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A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order that requires voters to show documentation proving their U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from going forward with the proof-of-citizenship requirements as a lawsuit plays out, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Committee and leftist voting rights groups, claims that Trump’s order is “an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans.”

EXCLUSIVE: I've obtained the leaked security briefing that's been provided to Trump national security officials in recent months regarding the criminal group Tren de Aragua and the Venezuela government. President Trump designated Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on January 20th by Executive order because it's “conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions” inside the United States. According to the order: “TdA operates in conjunction with Cártel de los Soles, the Nicolas Maduro regime-sponsored, narco-terrorism enterprise based in Venezuela, and commits brutal crimes, including murders, kidnappings, extortions, and human, drug, and weapons trafficking.” It's not a street...

The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, asking the justices to allow it to enforce an executive order that directs government officials to quickly remove, without a hearing, noncitizens who are designated as members of a Venezuelan gang. The order relies on a 1798 law that until now has only been invoked during wartime. Earlier this month, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg barred the federal government from removing any of the alleged members of the gang, or anyone else, under the Alien Enemies Act. In 40-page filing, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris told the justices...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump expanded his attacks on major U.S. law firms on Tuesday as he signed an executive order targeting Jenner & Block, which represents clients challenging some of his major policies and formerly employed a prosecutor involved in a special counsel investigation of his 2016 campaign. The order resembled ones that Trump previously issued against prominent firms Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss. The orders suspended security clearances for their lawyers and restricted their access to government buildings, officials and federal contracting work. The Republican president cited Jenner & Block's past employment of Andrew Weissmann, a top federal...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Promoting financial integrity and operational efficiency are critical responsibilities of the Federal Government. The Federal Government processes trillions of dollars annually in disbursements to individuals, businesses, and organizations, and in receipts from taxes, fees, and other payments to finance daily and long-term Government operations. These transactions flow into and out of the United States General Fund (General Fund), which might be thought of as America’s bank account. In Fiscal Year 2024, $33.9 trillion...

Trump signs EO stating that he will IGNORE all lower court rulings until SCOTUS rules on the Constitutionality of activist Judges attempting to usurp Executive power.

President Trump signs Executive Order holding those who challenge administration policies in court financially liable when they lose the case. The lawfare war being waged against the Trump administration (or more like we, the people) will now have a serious financial ramifications in the event that they lose. Under this new directive, individuals or entities that file lawsuits against the Trump administration could face substantial financial penalties if they lose their cases. This initiative is seen as a way to deter what the administration perceives as frivolous lawsuits that challenge its policies, which Trump argues hinder effective governance and public...

**SNIP** Fox News Digital compiled a list of the groups, state attorneys general, cities or states, and individuals who have launched lawsuits against the Trump administration's executive actions. The list includes the various groups and individuals challenging the Trump administration in court, as well as the executive order or proclamation that sparked the suit. Jan. 20, 2025: New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support; League of United Latin American Citizens; Make the Road New York (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship) Jan. 20, 2025: O. Doe; Brazilian Worker Center, Inc.; La Colaborativa (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to sign an executive order that officially ends all federal taxpayer benefits to illegal migrants, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed. The order is expected to instruct all federal agencies to review their policies and programs in order to eliminate any benefits that go to illegal migrants, including ensuring that money that goes to states is not used to "support sanctuary policies." The directive will also require agencies to improve their eligibility verification processes to prevent federal funds and benefits from going to the illegal migrants, including public health benefits, for which...

A federal judge appears poised to block the Trump administration if the Department of Defense attempts to place limitations on or ban transgender service members. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes is still hearing arguments Tuesday in the case but signaled deep skepticism with the claim that transgender service members lessen the military’s lethality or readiness. “You and I both agree that the greatest fighting force that world history has ever seen is not going to be impacted in any way by less than 1% of the soldiers using a different pronoun than others might want to call them. Would you...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. This Executive Order establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.

Cali's gonna Cali, am I right? In a move that absolutely everyone could have seen coming, Commiefornia is taking their stand against Orange Man Bad by forcing girls to share locker rooms with dudes. The State of California and its public school athletics association has indicated it will not fall in line with President Donald Trump's latest executive order to keep trans athletes out of girls' and women's sports. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) said it will continue to follow the state's law that allows athletes to participate as whichever gender they identify as, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Hague (AP) -- The International Criminal Court on Friday called on its member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, saying that the move was an attempt to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work”. And the embattled court got plenty of support from traditional US allies in Europe who stood up against the Trump measure. “Sanctioning the ICC threatens the court’s independence and undermines the international criminal justice system as a whole,” said European Council President António Costa, who heads the summits of the European Union’s 27 leaders. It was the toughest direct...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty. It has preserved the right of the American people to protect ourselves, our families, and our freedoms since the founding of our great Nation. Because it is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans, the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed. Sec. 2. Plan of Action. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order,...

(FOX 9) - The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) says that transgender student-athletes' eligibility to participate in sports is determined by state law, not President Donald Trump's recent Executive Order banning transgender athletes from women's or girl's sports. MN state law What they're saying: MSHSL says that the eligibility of transgender student-athletes is "determined by state law, through the Minnesota Human Rights Act and the Minnesota Constitution." The organization will continue to abide by the anti-discrimination laws in the state, which doesn't allow discrimination based on gender identity. Because of these state laws, students in Minnesota can participate in...

Within days of taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that has been misconstrued by most of the talking heads out there as "ending birthright citizenship." This characterization uses an overly broad brush to paint over what is actually an extremely nuanced issue with regard to the interpretation of citizenship in the 14th Amendment.Section 1 of the amendment starts off with one of the most consequential lines of any of the Reconstruction Amendments passed in the wake of the Civil War: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens...

Since his election victory, President Trump has said he would not seek retribution against his perceived enemies. “I’m not looking to go into the past,” he said last month on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Retribution will be through success.”But in an executive order he signed on Monday night, Mr. Trump made clear that he has every intention to seek out and possibly punish government officials in the Justice Department and America’s intelligence agencies as a way to “correct past misconduct” against him and his supporters.It would be justice, the order said, against officials from the Biden administration who carried out...

Trump’s executive orders and memoranda to his department heads are thrilling. He’s doing all the right things. But of course, signing pieces of paper is easy. The hard part is getting those things to happen. Trump will face opposition from the entrenched federal workers (all of whom have been protected for decades by their increasingly partisan, leftist unions), from Democrat-run states, and from individual actors. Most of this will end up in the courts, so we need to hope that judges correctly read the American mood and give Trump his way on acts manifestly within his constitutional purview. Last week,...

President Donald Trump rescinded 78 of former President Joe Biden’s executive actions with the stroke of a pen on Monday night. “Several EOs imposed crushing emissions standards designed to end gas powered vehicles, set an EV mandate by 2030, canceled the Keystone Pipeline, stopped drilling, and prevented permitting,” the sheet notes.

WASHINGTON (Gray News) – President Donald Trump took aim at gender identity during his inauguration speech and plans to follow up with an executive order. “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,” Trump said. Trump plans to sign an executive order Monday proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female. Sex is to be defined based on whether people are born with eggs or sperm, rather than on their chromosomes. Under the order, federal prisons and shelters for...