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  Fed. Worker Reps Slam 'Unfathomably Cruel' USAID Shutdown

  By Lauren Berg

  The Trump administration's illegal decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development has cause...(read more)

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  Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold

  By Brian Dowling

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• Trump Birthright Citizenship Order Faces Scrutiny In 3rd Court

  By Julie Manganis and Brian Dowling

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday appeared to question the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to limit birthright citizenship, considering whether to follow district courts in Washington state and Maryland in blocking the move.

• BigLaw Firms Saw Double-Digit Profit Growth in 2024

  By Aebra Coe

  Last year was "one of the strongest years on record" for U.S. law firm financial results, according to Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group head Gretta Rusanow, with a survey by the bank of mostly large law firms showing a 16.6% increase in profits and a 12.3% increase in revenue over 2023.

• Feds Agree Not To Publish FBI Agent List, For Now

  By Ali Sullivan

  The federal government agreed Friday not to publicize a list of FBI personnel who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol without giving FBI agents suing the U.S. Department of Justice a heads-up beforehand.

• SF, Other Sanctuary Cities To Sue Trump Over Threats

  By Britain Eakin

  A nationwide coalition of sanctuary jurisdictions led by San Francisco plans to file a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's threats to defund these localities and prosecute officials.

• Wash. AG Sues To Block 'Hateful' Trump Transgender Edict

  By Greg Lamm

  Washington, Minnesota and Oregon, along with three unnamed doctors, seek to block President Donald Trump's order targeting transgender youth and their medical providers, arguing in a complaint filed Friday in Seattle federal court that the Trump edict is unconstitutional, discriminates against transgender people and interferes with lifesaving healthcare.

• 2 RE Execs, Brother Assaulted 60 Women, Feds Say

  By Pete Brush

  Three brothers from Florida, including two prominent real estate executives, denied sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court Friday alleging they conspired to drug and rape women, as a prosecutor said the authorities have interviewed over 60 victims.

• Judge In Ga. 2020 Election Fraud Case To Retire

  By Courtney Bublé

  Chief Judge Timothy Batten Sr. of the Northern District of Georgia, who presided over one of the many lawsuits alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election, has informed the president he will retire May 23.

• House Bill Aims To Ban DeepSeek On Gov't Devices

  By Allison Grande

  A pair of U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday rolled out bipartisan legislation that would prohibit the installation of Chinese company DeepSeek's chatbot app on government-issued devices, citing "alarming" national security threats similar to those that have propelled efforts to ban video app TikTok nationwide.

• House GOP Floats Stablecoin Bill Amid Debanking Buzz

  By Aislinn Keely

  House Financial Services lawmakers unveiled a discussion draft of a bill to regulate stablecoins Thursday evening, joining a separate effort introduced in the U.S. Senate earlier this week.

• TikTok Moderators Alleging Harm Face Uphill Cert. Battle

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge suggested on Thursday there might be too many individualized issues to certify a class of thousands of current and former TikTok content moderators in a suit alleging the social media platform is responsible for mental health issues the workers developed after being exposed to graphic content.

• EPA Places 168 Environmental Justice Workers On Leave

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  Scores of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency workers who have been focused on environmental justice issues were placed on leave Thursday, in line with the Trump administration's promise to largely abandon that area of work.

• DOJ To Weigh Criminal Action Against Cos. With DEI Policies

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Department of Justice will consider bringing criminal and civil investigations against companies over their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to a new memorandum from Attorney General Pam Bondi.