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Appeals court hands Trump administration another loss, ruling it can’t reinstate freeze on billions in federal grants

The judge also said his order blocked the administration from cutting billions of dollars in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.

yesterday 40

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Federal judge orders Trump administration to ‘immediately’ unfreeze funding after finding it disobeyed previous order

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell became the first judge to find that the administration had disobeyed a court order.

tuesday 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Judge has concerns about Musk’s DOGE but won’t immediately block its access to Labor Department records

U.S. District Judge John Bates said the labor unions who sued to prevent access haven't yet shown a legal injury.

08.02.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

The report, however, will not immediately be released, and there's no guarantee it will as more legal wrangling is expected. Supreme Court justices...

11.01.2025 6

The Buffalo News

Lindsay Whitehurst

Trump asks the Supreme Court to call off sentencing in his New York hush money case

Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan.

09.01.2025 8

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Americans’ trust in judicial system and courts drops to a record low of 35%

That's down 24 percentage points over the last four years, according to a new Gallup poll.

17.12.2024 8

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Mark Meadows’ request to move his election interference case to federal court, where he could argue he’s immune from prosecution, has been swiftly rejected by the Supreme Court

Meadows was one of 19 people accused of participating in an illegal scheme to keep Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.

12.11.2024 2

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court allows an EPA rule limiting pollution from coal power plants to remain in effect—for now

Two conservative justices, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, said in a brief order they thought the challengers would likely win on at least some...

17.10.2024 5

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Martin Shkreli gets snubbed by the Supreme Court and must return millions he reaped from jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug

New York Attorney General Letitia James applauded the court's action.

07.10.2024 2

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal from X tied to Trump election-interference case

The company claims a nondisclosure order violated its First Amendment rights.

07.10.2024 2

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst