NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to people without showing they are in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Republican administration … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said in a court filing Monday that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for national security reasons. The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation that asked a federal judge to stop the project until it … Read more
The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events such as White House press briefings “will seriously interfere with the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services. Attorneys for the Department of … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote this week on a bill that would authorize $900 billion for military programs, including boosting pay for service members, slashing Pentagon diversity efforts and requiring the release of footage of forces blowing up alleged drug boats. The National Defense Authorization Act is traditionally a strong bipartisan … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s immigration crackdown on Minnesota’s large Somali community to a series of fraud cases involving government programs in which many defendants have roots in the East African country. Trump last week labeled Minnesota’s Somalis “garbage” and said he did not want them in the United States. … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will begin a reconstruction of Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia. “We will also rebuild Dulles airport because it is not a good airport,” Trump said during a meeting of his Cabinet members at the White House. “It should be a big airport, and … Read more
The settlement with Northwestern was the second-highest payout since the Trump administration began investigating anti-Semitism at academic institutions, according to the New York Times. Northwestern University will pay $75 million over the next three years to the US Treasury Department, which will close investigations into campus antisemitism, the institution announced on Friday. The institution’s payment … Read more