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Covering the U.S. Supreme Court for The Washington Post. Signal: jules.535

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/05/2026
The Supreme Court issued an emergency order paving the way for the effort by Republicans in Louisiana to redraw their state’s congressional map in accordance with the court’s ideologically split decision to significantly weaken the Voting Rights Act.
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Supreme Court clears path for Louisiana to redraw map in redistricting fight
The justices’ action follows last week’s opinion weakening a central element of the Voting Rights Act.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/05/2026
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether members of the Falun Gong religious group can sue Cisco for its alleged role in a Chinese government crackdown.
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Tortured in China, they want to sue Cisco. The Supreme Court may say no.
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether members of the Falun Gong religious group can sue Cisco for its alleged role in a Chinese government crackdown.
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
NEW w @julez.bsky.social A deep dive into Trump’s efforts to end TPS, which the Supreme Court will consider this morning, including: -Rubio’s 180 on Haiti and Venezuela -8 of 13 canceled countries are high-risk www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Supreme Court hearing could signal fate of 1.3 million immigrants
Justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the protected status of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, who could be deported back to countries that are still dangerous.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/04/2026
The Supreme Court allowed a soldier seriously wounded while attempting to thwart a suicide bombing in Afghanistan to sue a contractor that the military found was negligent in the incident.
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Supreme Court allows soldier to sue contractor over suicide bombing
The ruling will make it easier for troops hurt in combat zones to win damages as contractors become a larger part of military operations around the world.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court just handed Steven Bannon a huge win in his bid to get his Jan. 6 conviction tossed
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Supreme Court sides with Steve Bannon in bid to dismiss Jan. 6 conviction
The influential right-wing podcaster spent four months in prison for defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
NEW: Congressional Black Caucus sued over scholarships for black students. Lawsuit says the scholarships illegally discriminate based on race. w/ @maeganvaz.bsky.social
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Black Caucus scholarships discriminate based on race, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit, filed by an anti-affirmative action group, is part of a broader movement to dismantle programs meant to remedy the effects of past discrimination.
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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The legal campaign against DEI/affirmative action is now targeting the Congressional Black Caucus and its affiliated foundation's scholarships for Black students @julez.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Black Caucus scholarships discriminate based on race, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit, filed by an anti-affirmative action group, is part of a broader movement to dismantle programs meant to remedy the effects of past discrimination.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Follow along with the WaPo's live coverage of today's Supreme Court's birthright citizenship hearing. Follow @jjouvenal.bsky.social at the court and @julez.bsky.social on our SCourt legal team ... Gift link: wapo.st/4s5RnUs
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Live updates: Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case; Trump is at court
The case could redefine who is considered American in ways not seen for more than 150 years.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Trump leans pretty heavily on 19th century white supremacists to argue its case to limit birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday wapo.st/41ynLnZ
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Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship
An argument heading to the Supreme Court is built in part on a post-Civil War campaign that scholars say was steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Tiger King's criminal appeal doesn't get renewed for a final season at SCOTUS www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court won’t reconsider ‘Tiger King’ murder-for-hire conviction
The Supreme Court declined to review the murder-for-hire conviction of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the “Tiger King,” who gained notoriety from a 2020 documentary.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This was a lesser noticed tech decision yday amid the earthquake verdict against Meta -- but one that may signal how SCOTUS will regulate social media. The ruling was 9-0 for ISPs. Not difficult to imagine a similar outlook by the justices if and when the verdicts get appealed up.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New: Supreme Court seems ready to green-light a policy that allows border officials to turn away asylum seekers at the US border. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Justices seem inclined to revive Trump policy blocking migrants at border
The Supreme Court weighed a policy that would allow agents at U.S. borders to block migrants from entering the country to seek asylum.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/03/2026
New from me: Thousands have swooned over this pro-Trump Army dream girl. She’s made with AI. "She's the apotheosis of what MAGA fantasizes about, all packed into one channel" wapo.st/3NtfbUi
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Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI.
Jessica Foster’s posts place her beside fighter jets, world leaders and Trump iconography. Experts say her rise shows how AI-generated women can capture attention.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Remember that teenager Trump highlighted during his State of the Union address? Here’s the deeply complicated story of how she got there, told by @laurameckler.bsky.social wapo.st/4dAc9rQ
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A teen’s traumatic path from bullying and abuse to Trump’s State of the Union
Sage Blair’s parents didn’t know she identified as a boy at school. That was just the beginning. Rape, a lawsuit and an invitation to the State of the Union followed.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
SCOTUS today ruled -- unanimously -- that an antiabortion activist can sue to protest outside a designated area. He had been arrested for protesting outside the area in a small Mississippi city. But when he tried to sue on free-speech grounds, courts blocked his suit. wapo.st/41jjWTw
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Supreme Court sides with antiabortion activist in free speech case
The Supreme Court ruled an antiabortion activist can challenge a law blocking protests outside of a designated area.
