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States Sue to Block Trump Law Defunding Planned Parenthood

A federal judge recently ruled that a Republican effort to withhold Medicaid funds from the organization’s clinics was likely unconstitutional.

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A Planned Parenthood clinic in Tempe, Ariz., last year.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration-Backed Medicaid Cuts to Planned Parenthood

A federal judge in Boston ruled that a provision in President Trump’s policy bill targeting the organization most likely amounted to retaliation.

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A bill signed by President Trump in July included a provision that could force Planned Parenthood clinics to curtail services or lose funding.
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Justice Dept. Officials File Suit, Saying They Were Dismissed Unlawfully

The lawsuit argues that employees who were fired for political reasons have no recourse, after President Trump neutralized a board that handles federal labor disputes.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

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President Trump notified three commissioners on the product safety board in early May that he was removing them.
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Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida

The president and his subordinates, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, have come under enormous pressure to release further details about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

© Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press

Jeffrey Epstein appeared in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2008.
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Trump’s Student Arrests, and the Lawsuit Fighting Them, Tread New Ground

The Trump administration’s efforts to deport foreign students who espoused pro-Palestinian views under a little-used foreign policy provision have no obvious legal parallel.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Demonstrators rally outside of Columbia University at West 116th St. and Broadway in Manhattan to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student in March.
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State Dept. Official Testifies That Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Deportations

The head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs said his office regularly weighed criticism of Israel when determining whether to deny or revoke student visas.

© Caleb Kenna for The New York Times

A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in May.
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