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Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump’s Gaza plan infuriates key allies– abcnews.go.com

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Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump’s Gaza plan infuriates key allies– abcnews.go.com
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CAIRO — Egypt announced Sunday that it will host an emergency Arab summit on Feb. 27 to discuss “new and dangerous developments” after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Trump’s suggestion, made at a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, infuriated the Arab world, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia — key allies of Washington.

Both Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Jordanian King Abdullah II dismissed Trump’s call to resettle 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza and for the U.S. to take ownership of the enclave, but Trump claims that they would eventually accept it.

Trump Admin Moves To Dissolve “Impermissible and Anti-Constitutional” Weekend TRO Against Treasury– legalinsurrection.com

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Trump Admin Moves To Dissolve “Impermissible and Anti-Constitutional” Weekend TRO Against Treasury– legalinsurrection.com
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The emergency and ex parte Temporary Restraining Order entered just after midnight Friday night (1 a.m. Saturday, reportedly) by the emergency duty judge in the Southern District of New York, without any opportunity for the government to be heard, has created what legitimately is a constitutional crisis. In addition to the gamesmanship by New York and other blue states of a Friday night filing where there was no legitimate emergency requiring a ruling that night, the Judge effectively decapitated the Treasury Department by forbidding any political appointee from having access to the Treasury payment system. The documents and analysis are in our post, Judge Issues Emergency Order Halting DOGE Access To Treasury Payment Systems.

It’s worse than I thought. In an Emergency Motion to Dissolve the TRO, filed early this morning, the Trump administration demonstrates not just the legal impropriety of the Judicial Branch removing political control from the Executive Branch, but also that there was no widespread access by political appointees. The Emergency Motion only addresses the removal of authority from political appointees, the underlying merits will be addressed in papers in opposition to the plaintiffs’ overall motion.

Judge stops USAID layoffs amid backlash from government workers, unions | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Judge stops USAID layoffs amid backlash from government workers, unions | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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The judge noted in his order that the unions had presented a “strong showing of irreparable harm” if the court did not intervene.

A judge has temporarily put a halt on the Trump administration’s attempt to downsize the US Agency for International Development (USAID), making it so that approximately 2,700 employees who were placed on leave can return to work.

US District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, issued the order on Friday in response to a lawsuit filed by the largest US government workers’ union and an association of foreign service employees. The unions argued that the administration’s actions overstepped executive authority and caused undue harm to USAID personnel.

Nichols’ ruling, which remains in effect until February 14, prevents the administration from placing an additional 2,200 USAID employees on paid leave starting Saturday and reinstates 500 workers who had already been furloughed. It also blocks the administration from moving USAID humanitarian workers stationed overseas.

The judge noted in his order that the unions had presented a “strong showing of irreparable harm” if the court did not intervene. However, Nichols declined to grant other union requests, such as reopening USAID offices and restoring funding for agency grants and contracts. A hearing scheduled for Wednesday will determine whether a longer-term injunction will be put in place.

Trump challenges order barring DOGE from Treasury– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Trump challenges order barring DOGE from Treasury– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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The Justice Department late on Sunday asked a federal court to overturn or modify an emergency order blocking the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system.

“Basic democratic accountability requires that every executive agency’s work be supervised by politically accountable leadership, who ultimately answer to the president,” DOJ attorneys told Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, calling a judge’s weekend order barring DOGE personnel from accessing the payment system “impermissible” and “anti-constitutional.”

Elon Musk Has a Great Idea To Get Rid of Activist Judges – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Elon Musk Has a Great Idea To Get Rid of Activist Judges – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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A federal judge dropped a bombshell on Saturday, issuing an order that no only temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing essential data on federal payments but also bars Treasury officials from accessing data managed by the agency.

According to the order, only “civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties within the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations” can access the data, while “all political appointees, special government employees, and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department” cannot, pending a hearing scheduled for February 13.

The judge also ordered that any Treasury data that has already been collected must be destroyed.

Since the Treasury secretary is a political appointee, this outrageous ruling essentially bars him from viewing or managing the sensitive financial data of his own department. This unprecedented act not only strips the Treasury secretary of a fundamental responsibility but also undermines the executive branch’s authority to effectively oversee its financial operations.

Immigrant group suing Trump receives federal funds– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Immigrant group suing Trump receives federal funds– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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An immigrant group behind a major lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship receives millions of dollars in government funding annually, a Washington Examiner analysis of public records has found.

