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  • FILE – The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Politics

    Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it strip legal protection from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants

    By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Politics

    Trump administration can stop approving new refugees but it has to allow in ones already accepted, court rules

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Gene Johnson, and others
  • In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)Politics

    Judge says Nazis detained in the U.S. during World World II got better legal treatment than Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador

    By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • A protester holds signs that read: "This billionaire stole your social security number" during a protestPolitics

    DOGE told it can’t access Social Security systems holding personal data on millions of Americans and judge calls its work a ‘fishing expedition’

    By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
  • ProtestersPolitics

    Elon Musk’s DOGE temporarily blocked from its ‘nearly unlimited’ access to millions of American’s Social Security information—for now

    By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters near a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)Politics

    Trump’s public claims that DOGE is ‘headed by Elon Musk’ are coming back to haunt him as his administration tries to claim Tesla boss is merely an adviser

    By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • People rally on 14th St NW in support of fired USAID workers during a protest, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, by the USAID headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Politics

    DOGE’s USAID teardown probably violates the Constitution, judge rules as he blocks Musk’s group from making further cuts to the agency

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Kunzelman, and others
  • FILE – The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Finance

    Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers for fueling cartel violence gets its day in the Supreme Court

    By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk wields a chainsawPolitics

    Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others
  • Elon Musk Joins President Trump For Signing Executive Orders In The Oval OfficePolitics

    Are Elon Musk’s sweeping DOGE cuts illegal? For the most part, judges say no

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others
  • President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the agency that protects whistleblowers

    By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • People rally against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    Federal judge clears key hurdle for Trump and Musk’s government employee buyout plan

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

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

    By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Finance

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

    By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

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

    By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press