The ruling in a lawsuit brought by a group of states deals another setback to the Trump administration in its efforts to restrict the treatments.
Read more via Politico: RFK Jr. went too far with comments about gender care for minors, judge rules
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Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violate the First Amendment and issued an order tossing parts of the Defense Department’s policy, handing a victory to The New York Times, which filed suit in December over the restrictions.
Read more via the New York Times: Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional
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Top Architecture Firm Won’t Design More ICE Prisons After Employees Revolt
“I think what ICE is doing is the worst thing America has probably done since the internment camps during World War II,” he tells me, comparing the agency’s use of racial profiling in arrests to the mandatory incarceration of Japanese Americans. “It’s horrific, they’re shooting people, and here I am hating that in my heart of hearts. And it turns out my company is involved in it.”
Read more from Mother Jones: Top Architecture Firm Won’t Design More ICE Prisons After Employees Revolt
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Ohio Immigrants’ Rights Advocates File Class Action Suit Against ICE for Warrantless Arrests
The Trump administration’s arbitrary mandate to arrest 3,000 immigrants each day has contributed to a culture of unlawful behavior by untrained, unqualified federal agents.
Read more from ACLU Ohio: Ohio Immigrants’ Rights Advocates File Class Action Suit Against ICE for Warrantless Arrests
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24 states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding
A coalition of 24 states, alongside a dozen cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the bedrock scientific determination underpinning virtually all US climate regulations.
Read more via The Guardian: US states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding
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Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’
Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like race, gender and sexuality can be discussed.
Read more at The Guardian: Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’
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Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center has resigned in protest over the war with Iran. Joe Kent, an Army veteran who completed 11 combat deployments to the Mideast and elsewhere, said he “cannot in good conscience” support the war.
Read more via NPR: Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war
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Federal judge halts RFK Jr.’s changes to children’s vaccine policies
A federal judge dealt a major blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s vaccine policies, including the controversial decision to slash the number of federally recommended vaccinations for children.
Read more via NPR: Federal judge halts RFK Jr.’s changes to children’s vaccine policies
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DOJ drops case against veteran arrested after burning American flag near White House
Prosecutors sought to drop the charges against Jan Carey after a judge said he was entitled to further inquiry into whether the administration was vindictively prosecuting him.
Read more via NBC News: DOJ drops case against veteran arrested after burning American flag near White House
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