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In January, we wrote about the Trump administration's efforts to rescind Temporary Protected Status for nationals covered by 12 different designations
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
New: Supreme Court grants cert on two TPS cases, involving 353,000 Haitian migrants and 6,100 Syrians. The Trump admin canceled their TPS status earlier this year, saying conditions in their home countries had improved. SCOTUS will now decide if the moves are legal. Args sked for 2nd week of April.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/03/2026
New: I talked to the traders who bet Khamenei would die. One, an Israeli ex-pat, would've won $63,000 before Kalshi froze the bet: “I was booking my trip to Courchevel.” “American commercial immorality on steroids," @chrismurphyct.bsky.social told me www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Bettors wagered $54 million on Khamenei’s death. Now they’re not getting paid.
Kalshi, a prediction market site, has sparked outrage after freezing $54 million in bets on the death of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, citing a rule against profiting from death.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/03/2026
The Supreme Court is reviewing the constitutionality of a law barring regular users of controlled substances from owning guns.
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Supreme Court weighs whether smoking weed can eliminate your right to a gun
The issue before the court is whether the law meets a strict Second Amendment standard that any gun restriction must be consistent with the “Nation’s historical tradition.”
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
On emergency basis, SCOTUS conservatives upend California polities around parent notification for trans students. The justices said Christian parents were likely to succeed on their religious freedom and "parental rights" claims.
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Supreme Court sides with parents in legal battle over notification for trans students
At issue is a California law prohibiting school policies that require employees to report students’ sexual orientation and gender identity to parents.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
SCOTUS talked A LOT about drugs today -- and not just weed. Lots of hypotheticals about Ambien of all things, but also references to ayahuasca (!!). Some justices seemed unconvinced that taking a weed gummy a few times a week is enough to take someone's gun away. We'll see.
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Supreme Court weighs whether smoking weed can eliminate your right to a gun
The issue before the court is whether the law meets a strict Second Amendment standard that any gun restriction must be consistent with the “Nation’s historical tradition.”
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Fun discussion about ayahuasca at the Supreme Court today. Justice Elena Kagan pretty accurately described its effects. Justice Amy Coney Barrett had never heard of it. “Is that real?” She asked
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Trump admin is asking SCOTUS to intervene in a case that could end the TPS status of 6,100 Syrians. So far, SCOTUS has sided with DHS on similar requests -- and will probably grant this one. Decision could come in a few weeks. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
SCOTUS unanimously ruled against Geo Group today. The justices said the company, which runs ICE detention centers, must live with a ruling that it's NOT immune from a lawsuit alleging the company put detainees to work for $1 a day. More background here: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/02/2026
The Supreme Court signed off on nearly every policy of President Trump, but in a sharp reversal, the justices struck down his sweeping tariffs. The rulings and argument could start a new and fraught era of relations between a president and justices.
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Handing defeats to Trump, Supreme Court signals potential course change
A pair of rulings on tariffs and National Guard deployment mark the justices’ first major decisions against the president. More may be coming.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/02/2026
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/02/2026
I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Elizabeth Hughes: There is a path for Pittsburgh to save its newspaper
As publisher of The Inquirer, I believe that our own experience over the past decade offers a template for success.
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Tatum Hunter @tatumhunter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
X says Grok account will stop undressing women. I just tested the standalone Grok app, which immediately complied with my request to undress a photo of me. This is illegal, according to the legal experts I spoke with.
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NYTimes Communications @nytimespr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“The reports of F.B.I. agents raiding the home of a journalist and seizing her electronic devices are deeply concerning and portray a stark threat to free press rights in this country. Actions like this inevitably impede reporters’ ability to gather news in the public interest and as a result make the government less accountable.

Reporting and newsgathering enjoy protection under the U.S. Constitution. Law enforcement intimidation like this imperils the transparency provided by independent media.”

-  David McCraw, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/12/2025
At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars. Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
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Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/11/2025
Screens are often used to shield child sex-abuse victims when they testify, but that can conflict with a defendant’s constitutional rights, the Supreme Court noted Monday.
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Supreme Court tells state to reconsider screening child victim from defendant
The placement of a screen to shield a child-abuse victim in court might violate the constitutional right of a defendant to face their accuser, high court says.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Money is pouring into MAGA lobbying firms amid a record surge in spending. Ballard Partners, which once employed Susie Wiles and AG Bondi, has become the most sought after shop for inroads into Trump’s orbit. W/ @federicacocco more here on where how that money is being spent: wapo.st/4nixqrd
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MAGA lobbying firms are booming. This is where their money goes.
