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Judge weighs challenge to Trump's East Potomac Golf takeover after rejecting 'baseless' request for recusal

A federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration about President Trump’s plan to shut down and renovate East Potomac Park next month despite a previous court order barring any future work at the property while a lawsuit to stop it plays out. Trump in a Truth Social post just minutes before Monday’s hearing...

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The Hill· Oct 19, 9:33 PMJudge weighs challenge to Trump's East Potomac Golf takeover after rejecting 'baseless' request for recusal

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"The Court Requires Me to Warn You That I Pose a Risk of Stalking and Harassment to Intimate Partners"From Judge Ted Stewart (D. Utah) in U.S. v. Wang, dated Sept. 9 but just docketed today: Defendant objected to… The post "The Court Requires Me to Warn You That I Pose a Risk of Stalking and Harassment to Intimate Partners" appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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Mahmoud Khalil Asks Supreme Court to Weigh In On Fights Against 'Unlawful Attempts to Detain and Deport People'Attorneys representing former Columbia University student organizer Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to hear a challenge to an appellate ruling that overturned a judge's determination that his 2025 detention by federal immigration officials was unconstitutional. Khalil, a legal US permanent resident who was born in a Palestinian…

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Senators Blast Trump’s Plan to Rig Child Deportation ProceedingsCongressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, urging him to rescind a new policy they say violates the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children and makes them vulnerable to deportation. Under the policy, unaccompanied minors would be represented in court by HHS lawyers instead of […]

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Slotkin accuses Trump ally of 'mobilizing death threats' against her, staffSen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) accused Mike Davis, a close legal ally of the president, of “mobilizing death threats” against her and her staff. Slotkin wrote on social media Monday that Davis had originally been in the mix to be President Trump’s next attorney general after former Attorney General Pam Bondi left her post but “is...

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SCOTUS Takes Up Cases On Race and School Admissions, Federal At-Home Distilling BanThe U.S. Supreme Court added to its 2026 docket on Monday two high-profile cases dealing with race and school admissions and a Reconstruction-era federal ban on at-home distilling. In its latest order list, the high court revealed that it has agreed to take up and hear arguments in Association for Education Fairness (AEF) v. Montgomery […]

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Activist Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to let judges quickly reverse immigration detentionsKhalil, a lawful permanent U.S. resident, was detained by immigration authorities last year because of his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in the spring of 2024.

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Trump Golf Course Dispute Sparks Clash Between Judge and DOJGovernment attorneys sparred with Judge Ana C. Reyes over testimony by several government witnesses about the chain of decisions surrounding East Potomac Golf Links.

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Judge hears latest arguments on White House renovation of Washington golf courseA federal judge grills government lawyers on Trump's golf course plan

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Judge chastises Trump administration plan to push ahead overhaul of DC golf courseThe Trump administration wants to turn a historic public golf course into championship links. Despite a judge's order, hundreds of trees were cut down to make way for the renovation.

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DOJ tells judge that golf course won't close, despite Trumps's insistence after trees cut downThe judge presiding over a court fight involving President Trump’s plans to redo a federal golf course said she plans to extend her order blocking the administration from chopping down more trees at the site, while the president called for the renovation to begin “immediately.” NBC News' Gary Grumbach reports on the judge's reaction to the government's…

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