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

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)

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)

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 protest

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

Protesters

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)

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)

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)

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 chainsaw

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 Office

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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