Judge blocks Trump’s executive order against Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In less than 24 hours after filing a lawsuit against President Donald J Trump’s executive order addressing the weaponization of government and national security concerns of law firm Perkins Coie LLP, United States District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., a President Barrack Obama appointee, granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday, March 12, […]
Potential new ‘Muslim travel ban’ could take effect in March
SEATTLE—In 2017, when President Donald J Trump signed Executive Order 13769 (better known as the “Muslim ban”) into law, it was a decision by Seattle federal court judge James Robart that initially shot down the travel ban, forcing Trump and his senior adviser Stephen Miller back to the drawing board. Eight years later, concern has […]
Federal judge in Seattle hears arguments on Trump admin’s cuts to refugee aid
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Church World Service (CWS), HIAS, Lutheran Community Services NW, and nine other individuals filed a lawsuit, Pacito v Trump, against President Donald J Trump for his suspension of the Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), and with it, abruptly withholding millions of federal dollars for refugee assistance agencies. U.S. District Court Judge […]
February southwest border illegal entries plummet to lowest in documented history
(The Center Square)—The number of foreign nationals apprehended entering the U.S. illegally reached its lowest level in recorded history in February. Last month, only 8,326 apprehensions and encounters were reported at the southwest border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced, “the lowest documented by U.S. Border Patrol.” That’s down from 189,913 in February 2024, 156,630 in […]
Trump EO banning gender affirming care for minors blocked by federal judge in Seattle
SEATTLE—A federal judge Friday evening granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald J Trump’s Executive Orders banning gender-affirming care (including irreversible surgeries) to youth who identify as transgender. “This [Executive] Order denies the very existence of transgender people and instead seeks to erase them from the federal vocabulary altogether and eliminate […]
Judge allows Musk and DOGE to access data at 7 federal agencies
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday, February 18, denied a request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to halt Elon Musk, the Trump administration, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing government data at seven federal agencies. “The court’s analysis here begins and ends with irreparable harm, ‘a threshold requirement in […]
Gov Ferguson says state at risk of a Trump $27 billion federal funding freeze
SEATTLE—On February 13, Governor Bob Ferguson, Attorney General Nick Brown, and other state officials held a press conference in Olympia to “update” Washingtonians on “federal funding impacts and Washington’s response to President Trump’s executive orders.” Although federal courts blocked the Trump administration’s “funding freeze”, it has reportedly still taken effect within some jurisdictions, including the […]
OSPI and WIAA respond to Trump restrictions on trans athletes from participating in women’s sports
OLYMPIA—President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday, January 5, which would prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports. This order could also block transgender athletes from entering the country for the 2028 Olympics. The order directs the Department of Education, of which Trump seeks to eliminate, from carrying out “enforcement actions” […]
AG sues Trump admin over new Executive Order defunding gender-affirming care
SEATTLE—Attorney General Nick Brown filed a multi-state federal lawsuit today to halt a presidential order that threatens to end federal funding to medical institutions providing gender-affirming care. President Trump’s executive order – which Brown called clearly illegal and unusually cruel – also directs criminal enforcement against medical professionals and patients involved in such care. The […]
Joe Kent nominated to serve as director of National Counterterrorism Center
YACOLT—Army Green Beret, former field operative for the Central Intelligence Agency, and former Washington 3rd District Congressional Candidate, Joe Kent, was nominated today by President Donald J Trump to serve as the next director of National Counterterrorism Center. “It is my pleasure to nominate Joe Kent as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism Center,” President […]
