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Trump administration move to restore gun rights to some convicts protested by Democrats June 20, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s decision to restore 10 convicts’ ability to legally purchase firearms and explosives violated the law, according to a letter six high-ranking congressional Democrats released Friday. The Justice Department publication of an interim final rule moving the authority to restore some convicts’ gun rights from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and […]
Jennifer Shutt
Judge halts Trump order tying state transportation grants to immigration actions June 20, 2025
A Rhode Island federal judge blocked an order that would have yanked billions of federal dollars for roads, bridges and airport projects in states that don’t aid in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge John James McConnell Jr. granted a preliminary injunction late Thursday to the 20 Democratic-led states that brought the case […]
Ariana Figueroa, Ashley Murray
Vance dispatched to LA after Trump administration court victory in National Guard case June 20, 2025
Vice President J.D. Vance took a victory lap to Los Angeles Friday, following a federal appeals court’s ruling that the administration could retain control of the California National Guard troops responding to protests earlier this month over immigration raids in the city. “BIG WIN in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the President’s core […]
Jacob Fischler