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Legal Affairs Reporter for @NBCNews.com. 2020 campaign embed. Always curious. Always eating rice cakes. Elon grad. #GaryOnTheGround

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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Good morning from Superior Court here in Washington, where former Olympian David Hearn will appear in court after being charged with destruction of property for allegedly pulling up a piece of the bottom of the Reflecting Pool last month. Rally in support of him getting underway
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12/06/2026
DOJ lawyer: “I don’t have the ability to speak directly to the attorney general.” Judge: “I can not believe given the significance you don’t have an answer." @garygrumbach.bsky.social reports from EDVA: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’
The judge said that she’s concerned if the fund isn’t really dead that it might come back in a different form.
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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Former CIA officer accused of stashing gold bars ordered to remain jailed pending trial
David Rush appeared in federal court in Virginia on Friday, he will remain behind bars because ‘he is in a different position from most people,’ the judge said.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
“Asking a question is not a crime" Federal judge appears skeptical of Pentagon’s restrictions on press access www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Federal judge appears skeptical of Pentagon’s restrictions on press access
Defense Department policy instituted last year prohibits gathering or publishing any information that isn’t authorized by the government.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
NEW: The American public rely on officials to be giving them accurate and trustworthy information. Lately, during emergency situations, they haven't been getting that. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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From Charlie Kirk to Brown University, Trump officials have posted inaccurate info in wake of tragedy
Senior administration officials released confusing, incorrect or misleading information after Kirk's assassination and the shooting of two National Guard members.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
NEW: I sat down with DNC Chairman @kenmartin.bsky.social today in Washington, where we discussed Tuesday’s elections, redistricting, the government shutdown, and the role Martin plays in vetting Democratic candidates w/ @megan-lebowitz.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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DNC chair defends party's redistricting push: This isn't 'your grandfather's Democratic Party that just rolled over'
Asked whether two "unconstitutional" acts make a right as Democrats look to counter GOP redistricting efforts, Ken Martin said, "In this case, I would say yes."
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New documents from DOJ whistleblower sheds light on internal Abrego Garcia deliberations w/ @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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New documents from DOJ whistleblower shed light on internal Abrego Garcia deliberations
New documents obtained by NBC News shed light on early internal Trump administration deliberations about the court battle over deportations under the Alien Enem
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
NEW: Judge Charles Breyer in California has set a trial date to hear arguments on whether the Trump admin violated the Posse Comitatus Act by deploying members of the California National Guard on the streets of Los Angeles.  The trial will take place August 11-13, 2025 in SF.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🚨 Within the span of about two hours tonight, a federal judge ordered the California National Guard out of Los Angeles + back into the control of Gov. Newsom, and an three-judge panel on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals paused that order until further notice. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration can keep control of California National Guard troops for now, appeals court rules
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has paused an order for the National Guard to leave Los Angeles.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
BREAKING: Judge halts Trump administration military deployment in L.A., pauses his own order from going into effect until 12p PT tomorrow to allow time for the Trump administration to appeal www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Judge halts Trump administration military deployment in L.A.
A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles, writing that the federal government did not have the authority to
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
NOW on the @nbcnews.com Live Blog: DOJ says California's bid to block troops puts lives at danger www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
NEW w/ @lawrencehurley.bsky.social: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift limits on deportations to 'third countries' www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift limits on deportations to 'third countries'
A federal judge ruled that convicted criminals the administration wants to deport to countries that are not their country of origin should be given more time to raise concerns about the potential risk...
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A federal judge in California on Friday temporarily blocked plans for reductions-in-force and reorganization at 21 departments and agencies across the federal government, a significant setback as the Trump administration works to downsize. MORE: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Judge pauses Trump's effort to reduce the size of the federal government
A judge in California temporarily blocked plans for reductions-in-force and reorganization at 21 departments and agencies across the federal government.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
BREAKING: Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk has been ordered released from detention "immediately" "The court finds that her continued detention can not stand," Judge William Sessions said. “These are very substantial claims of both due process and first amendment violations."
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
NEW: President Trump's words undermine DOJ's argument regarding the men deported to El Salvador's CECOT during a hearing before Judge James Boasberg this evening w/ @ryanjreilly.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Trump's words undermine DOJ's argument regarding men deported to El Salvador's CECOT
A Justice Department lawyer conceded that $4M in "grants" from the United States were funding the detention of men deported to El Salvador.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
80 years ago this week, my grandfather wrote to my grandmother from the front lines of World War II. “I am all through fighting,” he wrote. “I feel happy; I ended up the war without missing a day of combat.” "My only concern," he wrote. "Where do we go from here?" #VEday80
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
NEW: Restaurants across Washington D.C. have been visited today by agents identifying them as Homeland Security, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to multiple sources who spoke to @nbcnews.com
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It has been a difficult week for Trump administration priorities in courts around the country...
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
JUST IN: An Executive Order signed by President Trump surrounding how elections are run in this country got little attention at the time. But today, a federal judge blocked two of the biggest parts of that EO, calling them unconstitutional. More here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Federal judge blocks portions of Trump executive order on elections
A federal judge in Washington today has blocked the Election Assistance Commission from following through on two key portions of Trump’s executive order on
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
NEW: "Here we are again," wrote Judge William Orrick. Judge who blocked Pres. Trump's efforts to block $$$ to sanctuary cities in the first Trump administration has today blocked Trump's efforts to block $$$ to sanctuary cities in the second Trump administration www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Judge blocks Trump bid to halt federal funding for sanctuary cities
"Here we are again," wrote U.S. District Judge William Orrick, who blocked a similar effort during the president's first term.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Big setback for a top Trump administration priority: A federal judge today paused the Education Department's efforts to end "DEI" in schools www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Federal judge pauses Education Department effort to end DEI in schools
A federal judge today directed the Department of Education to pause its enforcement of the anti-DEI initiatives it outlined in a February letter sent to
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
TONIGHT: Judge Paula Xinis rips DOJ for not answering questions in Abrego Garcia case www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration live updates: White House says Trump 'stands strongly' behind Pete Hegseth
Live updates and latest news on the Trump administration, President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and the Supreme Court.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in the Oval Office, makes clear he has no interest or intention to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. "I don't have the power to return him to the United States," Bukele said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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President of El Salvador says he won't return mistakenly deported man to U.S.
President Nayib Bukele made the comments shortly after White House adviser Stephen Miller defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the Trump administration is required to "facilitate" the release of a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to an El Salvador prison. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court says Trump admin must 'facilitate' release of man wrongly deported to El Salvador prison
The Trump administration conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who officials allege is a member of the MS-13 gang, was wrongly deported to El Salvador.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
JUST IN: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that, for now, President Donald Trump is not required to reinstate two members of independent federal agencies he wants to fire. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup... It's been a whirlwind for Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox -->
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Evolution of the Supreme Court's shadow docket: Before 2016: Hardly anything aside from death penalty cases 2017-2024: Often at least one shadow docket case pending. 2025- Multiple shadow docket cases pending at all times.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We are 27 hours out from the deadline for the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US. We await a ruling from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on the Government's emergency motion for a stay - or a pause - of Judge Xinis' Friday order. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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What to know as deadline looms for Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
The administration has conceded the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a green card holder, was an “administrative error,” but it has resisted a judge’s order to bring him back to the U.S.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“That is no way to run a government.”  Trump admin in a court filing slams Judge Paula Xinis’s order to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, after he was sent there due to an “administrative error.” DOJ appealing order to 4th circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Breaking, per NBC News @garygrumbach.bsky.social -- Judge Paula Xinis in the District of Maryland has ruled that the United States Government must return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by April 7 at 11:59p
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/04/2025
NEW: Two women that the Trump administration tried to send to an El Salvador prison tell NBC News that they were "lied to" and that authorities told them they were going to Venezuela.
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'We were lied to:' Two women the Trump administration tried to send to El Salvador prison speak
The women’s accounts raise questions about the thoroughness of the administration’s vetting of migrants it has sent to the notorious prison.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It’s President Trump’s self-described “Liberation Day,” a big day for the global economy he pushed off from April 1st, to ensure people wouldn’t think it was an April Fools Day Joke, he says. Here’s what to expect: www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...
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Here's what you need to know ahead of Trump's tariff announcement
How tariffs work, why they're such a key part of Trump's agenda and the biggest effects from the latest round the president is putting in place.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
READ: A federal judge in California today issued an order blocking the Department of Homeland Security from ending "Temporary Protected Status" for more than 350,000 Venezuelan nationals. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration live updates: Allies downplay president's remarks on a third term
Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs this week and the president signs executive orders this afternoon.
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Megan Brand @meganlbrand.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Trump to @kristenwelker.bsky.social about a third term: "There are methods which you could do it." "I’m not joking. But I’m not — it is far too early to think about it," he added later The 22nd amendment limits presidents to 2 terms in office www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A busy week in the legal news world Here's a brief recap for @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump turns to Supreme Court as judges push back on the administration's view of presidential power
The Trump administration is seeking swift intervention by the high court in three key cases.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Only in DC: The judge who the Government argued can't be trusted with sensitive information in the Alien Enemies Act case has been assigned to a case about top government officials appearing to share sensitive information on commercial messaging application Signal. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Judge in Alien Enemies Act case to oversee case about Signal chat
The judge who the government has argued can't be trusted with sensitive information in the Alien Enemies Act case has been assigned to a case about top
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
NEW: Watchdog group @weareoversight.bsky.social sues Signal "group chat" members over adherence to Federal Records Act www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Watchdog group sues Signal group chat members over adherence to Federal Records Act
Government watchdog group American Oversight sued Trump administration officials involved in a group chat discussion of military plans that mistakenly included
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
TODAY: Appeals court temporarily halts reinstatement of USAID www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Appeals court temporarily halts USAID re-opening
A federal appeals court today temporarily halted a lower court's order that the U.S. Agency for International Development reopen its headquarters.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who wouldn’t confirm if she was a member of the group chat, is now recollecting discussions in the group chat
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
NEW: In an interview with @nbcnews.com, @hmaesq.bsky.social tells us his client Badar Khan Suri - the Georgetown researcher detained by federal immigration officials this week - never made pro-Hamas statements. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Detained Georgetown University grad student never made pro-Hamas statements, attorney says
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the deportation of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national who is in the U.S. on a student visa.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21/03/2025
Federal officials are urging risk assessments for dozens of bridges across 19 states, saying that the Maryland Transportation Authority failed to perform such an evaluation before the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed nearly a year ago.
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Maryland officials failed to assess vulnerability of Francis Scott Key Bridge before collapse, NTSB says
An assessment after last year's deadly accident found the Baltimore bridge's vulnerability was almost 30 times greater than the risk threshold, the NTSB said.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
JUST IN to @nbcnews.com : Judge rips DOJ's 'woefully insufficient' response to questions on Alien Enemies Act case www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Judge rips DOJ's 'woefully insufficient' response to questions on Alien Enemies Act case
The government’s response to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg was filed under seal after days of heated back-and-forth.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Georgetown University graduate student detained by immigration authorities www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Georgetown University graduate student detained by immigration authorities
Badar Khan Suri was detained as the Trump administration is seeking to deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
TODAY: The U.S. Institute of Peace sues to block DOGE 'takeover by force,' including in their lawsuit details of a showdown inside the building that reads as if it were out of a movie. w/ NBC's @ryanjreilly.com + Abigail Williams www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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U.S. Institute of Peace sues to block DOGE 'takeover by force'
A federal judge set an emergency hearing after law enforcement helped DOGE enter and take over an independent non-profit established under President Ronald Reagan.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
JUST IN: New details about the showdown inside of the U.S. Institute of Peace on Monday, in lawsuit filed this morning against the Trump administration w/ @ryanjreilly.com, Abigail Williams, @megan-lebowitz.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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U.S. Institute of Peace sues Trump administration over DOGE
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
NEW: Radio Free Europe sues Trump administration over grant termination www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Radio Free Europe sues Trump administration over grant termination
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S. government-funded news outlet in operation for more than 70 years, is suing the Trump administration to block the
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
NEW: The DOJ on Tuesday refused to answer questions from a federal judge seeking more details on deportations carried out under a rarely used wartime act, leading the judge to issue a new order for the information. MORE w/ NBC's Chloe Atkins + Dareh Gregorian www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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DOJ refuses to answer some questions from the judge who blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg again ordered government lawyers to answer his questions, and said they should do so in a sealed filing by noon Wednesday.
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
BREAKING: Elon Musk and DOGE efforts to close USAID likely unconstitutional, agency must be restored, judge rules www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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Elon Musk and DOGE efforts to close USAID likely unconstitutional, agency must be restored, judge rules
The federal judge ordered the government to reinstate U.S. Agency for International Development systems, saying DOGE likely violated the constitution in multiple ways.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12/03/2025
“I am sure many in the profession are watching in horror at what Perkins Coie is going through here,” Judge Howell said. @garygrumbach.bsky.social: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks portions of Trump administration's Perkins Coie executive order
A federal judge just blocked portions of the Trump administration’s executive order called “Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie,” saying the law firm has “met
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I spent the morning in Baltimore, where a federal judge suggested that he might direct that thousands of fired federal workers get their jobs back, at least temporarily, after hearing arguments that their layoffs were unlawful. More w/ Dareh Gregorian @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Judge appears likely to grant request to reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers
“Move fast, fine. Break things? If that involves breaking the law, then that becomes problematic,” U.S. District Judge James Bredar said at the hearing.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 27/02/2025
BREAKING: Judge orders Trump admin to rescind memo directing mass firing of federal workers @garygrumbach.bsky.social: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Judge orders Trump admin to rescind memo directing mass firing of federal workers
The judge's direction to the Office of Personnel Management does not reinstate any dismissed employees.
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