CASA, an organization that helps migrants find work regardless of their legal status, filed the lawsuit alongside the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project and five pregnant noncitizens in January, arguing that Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. The pro-immigration group received roughly $5 million in government grants and $7 million in government contracts between July 2022 and June 2023, according to its most recent tax disclosures.

Tax filings from prior years show that CASA has long relied on millions of dollars in government funding to keep its programs running. In a review of federal spending records, the Washington Examiner identified grants from the Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security funding a variety of programs offered by CASA.

Some of the grants to CASA are even ongoing, per federal records.

HUD, for instance, granted CASA $1.5 million in 2023 as part of its “economic development initiative” program to fund a project that will stretch well into 2031. Grants offered under this program cover a “wide variety of projects such as housing, homelessness prevention, workforce training, public facilities, parks, resilience planning and other critical infrastructure and services,” according to the agency’s website.

Rogue Judge Blocking Trump Agenda Exposed As Democrat Megadonor– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Rogue Judge Blocking Trump Agenda Exposed As Democrat Megadonor– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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New revelations show that a federal judge responsible for blocking key Trump administration policies is a longtime Democratic mega-donor. Judge John J. McConnell Jr., appointed by former President Barack Obama, has a history of contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democratic campaigns and political action committees.

Judge McConnell, who has served as a U.S. District Judge in Rhode Island since 2011, was previously a personal injury lawyer. Records from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) indicate that before taking the bench, he made significant donations to Democratic politicians, including former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton.

His contributions also extended to Democratic PACs and various Senate and House campaigns. Public filings show that McConnell’s donations amount to several hundred thousand dollars, making him one of the more politically active federal judges in terms of campaign contributions.

McConnell has been a consistent donor to Democratic candidates and committees over multiple election cycles. His contributions primarily support Democratic congressional campaigns, national committees, and political action committees.

Dems And Judges Shredding Article II Are A Threat To Democracy– thefederalist.com

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Dems And Judges Shredding Article II Are A Threat To Democracy– thefederalist.com
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For a solid week, blue states, labor unions, and non-profit organizations have descended on federal courts up and down the East Coast seeking to halt President Donald Trump’s agenda. And they have found receptive partners in a handful of federal judges willing to enter temporary restraining orders, or TROs, to immediately — and sometimes without any notice — prohibit the normal functioning of the executive branch.

To be clear, the TROs entered are not addressing specific disputes between Trump and the litigants, where the plaintiffs allege a particular action injures them in some concrete way. Rather, the country is seeing large coalitions of plaintiffs who oppose the president’s agenda filing lawsuits challenging the broad policies and the management of the executive branch.

Consider, for instance the lawsuit more than twenty states, led by New York, filed in a federal court in Rhode Island: In that case, New York v. Trump, the states initially challenged an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Directive to agencies to temporarily pause activities and disbursement of federal funds that conflict with various executive orders. The OMB later rescinded that directive. Yet federal judge John J. McConnell, Jr., a Barack Obama appointee, entered a TRO ordering the President of the United States not to “pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate” federal financial assistance to the states.

Judge Chutkan’s Defiance Of Trump Over J6 Case Is Disqualifying– thefederalist.com

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Judge Chutkan’s Defiance Of Trump Over J6 Case Is Disqualifying– thefederalist.com
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Last Monday, I published “D.C. Federal Judges Join the Resistance.” It focused on one D.C. federal district judge, Beryl Howell, who let her emotions get the better of any prudent legal judgment when she refused to implement the president’s direction to the attorney general to dismiss all pending indictments against Jan. 6 defendants “with prejudice.”

She first vented her spleen against the defendants and President Donald Trump (whom she accused of perpetrating a “revisionist myth”) in a wholly gratuitous screed about why the prosecutions were necessary and proper. She then finally admitted that she had no legal right to refuse to dismiss the case. But to show the president who was boss, she refused to dismiss the case with prejudice. That left open the potential for a refiling of the same charges. It was, of course, totally contrary to the president and DOJ’s clear intent.

In that same article, I pointed out that Judge Howell had company. Three of her rebellious colleagues in the D.C. district court also refused to dismiss pending J6 cases with prejudice — including one particularly confused opinion by anti-Trump Judge Tanya Chutkan.

Corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson Rules in Favor of Fired Biden Holdover, Allows Him to Keep His Job | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson Rules in Favor of Fired Biden Holdover, Allows Him to Keep His Job | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Another Biden holdover in the Executive Branch caught up in President Trump’s firing spree filed a lawsuit to get his job back – and a corrupt Obama judge sided with him.

As previously reported, President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel of the Office of Special (not to be confused with a special counsel hired as a federal prosecutor) on Friday.

“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Special Counsel of the US Office of Special Counsel is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” Sergio Gor, Director of the White House Presidential Office wrote to Hampton Dellinger, according to Politico.

Judge to decide lawfulness of federal worker buyout offer – DC News Now | Washington, DC

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Judge to decide lawfulness of federal worker buyout offer – DC News Now | Washington, DC
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On Monday, a federal judge will decide whether or not to block a buyout offer for federal employees as the Trump Administration moves to shrink the federal workforce.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offered most federal employees the opportunity to leave their jobs with full pay and benefits through Sept. 30, if they resigned by Feb. 6. The OPM announced that most employees who accept the “deferred resignation” would be exempt from in-person work requirements.

U.S. District Judge George O’Toole said he would hear arguments on whether an emergency restraining order against the offer should be granted, so the White House announced it would extend the deadline for employees to resign until Monday, Feb. 10 at 11:59 p.m.

Dems Turn To Activist Judges To Defy Trump– thefederalist.com

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Dems Turn To Activist Judges To Defy Trump– thefederalist.com
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What’s happening right now is that Democrats, having been thrown out of power by American voters in a landslide victory for Trump, have decided they’re going to deploy a widely-used tactic from Trump’s first term to thwart the president’s agenda: use the federal judiciary. Under the false pretext that the federal judiciary is a “coequal branch of government” with the executive, they’re aiming to shut down Trump’s reform efforts with a fusillade of preliminary injunctions.

In recent days dozens of lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration by Democrat attorneys general and various left-wing groups. These groups have carefully selected their venues, ensuring the lawsuits come before rabidly anti-Trump activist judges. So far, the tactic seems to be working. As of this past weekend, eight different rulings from the federal bench have temporarily halted the president’s executive orders.

Federal judges in Democrat-majority districts have issued preliminary injunctions blocking Trump’s executive actions to end birthright citizenship, reform and downsize the United States Agency for International Development, and offer buyouts to federal bureaucrats. A federal judge this past weekend blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and all other political appointees in the Trump administration — including the Treasury secretary and his deputies — from accessing payment data at the Treasury Department.

Federal judge says Trump administration ignoring his order to pause funding freeze – PBS NewsHour

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Federal judge says Trump administration ignoring his order to pause funding freeze – PBS NewsHour
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A federal judge said that President Trump has violated his order to lift a blanket freeze on federal spending and again directed the administration to release the funds. That comes as top prosecutors in nearly half the country sued the administration for withholding medical research funding. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

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  • Geoff Bennett:

    Today, a federal judge said that President Donald Trump violated his order that lifted a blanket freeze on federal spending and again directed the administration to release the funds.

  • Amna Nawaz:

    That as top prosecutors in nearly half the country just won a temporary legal victory, restoring medical research funding stripped late last week.

    White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez joins us now for more.

    So, Laura, with three weeks into the Trump administration, you’re seeing a growing number of federal judges describe the president’s actions as overreach. What more did federal judges say about Mr. Trump’s attempts to free some of those federal funds.

  • Laura Barron-Lopez:

    So, on that sweeping freeze of federal funding, District Judge John McConnell said in a ruling today that the Trump administration’s continued freeze of those funds — quote — “violate the plain text of an order” that he previously issued saying that they needed to stop and that they needed to release all of those funds.

    And Judge McConnell called Trump’s actions — quote — “likely unconstitutional” and said that the freeze continues to — quote — “cause irreparable harm” to much of the country. Now, he didn’t hold any government officials in contempt, criminal contempt, but hinted that he might in the future if they violate this order.

    And he specifically ordered the administration to stop freezing money for the infrastructure law, for the Inflation Reduction Act — those are Biden era laws — as well as said that he needed — that the administration needed to release funding for the National Institutes of Health.

