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Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Harvard could beat Trump in court but lose the war with his administration
When the Trump administration tried to take away Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students, the university filed a lawsuit, and a federal judge blocked the order the next day. But even as that case — and another lawsuit the university has filed against the administration — winds through the courts, President Donald Trump had already made his next move, with a proclamation Wednesday aiming to keep international students out of Harvard.
CNN
29-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Court Blocks Trump Tariffs - CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish - Podcast on CNN Audio
Court Blocks Trump Tariffs CNN This Morning 47 mins The US Court of International Trade blocks President Trump's sweeping global tariffs, ruling he overstepped his authority. We bring you the latest on how the administration is responding. Plus, it's graduation day at Harvard, but the fate of international students will be in the hands of a federal judge. And when you hear "crypto crime," you probably think about someone behind a keyboard, not someone with a wrench. We explain.
Associated Press
28-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Ex-Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, is picked to be federal judge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nominating his former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove, who as a high-ranking Justice Department official was behind the controversial move to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, to become a federal appeals court judge. As acting deputy attorney general, Bove has been at the center of some of the department's most scrutinized actions since Trump's return to the White House in January. Bove ordered the dismissal of charges against the Democratic leader of America's biggest city, accused FBI officials of 'insubordination' for refusing to hand over the names of agents who investigated the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and ordered the firings of a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6 criminal cases. He also moved aggressively to align the department with Trump's agenda around immigration and other matters, ordering federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal prosecution state or local officials who are believed to be interfering with the Republican administration's immigration crackdown. Trump picked Bove to fill a vacancy on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The nomination, which is subject to Senate confirmation, comes just months into Bove's contentious tenure at the department. 'Emil is SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone,' Trump said in a social media post announcing the nomination. 'He will end the Weaponization of Justice, restore the Rule of Law, and do anything else that is necessary to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Emil Bove will never let you down!' When Todd Blanche, another former criminal defense attorney for Trump, was sworn in as deputy attorney general, Bove became Blanche's top adviser, serving as the principal associate deputy attorney general. Bove, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, was on the defense team during Trump's New York hush money trial and defended Trump in the federal criminal cases brought by the Justice Department. The Justice Department abandoned Trump's federal 2020 election interference case and the classified documents case after Trump won the election in November. Bove's order to dismiss the Adams case roiled the department. Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and several high-ranking department officials resigned rather than carrying out Bove's order. In remarkable departure from long-standing department norms, Bove said the case should be dropped because it was interfering with the mayor's ability to aid the president's crackdown on illegal immigration. Bove clerked for two federal judges appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. He then spent nine years at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan where he specialized in prosecuting drug kingpins and alleged terrorists. He was involved in multiple high-profile prosecutions, including a drug-trafficking case against the former Honduran president's brother, a man who set off a pressure cooker device in Manhattan and a man who sent dozens of mail bombs to prominent targets across the country. Bove's actions at the New York office, however, rankled some fellow prosecutors and defense attorneys. In 2018, the federal public defender's office compiled complaints about his behavior from defense attorneys and sent them to two top officials in the U.S. attorney's office. About 18 months after the email was sent, Bove was promoted to be co-chief of the office's national security and international narcotics unit.
New York Times
28-05-2025
- General
- New York Times
Trump Says He'll Nominate Bove to Federal Appeals Court
President Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Emil Bove III, the polarizing and widely feared top Justice Department official responsible for strong-arm tactics in enacting Mr. Trump's immigration agenda, to be a federal appeals judge. Mr. Bove, 44, a former criminal defense lawyer for Mr. Trump, would fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The lifetime appointment requires conformation in the Senate, where he is expected to face the unanimous opposition of Democrats. 'Emil is SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone,' Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform. 'He will end the Weaponization of Justice, restore the Rule of Law, and do anything else that is necessary to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Emil Bove will never let you down!' Mr. Bove, a graduate of Georgetown's law school who prosecuted high-profile national security cases during nearly a decade in the Manhattan federal prosecutor's office, has told friends that his longtime goal had been to serve as a federal judge, according to people in his orbit. But should he be confirmed, he would exit one of the most powerful federal law enforcement jobs in the country after only a few months on the job — a period where he has ordered the purge of career officials and emerged as a stoic and unyielding enforcer of the president's agenda.
Washington Post
27-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Judge temporarily blocks Trump from retaliating against New York over congestion toll
NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York has temporarily prevented President Donald Trump from retaliating against the state over its Manhattan congestion toll . Judge Lewis Liman on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the federal government from withholding federal funds or taking other punitive actions against the state at least until June 9 while he weighs a lawsuit the state has filed against the federal government to keep the toll in place.
