Federal judge blocks Trump order prohibiting workplace diversity and sensitivity trainings

PHOENIX – A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The rules had been set to take effect Monday.The court order has limited immediate impact because the government has largely suspended asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pandemic, citing public health concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order today blocking, in its entirety, a Trump administration rule that would have made it virtually impossible for all refugees, including those who are LGBTQ or living with HIV, to secure asylum in the United States. The rule was set to go into effect on January 11, 2021.

President Donald Trump will not be allowed to post to Facebook or Instagram for the foreseeable future, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday.

Donald Trump‘s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been suspended “indefinitely”, or at least until Joe Biden replaces him as president on 20 January.The move comes after a mob of Trump supporters managed to force their way into the Capitol building yesterday following a rally to contest the results of November’s election.Announcing the ban, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg condemned the “shocking events” in Washington DC.He said in a statement: “We are extending the block we have placed on his

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg Thursday banned the account of President Donald Trump for at least the next two weeks for inciting violence.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday blamed the federal government for the state's deficit, as well as the slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Trump's request for an emergency injunction to direct Georgia to decertify the 2020 presidential election results.

A top federal prosecutor in Georgia who was appointed by President Trump resigned Monday, offering little explanation for his sudden departure.  U.S. Attorney Byung J.

The Texas Supreme Court blocked local orders establishing an overnight curfew for restaurants to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, according to reports. The court issued the order Friday, conditionally granting state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s petition to block enforcement of orders in Austin and surrounding Travis County.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that aimed to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again blocked a quick action on $2,000 coronavirus stimulus checks on the Senate floor Thursday as he traded harsh words with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. McConnell, R-Ky., in floor remarks lambasted the House-passed bill for $2,000 stimulus checks as "socialism for rich people." The comments were his most direct to date on his opposition to President Trump's request that stimulus checks be boosted from $600 in the recently passed stimulus.

A federal judge ripped into Jeffrey Epstein cohort Ghislaine Maxwell for misleading the court on her marriage and wealth in a scathing decision denying her release on a $28.5 bail package.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate will address President Trump's request to increase stimulus checks sent to Americans to $2,000 but did not commit to pushing the issue -- as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer each urged the body to put the House bill on $2,000 stimulus checks up for a quick vote.

The bombing in Nashville on Christmas Day is still being investigated by officials and Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., said he’s pushing for necessary federal law enforcement resources.

A push by Republicans in Georgia to scrap absentee drop boxes currently being used in early voting in the state's twin Senate runoff elections was shot down on Thursday. A federal judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, which is situated in Augusta, dismissed the case brought by the 12th Congressional District Republican Committee.The judge said that the plaintiffs had no standing and that courts shouldn’t change election rules so close to an election.

New legislation in New York will bar federal immigration agents from making arrests inside state courthouses without a judicial warrant, a move seen as pushback against President Trump's hardline immigration policies.  The Protect Our Courts Act, signed Tuesday, comes amid concerns from immigration advocates that fears of being arrested deter undocumented immigrants from making court appearances.The bill prevents Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents without a warrant signed by a

As President Trump's legal team argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court Saturday to have hundreds of thousands of ballots in two blue counties tossed, the president’s reelection effort had another legal loss in federal district court. U.S.