NEWS: PA federal judge orders Trump admin to return information about slavery removed from the Independence National Historical Park in Philly, blocks admin indefinitely from removing it again. Judge Cynthia Rufe (GWB appointee) begins her opinion with a quote from Orwell:

Add Massachusetts to the list of states set to sue: “I’ll see them in Court,” MA AG Campbell tells Scripps News.

AG Bonta makes it official, will sue over repeal of endangerment finding "California will challenge this illegal action in court, and will continue fighting to defend public health, uphold environmental justice, and protect future generations.”

NEWS: CA Attorney General Bonta tells me the state is "eager" to challenge the Trump administration's move to overturn the EPA's endangerment finding, but stopped short of formally announcing a lawsuit. 1/3

Despite Trump's post, NGA officials tell me the *meeting* with all govs is still on. Moore & Polis likely to be excluded from dinner, though. Here's the text of the letter Stitt sent other governors

NEWS: NGA / WH meeting back on. Natl Govs Assoc Chair Gov. Kevin Stitt (Oklahoma) informed govs today that the traditionally-bipartisan meeting WILL go forward next week. Just yesterday, WH PressSec Karoline Leavitt had defended Trump's decision to exclude some Dem govs 1/2

Just in: US approves arms sale to Ukraine for $185M of Class IX Spare Parts "in support of U.S. Army-supplied vehicles and weapon systems, as well as other related elements of logistics and program support" www.dsca.mil/Press-M...

Gov. Newsom and CA AG Bonta both celebrating the ruling

JUST IN: U.S. Supreme Court DENIES opportunity to weigh in on California redistricting... Newsom's bid to redraw seats will be allowed to stand, likely netting Dems +5 blue seats in the House

More court action in MN: A federal judge has canceled the hearing where he'd ordered acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear after officials apparently released the migrant who was being held detention against the judge's order storage.courtlistene... 1/3

NEWS: Federal judge issues TRO blocking Trump admin from arresting/detaining refugees / lawful permanent residents in Minnesota, and ordering immediate release of those in that class who are currently in detention storage.courtlistene...

About a week after the DOJ's disclosure that DOGE officials may have misused sensitive Social Security information, Sen Finance Cmte leaders send letter to SSA Commissioner Bisignano requesting more information

NEWS: Minneapolis Mayor Frey confirms call with Trump, says the president "agreed that the present situation cannot continue." Fray says "some" federal agents will leave the city tomorrow, and confirms he'll meet with Tom Homan

🧵 Some new details about the status of the investigation into Alex Pretti's shooting via new court documents. As WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt noted during the briefing moments ago, it appears there are three investigations/reviews underway: 1/6

DHS official confirms investigators are reviewing body cam footage of Pretti shooting. “There is body camera footage from multiple angles which investigators are currently reviewing," official tells me/@scrippsnews. First reported by NBC.

Walz readout of his call with Trump

Bondi's letter suggesting MN DHS surge might end if officials comply with ICE & turn over voter data now reaching beyond Minneapolis. An OR judge judge scheduled a hearing tonight on it as part of ongoing lawsuit to block DOJ access to OR voter rolls

A new poll commissioned by Public Policy Polling (PPP) - political research firm with ties to Democrats / left-wing causes) & fielded after Good was killed but BEFORE Pretti - finds a solid majority of voters disapprove of ICE's actions and support changes to ICE procedures. 1/2

VP Vance will travel to Minneapolis tomorrow, a White House official confirms to me/Scripps News, for remarks highlighting the Trump admin's "commitment to restoring law and order" in the city and a meet-and-greet with ICE personnel there. 1/2

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacates lower court's order blocking Trump admin from terminating some environmental/agriculture grants. Three-judge panel finds the lower court "abused its discretion" in issuing the injunction storage.courtlistene...

A spokesperson for the City of Minneapolis confirms to me/Scripps News that Mayor Jacob Frey received a grand jury subpoena today from the Justice Department as a part of an investigation into an alleged conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement / ICE operations there. 1/3

Oopsie: after previously attesting in court that DOGE never improperly accessed Americans' sensitive Social Security data, officials now concede someone emailed a document likely containing info on 1,000 Americans to Steve Davis and a DOGE staffer at Dept. of Labor. 1/2

PhRMA, trade group resenting the big pharmaceutical manufacturers, unsurprisingly comes out against Trump's new healthcare proposal. The group has long opposed so-called "most favored nation" pricing

News: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit strikes down a lower decision that freed Palestinian-American activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention. Appellate court found the lower court lacked jurisdiction to decide the case storage.courtlistene...

