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Kari Lake was illegally empowered to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media — the federal agency that oversees #VoiceOfAmerica — and her actions in that role were illegitimate, a federal judge ruled Saturday. www.politico.com/news/2026/03... #JudicialCheck
Judge says Kari Lake’s tenure atop US media agency was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that her ascension was an illegal end-run around the Senate’s advice and consent role.
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March 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
2/7 U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., himself a Trump appointee, issued the decision Thursday blocking the administration from further deportations under the 227-year-old law, which Trump invoked last month in a presidential proclamation.
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May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM