The Department of Justice opens an investigation into Minnesota's hiring practices, the third legal or administrative action the Trump administration has taken against the Democratic-led state in just over two weeks.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Human Services over its newly updated affirmative action hiring policy

Minnesotans deserve to have their state government employees hired based on merit, not based on illegal DEI,’ Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

Although the plaintiffs had hoped to include parents in the class, the judge narrowed it to focus solely on the children potentially stripped of their citizenship under the order

Federal judge in New Hampshire stayed the order for seven days to allow the Department of Justice to appeal. He called birthright citizenship "the greatest privilege that exists in the world."

A federal judge will consider on Thursday whether to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions.

In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it.

The Senate panel considering Emil Bove's nomination to be a judge has emails regarding allegations he advised DOJ to defy court orders.

A whistle-blower Thursday released a trove of messages backing up his claim that a top Trump Justice Department official discussed plans to defy federal judges’ orders in a high-profile mass deportation case.