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Alternet: ‘Gross usurpation of power’: Judge rips Trump in ruling striking down agency takeover

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In a strongly worded ruling against Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said that the move “represented a gross usurpation of power.”

According to the Hill, the judge also issued an injunction barring officials from DOGE and other Trump administration representatives from accessing USIP’s facilities or systems, effectively halting their involvement with the institute.

The order nullified the administration’s decision to dismiss the USIP board members and its president, confirming that they continue to hold their official roles. The appointment of individuals by DOGE was also overturned, requiring their removal from the board.

The judge said President Donald Trump and his subordinates used “acts of force” and threatened officers.

“The President’s efforts here to take over an organization outside of those bounds, contrary to statute established by Congress and by acts of force and threat using local and federal law enforcement officers, represented a gross usurpation of power and a way of conducting government affairs that unnecessarily traumatized the committed leadership and employees of USIP, who deserved better,” Howell said in the ruling.

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Raw Story: ‘Went off the deep end’: Backlash hits sole Republican who demanded Hegseth be fired

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Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) still remains the only GOP lawmaker who called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be ousted from his position — and it could be costing him support, according to a Washington Post report.

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Bacon, a retired Air Force general, has split his constituents with his stance — though he stands firmly outside of his party’s line on Hegseth.

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Bacon is an Air Force veteran who has previously said his lack of support for Hegseth “had nothing to do with anything political … It’s just what’s right.”

His calls to remove Hegseth began after the secretary used an unclassified messaging app to share “highly sensitive details of a planned U.S. assault on Yemeni militants.” The chat included a journalist and later became known as “Signalgate.”

“I could have forgiven it if he had said, ‘I was wrong and I won’t do it again,’” Bacon said. “People make mistakes.” But instead, Hegseth “tried to deny it was a problem,” and he sought to shift the blame to the journalist, he said.

‘Went off the deep end’: Backlash hits sole Republican who demanded Hegseth be fired

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Raw Story: ‘I’m not thrilled’: Trump greets sultan’s gift with childish sulk

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President Donald Trump went into a childish sulk over a gift handed to him as he left the United Arab Emirates Friday.

In video posted to X by Trump’s special assistant Margo Martin, the president finished his first foreign diplomatic trip by accepting the present.

He immediately mocked it — to his host’s face.

The gift was a glass container holding a small amount of oil. It was handed to Trump by the head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., Sultan Al Jaber.

Ungrateful boor!

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Raw Story: ‘I’m not thrilled’: Trump greets sultan’s gift with childish sulk

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Raw Story: ‘Unhinged’: Spy chief alerted as Trump seen ‘threatening Supreme Court justices’

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“Trump is now threatening Supreme Court justices who ruled against him,” Democratic influencer Harry Sisson said on Saturday.

That is just one of the notable people who over the weekend accused the president of lobbing indirect threats at the members of the mostly conservative Supreme Court, many of whom Trump himself appointed.

The allegations stem from a Trump Truth Social post on Saturday, when the president shared a comment made by a MAGA attorney.

Former GOP staffer Mike Davis has made headlines for his social media comments in the past, and was rumored to be on Trump’s list for attorney general. Recently, he posted a plan to get back at the Supreme Court justices for not ruling in line with MAGA.

“The Supreme Court still has an illegal injunction on the President of the United States, preventing him from commanding military operations to expel these foreign terrorists,” Davis wrote. “The President should house these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release.”

Chevy Chase Club is “an elite country club that counts Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. among its members,” the Washington Post reports.

‘Unhinged’: Spy chief alerted as Trump seen ‘threatening Supreme Court justices’

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USA Today: While in tariff negotiations, Trump group gets approval for massive golf resort in Vietnam

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As tariffs continue to be negotiated between the United States and various countries, the Trump organization has gotten approval to put $1.5 billion in investments into golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam.

According to our partner Reuters, the Vietnamese government approved a plan for a project, planned on nearly 2,500 acres of land, which will feature a complex of golf courses, resorts, hotels, and a modern residential project.

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As tariffs continue to be negotiated between the United States and various countries, the Trump organization has gotten approval to put $1.5 billion in investments into golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam.

