In her midweek ruling, Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani agreed to lift an order prohibiting the Postal Service from carrying out Trump’s dictate for the November elections. Talwani noted that she was “compelled” to do so after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that a similar injunction she granted in a related court case was premature.
“The purpose of this call is to prioritize Colorado for the purposes of ensuring grants and federal support that are in line with Administration priorities,” a White House aide reportedly wrote.
“Just last week, I joined attorneys general across the country to challenge the Trump Administration, yet again, for attempting to seize personal, sensitive data on commercial drivers, and now the court has put a stop to these unlawful efforts,” California AG Bonta said. “Today’s ruling marks another important step in making sure Americans’ privacy rights remain protected and resolute.”
“A federal court in Massachusetts is wrong to prevent Texas from enforcing its own consumer protection laws against entities doing business in our State,” Paxton said in a press release.
“The BBC intentionally defamed President Donald J. Trump, and now the BBC is seeking to harass him, his family, and supporters by abusing the deposition process,” the president’s legal team said.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, who sued the Trump administration to stop the move, has said the ruling will prevent his state from throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars in already-committed funds.
“Once an archaeological site is excavated by heavy machinery, once the physical context of artifacts is destroyed, or once a sacred or culturally significant landscape is permanently altered, the injury is irreparable,” says the lawsuit,
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of “antisemitism,” the lawsuit alleges, makes it easy to conflate routine criticisms of the Israeli state with more generalized antipathy against the Jewish people. In some cases, students and university employees were subject to investigation for making pro-Palestinian statements or wearing cultural attire such as the kaffiyeh.
A spokesperson for the Trump Media & Technology Group, which own Truth Social, has since pushed back on the allegations, saying that the monetization of social media features is a common industry practice, adding that Truth Social is “an uncancellable haven for free speech.”
“The Trump administration is attempting to seize confidential state records without any lawful justification,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said. “New Yorkers provide their personal information to the state with the expectation that it will be protected, not handed over to anyone who demands it.”