Federal Government

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new conditions on billions of dollars in federal nutrition funding, siding with a coalition of Democratic-led states that argued the requirements threatened programs serving low-income families. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary ​injunction sought by 20 states and the District of Columbia, temporarily halting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's effort to tie funding to compliance with a range of federal policy priorities, according to ⁠reports from AP News, Newsweek and Reuters.

President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon for Steve Buyer, a former Indiana Republican congressman who was convicted of insider trading in 2023, following appeals from Republicans who claimed he was the target of a politically weaponized justice system.

A tech investor who shaped the Trump administration’s pro-industry artificial intelligence policies will depart the White House at the end of the month. Sriram Krishnan has informed administration officials that he plans to leave his post as the White House senior policy adviser for AI to start an outside institution that will influence technology policy, according to a person familiar with his plans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Alabama may use a congressional map that was previously deemed to have intentionally discriminated against Black voters – the conservative court’s latest redistricting decision that benefits Republican efforts to hold onto a narrow U.S. House majority in the midterm elections.

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that asked technology companies to voluntarily give the government oversight of new artificial intelligence models before releasing them to the public, a shift for an administration that had promoted a hands-off approach to the powerful technology.