BREAKING: Democratic EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels was fired by President Donald Trump in an unprecedented move that undercuts the Democrats’ voting majority on the board, she confirmed in a statement. blawgo.com/dUz5Jni

Exclusive: Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the US government human resources agency locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials reut.rs/3Eg73Bo

BREAKING—Trump has fired the NLRB’s acting GC Jessica Rutter but has not named a successor news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Kennedy Center response to Trump taking over: "We have received no official communications from the White House regarding changes to our board of trustees. We are aware that some members of our board have received termination notices from the administration."

NEW: Full order is in temporarily blocking Trump admin from carrying out mass personnel moves at USAID pending a 2/12 hearing: - employees placed on admin. leave reinstated - no add'l employees placed on leave - no employees evacuated from overseas posts - email/other systems

Statement from WHCA President and WABJ member Eugene Daniels:

Large law firms plan to refuse to give the Trump administration information on their clients’ diversity initiatives as part of federal discrimination investigations. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-a…

NEW: Five of the world’s largest law firms reached deals with President Trump to avoid punitive executive orders, committing at least $600 million combined in pro bono legal services to causes he advocated. via @blaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

NEW: Andrew Cuomo just conceded the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City to Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Cuomo had universal name ID, a $25M PAC backing him and tons of institutional endorsements. Mamdani is a 33-year-old socialist. The magnitude of this can't be overstated.

Black colleges are pausing research, losing scholarships, and rethinking how they define their mission as federal agencies cut Black-focused grants More than $140 million in grants at HBCUs have been terminated due to Trump's policies targeting DEI shorturl.at/JEZpI

Scoop: Trump's closure of USAID will cost taxpayers more than $6 billion, including hundreds of millions to fight legal challenges, according to a draft assessment obtained by me and Jack Fitzpatrick 🗞️

Justice Barrett has the ruling for a 6-3 court in birthright citizenship case. #SCOTUS says universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority of federal courts.

Join WABJ for drinks, appetizers, networking and celebration before we head to Cleveland for the 2025 NABJ Convention! posh.vip/e/wabj-preconv…

The US Department of Labor quietly ended its only nationwide job training program for low-income seniors just as tens of thousands must meet new work requirements to tap into Medicaid and food assistance. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Filming the police is a constitutional right protected under the First Amendment:

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A US appeals court blocked President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her post while her lawsuit challenging the dismissal proceeds. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/tr…

Jimmy Kimmel Is Back: ABC Returning Late-Night Show On Tuesday deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-…

📢We officially hit TWO MILLION votes - first time since 1969! 🗳️🗳️ Polls are open until 9pm. If you are on line by 9pm, you will be allowed to vote