A federal judge on Wednesday considered whether the Trump administration can move forward with a new Bureau of Prisons policy designed to phase out taxpayer-funded transgender drugs for federal inmates. During a hearing in Washington, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, repeatedly pressed the Justice Department over whether BOP’s […]
A Staten Island man was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for participating in a plot to kill a journalist and prominent critic of Iran‘s government in a case prosecutors say was directed by operatives tied to Tehran. Jonathan Loadholt, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to commit stalking and […]
Jackson's comments are especially insane given that there is nothing new about lower courts being bound by the Supreme Court's guidance.
A group of 35 former federal judges has filed legal action to try to forcibly reopen the Trump v. IRS lawsuit, as a means of shutting down the president's "settlement" with his own government that creates a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund.President Donald Trump previously filed the suit, seeking $10 billion from his own tax agency for alleged negligence in keeping his tax information safe, after a whistleblower exposed confidential information about his returns.In the brief, the judges argued that the very existence of the settlement is improper and represents an abuse of the court system."This Court dismissed this action with prejudice ... in response to Plaintiffs’ Notice of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice ... filed earlier that day," said the filing, noting that the judge wrote at the time Trump “neither submitted any settlement documents nor filed any documents ensuring that settlement was appropriate where there was an outstanding question as to whether an actual case or controversy existed. "The Court was deceived. Despite Plaintiffs not having mentioned any settlement in their Notice, the Department of Justice ... publicly announced a 'settlement' of this action shortly after Plaintiffs filed their dismissal."This action isn't legal, the judges wrote, and the case should be reopened to litigate its validity."The purported 'settlement' that the parties never placed before this Court raises profound questions about the parties’ candor toward the Court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice," they wrote. "As former judges, Movants have an interest in bringing to the Court’s attention these concerns and the availability of relief under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which allows the Court to set aside the judgment and reopen the case."All of this comes as the "Anti-Weaponization Fund," which the Justice Department insists is not political and open to all victims of "lawfare," has become so politically toxic that even Republicans in Congress have debated curtailing it.
One of the NFL's most talented running backs is facing serious criminal charges, potentially putting his career in jeopardy. The post NFL Star Running Back Busted on FIVE Criminal Charges, Including Felony Strangulation and Suffocation – Faces YEARS in Prison appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Today, Bloomberg Washington correspondent Tyler Kendall live from the White House after Trump's lengthy Cabinet meeting. Then, Eric Weiner, Bloomberg News senior editor for equities Americas and Sarah Hunt, chief market strategist at Alpine Saxon Woods, break down muted market reaction to Iran and the optimism around tech earnings as chip stock continue to rally. Plus, Bloomberg Economics' senior geoeconomics analyst Adam Farrar talks the latest from the MidEast as the White House pushes back on Iran's messaging around a potential deal. Finally, Joe Lovinger, Bloomberg News Texas reporter, breaks down the results in the republican runoff for the Lonestar state's senate seat, as Trump's favored candidate Ken Paxton handily beat incumbent John Cornyn. (Source: Bloomberg)
A key official for the Kennedy Center argued to a federal judge this week that the famed venue would see a collapse in donation revenue if President Donald Trump's name were to be removed from the building.The filing, part of a lawsuit brought against Trump by Kennedy Center boardmember and Democratic congresswoman Joyce Beatty, was flagged on Wednesday morning by Lawfare senior editor Roger Parloff in a post to X."Should President Trump's name be removed from the Center, that vital fundraising connection will be severed, causing irreparable harm and fundamentally destabilizing the Center's development efforts, severely impairing its trust-funded artistic programming, and rendering the continuation of ongoing trust-funded operations financially nonviable," wrote Kennedy Center Chief Operating Officer Charles Matthew Floca.Since taking office, Trump has aggressively moved to bring control of the Kennedy Center under his thumb, appointing loyalists to the board overseeing it who proceeded to add Trump's name to the facility.Since then, the Kennedy Center has seen a catastrophic decline of sales, revenue, and performers unwilling to endorse the president's image. Officials have responded with a move to shut down the Kennedy Center for two years of renovation work, which critics have said is an effort to conceal how badly the institution's finances have been impacted.Beatty is not alone in her litigation, with historic preservation groups also filing suit against the changes to the Kennedy Center.
A licensed sex therapist and leftist activist who called for turning a federal ICE detention center in Texas into a “prison for American Zionists,” complete with a “castration processing center for pedophiles,” lost the Democrat primary runoff for Texas’s 35th Congressional District on Tuesday. The post Radical Texas Sex Therapist Who Vowed to Convert ICE Facility into Prison for American Zionists Loses Democrat Congressional Primary appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
A Florida judge on Tuesday blocked an effort to temporarily halt the use of a new Republican-favored House map in the Sunshine State, delivering another blow to Democrats after another judge denied a separate bid to halt a new GOP-friendly map in Tennessee. Florida Circuit Court Judge Joshua Hawkes, an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), denied a request from several groups to temporarily…