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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conan O’Brien accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday with a not-so-subtle broadside against President Donald Trump, whose takeover of the Kennedy Center, which awarded the prize, has shaken the arts world. A host of comedians including David Letterman, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman and Stephen Colbert celebrated …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s agenda has partially stalled in court as judges block his efforts to crack down on immigration and rein in Elon Musk’s hunt for government fraud and waste, though the administration has scored some wins and is appealing its losses.  Here is a look at recent developments in the …

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By Mike Scarcella, Andrew Goudsward and Sara Merken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Legal advocacy groups sounded alarms on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new actions against lawyers and law firms that bring immigration lawsuits and other cases against the government that he deems unethical. In a memorandum to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi late on …

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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined the mounting criticism of federal judges by President Donald Trump and others in his administration on Saturday, mocking the judge who blocked a ban on transgender troops in the U.S. military and suggesting she had exceeded her authority. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in …

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By Sara Merken and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp said in a letter to its lawyers and staff on Sunday that the Trump administration would not be “dictating” what free legal work the powerful Wall Street law firm would provide under a deal it struck with the White House last week. The …

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By Valerie Volcovici and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Trump administration officials on Sunday defended their use of extraordinary war powers to deport scores of Venezuelan migrants despite a judge blocking the move and Venezuela denying U.S. officials’ assertions that the deportees were gang members. “It’s modern-day warfare, and we are going to continue to fight …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Social Security Administration has backed down from “shutting down the agency” after a federal judge rebuked him for misinterpreting a court ruling that limited billionaire Elon Musk’s access to agency information. The agency’s leader, Leland Dudek, who has been cooperating with a Musk-led group tasked with reducing government …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -For two of the most powerful men in the United States, Donald Trump and John Roberts, it has been a delicate dance from the start.  In 2015, the man who would become the chief executive of the United States assailed the integrity of its chief justice, calling Roberts “disgraceful” and “disappointing” …

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