New: A federal judge in California DENIES GOP effort to block Dem's new/gerrymandered electoral maps. Unless a higher court rules otherwise, they will be allowed to stay, likely netting Dems about +5 seats in Congress. storage.courtlistene... 1/2

State Dept. says its pausing immigrant visa processing for immigrants from 75 nations while agency "reassess immigration processing procedures to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits.

Just in: Manhattan federal orders govt (& Ghislaine Maxwell if she wants) to respond to a letter from Reps. Massie and Khanna urging him to appoint an independent monitor to ensure the DOJ is complying with the Epstein Transparency Act. DOJ response due by Friday

NEWS: Wyoming Supreme Court strikes down state's abortion ban - including its first-in-the-nation ban on prescription of abortion medications documents.courts.sta... 1/2

Democrats on House Oversight Committee share new images received from Epstein's estate showing Donald Trump alongside several women there, as well as other prominent figures including Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Bill Gates & Woody Allen

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from federal custody, his attorney tells me @scrippsnews

JUST IN: Federal judge blocks Trump admin's attempt to cancel FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) pre-disaster mitigation program. Win for the (predominately) Democratic-led states that sued storage.courtlistene...

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin to me on this decision: “This is naked judicial activism by an Obama appointed judge. This order lacks any valid legal basis and we will continue to fight this tooth and nail in the courts.”

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered released by federal judge in MD, finding the government lacks a valid removal order for him storage.courtlistene...

What's going on with Missouri's gerrymandering effort? I've got the latest here

Latest from me on HUD's back-and-forth over the Continuum of Care program

BREAKING: Federal judge fully vacates Trump's executive order seeking to halt all new wind energy development storage.courtlistene...

In response to @scrippsnews inquiry, HUD now says they remain "fully committed" to the CoC overhauls and will reissue relevant documents with "technical corrections" ASAP

NEWS: Judge Boasberg orders ex-DOJ official/whistleblower Erez Reuveni to testify about Alien Enemies Act deportation timeline as a part of his possible contempt investigation on 12/15. Top DOJ official Drew Ensign to testify 12/16. storage.courtlistene...

Hearing about this taking place now www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIO...

NEWS: Trump's HUD has WITHDRAWN - at least for now - its controversial plan to overhaul the Continuum of Care program, per court filing and new website notice. Agency had previously announced significant cuts to long-term housing support, prompting lawsuits. 1/2

Judge grants class certification in a case challenging detentions @ Guantanamo Bay. No ruling on merits (if detention is unlawful), but allows BIG class (most anyone apprehended in US and detained @ Guantanamo) to move forward with legal challenge storage.courtlistene...

NEWS: SCOTUS grants cert in the birthright citizenship case, will allow full arguments over his effort to strip birthright citizenship and whether it runs afoul of the 14th amendment.

BIG: DC Circuit REVERSES lower court's ruling & finds Trump CAN fire NLRB & MSPB officials. Significantly expands Trump's powers to fire executive branch officials previously thought to be protected. 2-1 split with Trump-appointed justices in majority storage.courtlistene...

BREAKING: Supreme Court's conservatives allow Texas's gerrymandered congressional maps to stand.

Per Sen. Warren, GAO (Govt Accountability Office) has agreed to investigate FHFA director William Pulte's potential misuse of authorities to go after perceived political enemies for mortgage fraud www.banking.senate.g...

NC federal court allows new GOP-friendly maps there to stand storage.courtlistene...

A Secret Service official tells me there's no evidence the shooting @ Farragut Sq involves the WH, beyond the proximity of the location. USSS officials assisted with the initial response but now MPD and other federal agencies are taking the lead on the subsequent investigation

SCOTUS DECLINES to allow Trump to re-fire Shira Perlmutter, the register of copyrights of the United States Copyright Office. He first tried to fire her in May, though an appellate court reinstated her finding Trump did not have the authority to remove her. 1/2