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Senators are urging Paramount to fight Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit.
The Trump administration is planning to transport a group of immigrants to Libya on a U.S. military plane, according to U.S. officials,…
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NPR and PBS Vow to Fight Trump’s Order to Cut Funding
President Trump’s executive order to defund NPR and PBS was met with fiery pushback on Friday, as the organizations challenged the…
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Ex-Trump Official Targeted for Investigation Loses Global Entry Status
Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity official in President Trump’s first term whom the president recently targeted for investigation…
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Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia University, was freed from federal custody on Wednesday, more…
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Trump boasts about the economy, but says weak data is Biden’s problem.
President Trump took office 101 days ago after a campaign in which voters bought his argument that he could skillfully manage the economy…
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Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
At the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump administration officials want to reverse a regulation that has required nursing…
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White House to Ask Congress to Rescind Funding From NPR and PBS
The White House is planning toask Congress to claw back more than $1 billion slated for public broadcasting in the United States,…
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Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
President Trump is planning to announce new deals with several of the nation’s top law firms requiring them to offer legal support for…
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How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs
Last Wednesday, the Trump administration believed it had a plan to save TikTok. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, along with some of its…
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Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump
As a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Wall Street’s oldest law firm, Todd Blanche had represented people close to President Trump…
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More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
More than 500 law firms on Friday threw their support behind some of their embattled peers, declaring that President Trump’s recent…
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Legal Rationale for Tariffs on China
The New Civil Liberties Alliance — a nonprofit group that describes itself as battling “violations by the administrative state” — sued the…
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In Trump’s Fight With Perkins Coie, the Richest Firms Are Staying Quiet
They are among the nation’s richest law firms, and they employ some of the most loquacious litigators. But with their industry under…
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Trump Order Could Cripple Federal Worker Unions Fighting DOGE Cuts
Federal worker unions have sought over the past two months to lead the resistance to President Trump and his Department of Government…
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U.S. Presses French Companies to Comply With Trump’s Anti-Diversity Policies
For months, French businesses have been bracing for the fallout of trade wars and tariff threats from the United States as the effects of…
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Trump’s Attacks on Big Law Firms Have
It is a cornerstone of American democracy, enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: People have the right to challenge the…
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Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms
The Skadden Arps deal suggests negotiating may be getting more costly. Paul Weiss said it would provide $40 million in pro bono work,…
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Law Firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders
The nation’s legal profession is being split between those that want to fight back against President Trump’s attacks on the industry and…
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Big Law Splinters Under a Trump Onslaught
No Kumbaya moment President Trump has opened a new front in his attack on Big Law. On Tuesday, he signed an executive order that targeted…
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At Paul Weiss, Panic, Poachers and a Fight for the Bottom Line
President Trump’s executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting that law firm’s ability to represent its clients was…
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Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules
For just over two years, technology leaders at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence had made an unusual request of…
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How an Autopen Conspiracy Theory About Biden Went Viral
Mike Howell was looking at his phone in an airport lounge this month when he saw a letter from the attorney general of Missouri…
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Paul Weiss Deal With Trump Faces Backlash From Legal Profession
Some lawyers said the deal was driven by profit. Others said it was enabling autocracy. One said the move had prompted her to quit her…
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Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles
The chairman of Paul Weiss sought to reassure employees at the giant law firm that the deal it reached with President Trump was consistent…