According to our partner Reuters, the Vietnamese government approved a plan for a project, planned on nearly 2,500 acres of land, which will feature a complex of golf courses, resorts, hotels, and a modern residential project.

While in tariff negotiations, Trump group gets approval for massive golf resort in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government approved a plan for a project, planned on nearly 2,500 acres of land, which will feature a complex of golf courses, resorts, hotels, and a modern residential project.

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Raw Story: Trump’s DOJ screwed up by rushing the ‘worst possible case’ to the Supreme Court: expert

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A decision to send Solicitor General John Sauer to defend an executive order signed by Donald Trump before the Supreme Court this week was a massive mistake that could haunt the president going forward.

That is the opinion of conservative lawyer George Conway who appeared on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” Saturday morning where he was asked to weigh in by co-hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels and fill-in host María Teresa Kumar.

Discussing Trump’s attempts to undermine birthright citizenship enshrined by the 14th Amendment, Conway asserted the DOJ used the wrong case at the wrong time.

“This is the worst possible case and that was Justice [Elena] Kagan, former Solicitor General Kagan’s point,” he began. “To bring up to the Supreme Court on the procedural technical issue of when you can issue a nationwide injunction.”

“You want to go up on a case where you’re going to you have a chance of winning, where the court thinks that, ultimately, your position is right,” he stated.

Trump’s DOJ screwed up by rushing the ‘worst possible case’ to the Supreme Court: expert

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Reuters: Trump cannot use new executive order to skirt ‘sanctuary’ cities ruling, judge says

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  • Judge William Orrick’s order follows new executive order from Trump
  • Judge has blocked Trump administration from cutting off funding
  • Dispute is over federal immigration law enforcement

A federal judge warned on Friday that a new executive order from President Donald Trump that calls for cutting off funding to so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that do not cooperate with his immigration agenda cannot be used to evade a court order barring his administration from doing just that.

U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco issued Friday’s order, opens new tab at the urging of 16 cities and counties nationally that had already secured an injunction barring the administration from withholding all federal funding to them.

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Associated Press: Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family

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Cuban-born Sánchez, 44, was detained in Florida in April during a routine check-in appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, office. Two days later, she was deported to Cuba.

A breastfeeding mother to a 1-year-old and wife of a U.S. citizen, Sánchez is pleading with U.S. President Donald Trump to help her go back and reunite with her family.

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Meanwhile, in Florida, Sánchez’s 40-year-old husband is grappling with the sudden reality of being a single parent.

He recounted a moment when Kailyn didn’t want to sleep and her mom, on a video call, suggested she sing her a song to help put her to bed.

“When she started to sing, the girl began reaching out to touch the screen to caress her mother’s face,” he said. “She began to kiss the screen…I started crying and so did her mother.”

Valle is also concerned about his future, missing work to care for their child and fearing he’ll be unable to keep up with his house and car payments.

The family and their lawyers are launching a campaign to collect signatures in support of a humanitarian visa for Sánchez, and Tampa Rep. Kathy Castor has requested her parole from the Trump administration.

Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family
HAVANA (AP) — Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to video call her family and sing her daughter to sleep. And every single time she has ended up crying. Cuban-born Sánchez, 44, was detained in Florida in April during a routine check-i…

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Raw Story: ‘An affront to our great Indian population’: Trump rages as school ordered to swap mascots

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President Donald Trump on Monday weighed in on what he called a “very important issue” creating waves in a small Long Island community after the Massapequa School Board asked the MAGA leader to help them keep their district’s Native American logo.

“I agree with the people in Massapequa, Long Island, who are fighting furiously to keep the Massapequa Chiefs logo on their Teams and School,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Forcing them to change the name, after all of these years, is ridiculous and, in actuality, an affront to our great Indian population.”

Let the Indians speak up for themselves, if they think the Massapequa Chiefs logo is such a great honor. Apparently they don’t, nor do they need a meddlesome wannabe dictator speaking on their behalf.

‘An affront to our great Indian population’: Trump rages as school ordered to swap mascots
President Donald Trump on Monday weighed in on what he called a “very important issue” creating waves in a small Long Island community after the Massapequa School Board asked the MAGA leader to help them keep their district’s Native American logo. “I agree with the people in Massapequa, Long Island, who are fighting furiously to keep the Massapequa…

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