    So the big question here, Amna, is, does the Trump administration comply with this judge’s order? I asked the White House. They didn’t answer that question. And there’s some suggestions from people like Vice President Vance as well as Elon Musk that they think that the administration should defy the court orders.

Trump, Vance challenge limits of judicial authority, sparking separation-of-powers debate– www.theblaze.com

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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance seem to be gearing up for a battle about the separation of powers after weighing in on whether the federal judiciary should be able to curtail executive authority.

Early Saturday morning, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a ruling that temporarily blocks Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from gaining access to the payment system of the Treasury Department, which is under the purview of the executive branch. The judge also ordered anyone outside the Treasury Department who has already gained access to the system to destroy all downloaded information.

Musk and DOGE have attempted to audit the agency to uncover possible fraud, waste, and other inefficiencies.

Engelmayer’s ruling is set to expire on Friday, when a hearing will be held before a federal judge in New York, who will consider the issue on a more permanent basis. The case was brought by 19 state attorneys general — all Democrats — who argued that Musk and DOGE should not have access to sensitive data within the payment system.

Trump 100% disagrees with federal judge’s ‘crazy’ ruling blocking DOGE from Treasury system – Fox News

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Trump 100% disagrees with federal judge’s ‘crazy’ ruling blocking DOGE from Treasury system – Fox News
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President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier in an interview ahead of the Super Bowl that he “100%” disagrees with a judge’s order barring DOGE from accessing the Treasury.

President Donald Trump “100 percent” disagrees with a federal judge’s ruling on Saturday that bars the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department, he said during an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier.

“Nineteen states attorneys general filed a lawsuit, and early Saturday a judge agreed with them to restrict Elon Musk and his government efficiency team, DOGE, from accessing Treasury Department payment and data systems. They said there was a risk of ‘irreparable harm.’ What do you make of that? And does that slow you down and what you want to do?” Baier asked Trump in the interview clip.

“No, I disagree with it 100%. I think it’s crazy. And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government. You take a look at the USAID, the kind of fraud in there,” Trump responded.

Elon Musk Demands Impeachment of ‘Corrupt’ Obama-Appointed Judge for Blocking DOGE Access to Key Treasury Payment System | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Elon Musk Demands Impeachment of ‘Corrupt’ Obama-Appointed Judge for Blocking DOGE Access to Key Treasury Payment System | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Tech mogul and free speech advocate Elon Musk has called for the impeachment of an Obama-appointed federal judge after a controversial decision to block the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing a crucial Treasury payment system.

The ruling, handed down by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, effectively cripples the department’s ability to carry out its mandate to root out waste and streamline government spending.

Judge Engelmayer’s ruling, prompted by a lawsuit from 19 far-left state attorneys general led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, claims that DOGE’s access to Treasury systems poses risks of “disclosure of sensitive and confidential information” and increases the “risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking.”

Musk calls for impeachment of judge who blocked DOGE access at Treasury – The Hill

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Musk calls for impeachment of judge who blocked DOGE access at Treasury – The Hill
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Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from its payment systems.

The order explicitly prohibits special government employees and those detailed from outside the department from getting access to the systems, a designation that would cover Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

That appeared to anger Musk, who expressed his irritation in a few Saturday posts on the social platform X, which he owns.

“A corrupt judge protecting corruption,” Musk wrote in one post at 2:11 a.m. “He needs to be impeached NOW.”

That post was written in reply to a post by the conservative media pundit Glenn Beck.

Musk, the leader of DOGE, in an earlier post at 1:40 a.m. wrote “it’s time” in response to another post about impeaching judges who have ruled against actions by the Trump administration.

Elon Musk alleges $50b treasury fraud after federal judge limits DOGE data access – The Times of India

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Elon Musk alleges $50b treasury fraud after federal judge limits DOGE data access – The Times of India
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Elon Musk ignited a firestorm on social media after a federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking the department of government efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive treasury department data. Musk responded with a barrage of posts on X (formerly Twitter), alleging widespread fraud in government entitlement payments.
The order, issued on Saturday by US district judge Paul Engelmayer, supports a lawsuit filed by 19 Democratic state attorneys general. They argue that granting DOGE “full access” to the Treasury’s payment systems violates federal laws safeguarding sensitive data, including social security, medicare, veterans benefits, and tax refund information. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for February 20. Until then, DOGE will have limited access to treasury data.

