Trump Action Archive

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• California Challenges Federalization of National Guard — California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's order to federalize the state's National Guard to manage protests in Los Angeles.
• California sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment — California has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the unlawful deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops to counter protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions.
• Case update — Newsom v. Trump (N.D. Cal.) 3:25-cv-04870 — Judge Breyer approved California's request for “expedited and limited” discovery regarding the administration's claim that it acted beyond the limitation of the Posse Comitatus Act , which forbids federal troops from

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• Federal Court Blocks Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act — A federal judge in New York ruled against President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, stating that the law does not justify treating the migrants as an "invasion" or

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• US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to deport migrants to third countries — The US Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned order allowing the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries they are not originally from, including conflict-ridden areas like South Sudan.
• Case update — D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10676 — The Supreme Court stopped a lower court's order which has prevented the administration from removing immigrants to third countries without an opportunity to present their claims of potential torture first.
• Supreme Court Grants Stay in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. — The Supreme Court granted the Department of Homeland Security's emergency application for a stay in the case of Department of Homeland Security, Applicants v.

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• Appeal filed — American Public Health Association v. National Institutes of Health (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10787 — Judge Young granted partial summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs and held the challenged Directives and resulting grant terminations were arbitrary and capricious in violation of the APA.
• Case update — Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10814 — Judge William Young issued a partial final judgment declaring that the administration's termination of hundreds of NIH grants was “arbitrary and capricious” under the APA and ordering the affected grants reinstated.
• — Defendants immediately filed an appeal of Judge Young's partial final judgment order.

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• Appeal filed — President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-11472 — Judge Burroughs issued an order halting the administration's proclamation to suspend entry for any international students studying at Harvard.

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• Department of Education v. Career Colleges and Schools of Texas — The Supreme Court granted the motion of the petitioners, the Department of Education and others, to resume merits briefing in the case against Career Colleges and Schools of Texas.

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• Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma — The Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the views of the United States in the case between Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Amarin Pharma.

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• Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections — The Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of Damon Landor against the Louisiana Department of Corrections and others.

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• Appeal filed — Thakur v. Trump (N.D. Cal.) 3:25-cv-04737 — Judge Rita Lin granted a preliminary injunction .
• Case update — North America's Building Trades Unions v. Department of Defense (D.D.C.) 1:25-cv-01070 — Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction after DOD and GSA formally rescinded the policies at issue in this case, disavowed continued reliance on those policies, and instructed their
• Case update — President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-11048 — State Attorneys General submitted an amicus brief in support of Defendants.

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• Governor Stein vetoes anti-immigrant and open carry bills — On Friday, Governor Stein vetoed two anti-immigrant bills (SB 153 and SB 138) and an open carry bill (SB 50) in North Carolina.

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• Court released Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody — A federal court released Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody pending trial, despite objections from the Attorney General and others.

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• Federal judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention — Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian rights activist and legal US resident, was released from ICE detention after a federal judge ruled that his detention was unconstitutional.
• — Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, was released from ICE detention in Jena, Louisiana, after a federal judge ruled he was not a danger to the community.

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• Case update — Federal Education Association v. Trump (D.D.C.) 1:25-cv-01362 — Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint setting out additional factual allegations relating to a reorganization altering employees terms and conditions of employment and resulting in the elimination of positions and to