Business is booming for MAGA-aligned lobbyists in Washington.
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Laura Meckler @laurameckler.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
For decades, the fed’l gov’t used data analysis - known as disparate impact - to ferret out discrimination, winning cases and reaching settlements in housing, education, policing and more. Now the Trump admin is unwinding those cases. w/ @julez.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet
The administration is dismissing cases and unwinding settlements built on "disparate impact," which holds that even neutral policies can lead to biased outcomes.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 20/03/2025
Former FTC officials say Trump's brazen firing of both Democrats on the commission is a bid to crush dissent that, if allowed to stand, could cost the agency its legitimacy. One called it "a big gift to corporate lawbreakers." Gift link to today's Tech Brief: wapo.st/4hoPPzU w/ @julez.bsky.social
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Analysis | Trump’s move to fire Democrats puts FTC’s independence in doubt
The firing of Democrats, bound to face legal review, poses uncharted challenges to the agency’s role as a business and tech watchdog.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The gutting of a longstanding civil rights bulwark in the federal government has begun. In the 60s, civil rights reforms began with the federal government. Six decades later, so is their dismantling w/ @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @danielleabril.bsky.social wapo.st/43aVQg1
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Trump officials start gutting civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
My colleagues and I have been working to break news + write stories holding powerful people accountable. These are the top stories on our homepage right now, one of which I worked on. Our newsroom work is continuing. No one has ever told me what to write. If that changes, I’d speak out and leave.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 17/02/2025
X is blocking links to @signal.org, now widely used to discuss / report on Washington. Same technique (flagging as 'potentially harmful') that X has used to block / throttle Bluesky, Instagram, NYT, Reuters & Substack. When Twitter derailed links to Hunter Biden story, Musk called it "tyranny."
Link to Signal blocked by X.
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨 Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/02/2025
Phenix Lumber was the deadliest workplace in America over the past five years. OSHA inspectors issued them more than 100 safety violations and millions in fines. Yet deaths and injuries continued.
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It was the deadliest workplace in America. So why didn’t safety regulators shut it down?
OSHA issued over 180 citations and millions in fines to this Alabama sawmill, the deadliest workplace in America, but the mayhem didn’t stop.
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Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I obtained documents revealing DOGE’s private plans to soon eliminate at least hundreds of government workers and offices they somehow tag as related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Help us keep doing this kind of reporting: message me on Signal at (202) 580-5477. wapo.st/4jVWqEd
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Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
NEW: Over the last few days, the Trump administration has moved to drop cases the EEOC had brought on behalf of transgender workers, some who allege they were groped at work and referred to as "it." wapo.st/4b0Yc2S
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Trump administration moves to drop transgender discrimination cases
The EEOC, citing executive orders targeting gender identity, is aiming to dismiss half a dozen cases, marking a reversal in U.S. civil rights enforcement.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Here’s the full scope of DOGE’s purge of federal DEI and civil rights office workers: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🚨NEWS: Massive layoffs are about to hit the IRS -- around 10,000 employees -- potentially in the middle of filing season. Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities. -- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson
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Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections
Several people briefed on the matter said cuts to the IRS cuts numbering in the thousands. One target is tax collections.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13/02/2025
Clerked for Justice Scalia, member of the Federalist Society, picked by Trump administration last month
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Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data from the Education Department into AI to target cuts. DOGE was also responsible for placing 100+ non-DEI employees on leave for DEI www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW: A half dozen Trump loyalists in and around the admin have told WIRED there’s a fissure emerging between Musk and Trump camps, following Musk’s DOGE takeover. By @jakelahut.writes.news:
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Elon Musk's Takeover Is Causing Rifts in Donald Trump's Inner Circle
“He’s getting too big for his britches,” says one Trump world source.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/02/2025
When President Trump announced his proposal for the U.S. to take ownership of Gaza, he shocked even senior members of his own White House and government. His administration hadn't done even the most basic planning to examine the feasibility of the idea, people with knowledge of the discussions said.
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Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza
Although the president had been talking about the idea for weeks, there had been no meetings on the subject, and senior members of his government were taken by surprise.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW: Fired NLRB board member is suing for her job back. Gwynne Wilcox alleges Trump is violated the law in removing her, but observers also say the case may tee up an opportunity for SCOTUS to expand presidential power. w/ @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Former National Labor Relations Board member sues Trump for her firing
Gwynne Wilcox’s lawsuit is the first to challenge the president’s ouster of several members of independent boards — moves that appear to contravene a 1935 Supreme Court ruling.
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Julian Mark @julez.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEW: Diversity officers and professors sue to block Trump’s DEI orders www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Diversity officers and professors sue to block Trump’s DEI orders
The federal lawsuit contends the executive orders — which request potential investigations against large universities and corporations — are unconstitutional.
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