Courts Test Boundaries As Trump Admin Sparks Showdown Over Executive Authority– americanactionnews.com

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Courts Test Boundaries As Trump Admin Sparks Showdown Over Executive Authority– americanactionnews.com
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“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal,” Vance wrote on X. “If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal.”

“Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” he continued.

China challenges Trump tariffs at World Trade Organization – Yahoo News UK

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China challenges Trump tariffs at World Trade Organization – Yahoo News UK
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China filed a World Trade Organization complaint against U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 10% tariff on Chinese imports.

In the Wednesday filing, China argues that the tariff, as well as Trump’s cancellation of a duty-free exemption for low-value packages are “protectionist” and break WTO rules.

It says the duties are discriminatory, and quote “are imposed on the basis of unfounded and false allegations concerning China.”

Beijing’s complaint also comes after Trump’s move to shut a trade loophole that allowed small-value packages to be shipped duty-free.

The so-called “de minimis” provision, used widely by e-commerce giants like Shein and Temu, exempted packages with goods worth less than $800 from duties.

President Trump signs executive order banning males from female sports – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com

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President Trump signs executive order banning males from female sports – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday, recognized as National Girls and Women in Sports Day, prohibiting males claiming to be female from competing in girls’ and women’s sports.

The order called the practice of schools and athletic associations allowing males to compete against females, “demeaning, unfair, and dangerous” and that it “denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports”.

The document notes that Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 requires educational institutions that receive federal funding to provide equal opportunity for females. As such, it stated, “it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy.”

The order requires the Secretary of Education to take action to protect “all-female athletic opportunities and all-female locker rooms.”

Prime Minister Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. summit amid threat of Trump tariffs – Pique Newsmagazine

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Prime Minister Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. summit amid threat of Trump tariffs – Pique Newsmagazine
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A Republican senator from Iowa is pleading for an exemption for potash if U.S. President Donald Trump triggers a trade war by imposing steep tariffs on Canadian imports.

Chuck Grassley’s agriculture state could be hammered if Trump ultimately moves forward on his plan to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on all Mexican and Canadian imports, with a lower 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy.

The 91-year-old Republican blamed inflation under the Biden administration for a 20 per cent increase in farmers’ input costs. A steep levy on Canadian potash — a key component of fertilizer — could be devastating for those farm operations.

“Given these already-high input costs, President Trump should work to protect family farmers by ensuring Canadian potash and other fertilizer products aren’t subject to the threatened 25 (per cent) tariffs,” Grassley said in a statement emailed to The Canadian Press.

More than 80 per cent of the United States’ potash comes from Canada, said the American Farm Bureau Federation. The world’s next largest producers are Russia and Belarus.

Gavin Newsom to Victims of California Fires: ‘You Can’t Rebuild the Same, Have to Rebuild With Climate Reality in Mind’ (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Gavin Newsom to Victims of California Fires: ‘You Can’t Rebuild the Same, Have to Rebuild With Climate Reality in Mind’ (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Last month, comedian Adam Carolla went viral in a video where he talked about how horrible the rebuild process would be for the victims of the California fires because of progressive policies in the state. Carolla said:

So here’s what’s going to happen. All these people who are deep blue Democrats are now going to have to pull a permit to rebuild, and they’re going to get the 28 year old bitch from the Coastal Commission telling them to go fuck off and then they’re going to vote for Trump or whoever’s Trumpian next.

When they start getting the regulation, they’re going to go nuts. And when they start running into the bureaucracy and the red tape, they’re going to start going nuts and they’re going to vote for Rick Caruso next time.

Federal judge: Trump ignoring rule of law for ‘political or personal gain’ – The Washington Post

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Federal judge: Trump ignoring rule of law for ‘political or personal gain’ – The Washington Post
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s commitment to the rule of law, saying he is trampling the Constitution to pursue “political or personal gain.”

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour offered his commentary while becoming the second federal judge in two days to issue a nationwide injunction that blocks the Trump administration from moving forward on an executive order aimed at curbing birthright citizenship.

Coughenour had eviscerated the executive order as “blatantly unconstitutional” during a hearing two weeks ago in the lawsuit brought by a coalition of four Democratic-led states. In Thursday’s court session, Coughenour, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, criticized Trump in direct and unsparing terms moments after Justice Department lawyers had finished arguing that the order was constitutional.

