Trump Action Archive

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• Trump administration demands removal of transgender references from federal sex education program; 11 states comply, 16 states sue — The Trump administration issued a Monday deadline requiring states receiving federal sex education funding (the Personal Responsibility Education Program, or Prep) to remove all references to gender identity and transgender/non-binary people or lose millions in federal funding. At least 11 states with Republican legislatures complied or announced compliance. Sixteen Democratic-led states and Washington DC sued, claiming the demand tramples Congressional authority. A federal judge blocked the administration from cutting funding to the suing states, finding the administration provided no reasonable explanation for the new conditions beyond "pretext."
• Federal judge blocks HHS from defunding Democratic states over sex education curriculum dispute — U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken issued a court order late Monday blocking the Department of Health and Human Services from cutting federal Prep funding to Democratic-led states that refused to remove transgender references from sex education curricula. The judge found that HHS failed to demonstrate the new grant conditions were reasonable and provided no legitimate explanation beyond "pretext" for the action, noting HHS did not consider statutory objectives, relevant data, or anti-discrimination statutes.

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• Over 100 ex-DOJ officials file amicus brief challenging Comey prosecution — More than 100 former Department of Justice officials filed an amicus curiae brief on October 27 supporting James Comey's legal defense and arguing that his prosecution violates longstanding DOJ policies barring vindictive prosecutions and violates constitutional due process requirements. The brief was organized by James Pearce, an ex-DOJ lawyer and senior counsel at the Washington Litigation Group. Additional amicus briefs supporting Comey were filed by the Protect Democracy Project and Democracy Defenders Fund.
• Over 100 former DOJ officials signed amicus brief in Comey case — More than 100 former Justice Department officials signed on to an amicus brief urging the federal judge overseeing James Comey's criminal case to dismiss charges against the former FBI director. They argue Comey's indictment "was not an exercise of the evenhanded judgment of a disinterested prosecutor" but "represented an act of personal retribution by the President."

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• Federal judge blocked subpoena to trans healthcare provider — A federal judge ruled that a wide-ranging subpoena issued by the Justice Department to an online trans healthcare provider cannot be enforced because it was not part of a legitimate investigation but was about pursuing Trump's agenda targeting gender-affirming care. In his ruling, the judge noted, "No clearer evidence of improper purpose could exist than the Government's own repeated declarations that it seeks to end the very practice it claims to be merely investigating."

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• Federal judge ordered DOJ and DHS to stop prejudicial statements about Abrego Garcia — In a court hearing, a federal judge ordered officials from the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security to stop making "prejudicial" statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his case, warning that those who fail to comply could "be subject to sanctions." The judge noted that officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, made "extrajudicial statements that are troubling, especially where many of them are exaggerated if not simply inaccurate," including alleging that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13.