Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump looks for ways to move the federal role to the state, the governor and state legislature may have to step up natural disaster response and recovery efforts over the coming years. Trump, who fully proposed the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a tour of disaster scenes in North Carolina […]
Trump-Appointed Judge Refuses To Block Red State Ban On Sex Changes For Inmates
A federal district judge on Friday refused to block the Florida Department of Corrections from enforcing a policy that bans gender reassignment treatment and social transition for most prison inmates. Rayne Keohane, a male inmate receiving cross-sex hormones and social care in a Florida prison, has filed a lawsuit against the rule, saying it violates […]
Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Alabama To Stop Effort To Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Alabama officials to end a program aimed at removing noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls, dealing a blow to local efforts to prevent noncitizens from participating in elections. Alabama and the Alabama Secretary of State will halt efforts to remove noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls between now and […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Knives Are Out’: Matt Gaetz Defends Trump-Appointed Gov Watchdog Following Calls For His Removal
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a letter Monday after an independent commission and several members of Congress called for his removal from office for “political expediency.” He defended Inspector General Joseph Cafari. Mr. Kufari’s investigation has criticized the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helen, the border […]
Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden Title IX Rewrite In Four More States
A federal judge in Kansas appointed by President Trump on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's expansion of Title IX to LGBT students in four more states. Biden Administration Changed It amends the original Title IX statute, which implements federal protections against discrimination based on “gender identity” for LGBT students, and is set to take […]
Trump-Appointed Judge Lifts Biden’s Pause On New Natural Gas Exports
A federal judge on Monday lifted the Biden administration's moratorium on approvals of new natural gas export terminals. Judge James Cain Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana said: Appointed The Supreme Court has issued an injunction blocking former President Donald Trump's administration's January suspension of permits for liquefied […]
Trump-Appointed Judge Throws Wrench In GOP Effort To Block Biden’s Migrant Parole Program
A federal judge appointed by President Trump on Friday rejected a Republican-led effort to block President Joe Biden's immigrant parole program. The parole program allows up to 30,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) to enter the United States each month and stay for up to two years. according to Submit to the […]
‘Time’s Up’: Trump-Appointed Judge Grants Permanent Injunction Against Minority Business Development Agency
A federal judge on Wednesday granted a permanent injunction against the federal government's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), declaring the agency's policies favoring certain racial groups unconstitutional. MBDA is an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce Been formed In 1969, “dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of minority businesses” and in perpetuity. Establishment […]
‘There’s A Bribe Sitting On The Defense Table’: MSNBC Host Claims Trump-Appointed Judge ‘Must Not’ Hear Documents Case
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell claimed Tuesday that former President Donald Trump had “put bribes on the bench” of judges hearing federal criminal cases. “There’s a bribe on the defense table,” O’Donnell said before Trump spoke at a club in Bedminster, New Jersey. “When Donald Trump becomes president, there will be a Supreme Court nominee. If […]