Justice Dept. says no immediate plans to release names of Jan. 6 FBI agents – The Washington Post

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Justice Dept. says no immediate plans to release names of Jan. 6 FBI agents – The Washington Post
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FBI agents suing the Justice Department to keep their names private amid a review of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack prosecutions raised concerns Thursday that Elon Musk or others outside the department may have access to the information and could make it public, putting law enforcement officers at risk.

Lawyers for the agents pressed that case as they urged U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb to bar the government from any disclosure of the agents’ identities.

Trump’s Government Purge Hits Major Roadblock As Judge Puts Brakes on ‘Fork in the Road’ Buyout – RedState– redstate.com

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Trump’s Government Purge Hits Major Roadblock As Judge Puts Brakes on ‘Fork in the Road’ Buyout – RedState– redstate.com
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Employees of the federal government who have been waffling about whether or not to take the “Fork in the Road” buyout offer from the Trump administration have been given the gift of some breathing room, courtesy of U.S. District Judge George O’Toole, a Clinton appointee.

With the midnight Thursday decision deadline looming for millions of federal workers, O’Toole hit the brakes and scheduled a hearing for Monday during which he’ll consider blocking the buyout offer altogether.

“I enjoined the defendants from taking any action to implement the so-called ‘Fork Directive’ pending the completion of briefing and oral argument on the issues. I believe that’s as far as I want to go today,” said O’Toole, who described the brief hearing as a “table setting session” just to schedule arguments for Monday afternoon. He did not say anything about the merits of the dispute over the buyout.

As RedState’s Susie Moore previously reported, the Trump administration—who’ve been very transparent about their intention to reduce the size and scope of the federal government—sent a letter to nearly all of the federal workforce, which comes in at about two million strong, offering them the opportunity to dip out of government service effective 11:59 p.m. Thursday while continuing to be paid through September 30, 2025.

There’s good news for federal employees who were unhappy to learn they were expected to return to working in the office under the new Trump administration: They have another option — a buyout.

The White House will issue a memo Tuesday offering to pay federal workers who don’t want to return to the office through Sept. 30, as long as they resign by Feb. 6, an administration official tells Axios.

Donald Trump signs order withdrawing US from several UN organizations including UNHRC– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Donald Trump signs order withdrawing US from several UN organizations including UNHRC– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to withdraw US from several UN organisations, including the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), while initiating a comprehensive assessment of US financial contributions to the multinational organisation.
The White House also withdrew from the primary UN relief organisation for Palestinians (UNRWA), alongside a planned evaluation of involvement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
White House staff secretary Will Scharf explained these actions were taken in response to perceived “anti-American bias” within these UN agencies.

BREAKING: Trump ends ‘every single media contract’ at the GSA | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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BREAKING: Trump ends ‘every single media contract’ at the GSA | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Trump told the General Services Administration to terminate “every single media contract.”

On Thursday, President Donald Trump ordered the termination of all media contracts within the General Services Administration (GSA). This comes after it was revealed that the federal government was paying millions to Politico for Politico Pro.

According to Axios, Trump told the General Services Administration to terminate “every single media contract.” In an email, the White House wrote two points, “Pull all contracts for Politico, BBC, E&E (Politico sub) and Bloomberg,” as well as, “Pull all media contracts for just GSA – cancel every single media contract today for GSA only.”

Germany rushes to be war ready as it warns: ‘We are no longer living in peacetime’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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Germany rushes to be war ready as it warns: ‘We are no longer living in peacetime’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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While British Army numbers have been cut, Germany is going the other way with a large expansion of troops to defend the homeland in the event of a Russian invasion.

The so-called Heimatschutz will consist of six regiments, each containing around 6,000 to 8,000 personnel by 2026. Their training is robust, ranging from shooting and survival skills to a raft of scenarios involving conflict and natural disasters.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to a pledge by Chancellor Olaf Scholz to transform Germany’s Bundeswehr, or armed forces, which had been reduced by 40% after the Cold War.

According to German Chief of Defence General Carsten Breuer, Germany has “five to eight years” to prepare for a situation where “an attack against Nato territory might be possible”.

According to current figures, Germany has just over 179,000 troops in uniform. This gives Germany the sixth-largest armed forces in NATO, after the US, Turkey, Poland, France and the UK. But Germany is the EU’s most populous nation, boasting a population of 84.5 million. German chiefs know they can do better and plan to expand this to 203,000 by 2031.