promoting false claims of election fraud. Read More

 

 

 

 

Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt over deportation flights   (NBC News) A federal judge said in an order Wednesday that he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights it sent to El Salvador. Read More ----oooo00O00oooo----

TOP OF THE AGENDA US judge says he could hold Trump administration in contempt of court

J udge Boasberg said the court had already given the government ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions. Credit: Getty Images US federal judge James Boasberg has said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for its "wilful disregard" of an order to halt the departure of deportation flights carrying more than 200 people to an El Salvador mega-jail last month. The administration had invoked a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to carry out the mass deportation. The White House has previously denied violating the court ruling, arguing that it was too late to turn around the flights as they were already in international air space en route to El Salvador. It says it will contest Judge Boasberg's decision. ----oooo00O00oooo----

DHS threatens to block Harvard from enrolling international students

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The Trump administration has also moved to revoke the visas of hundreds of students, faculty and researchers at dozens of universities