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A three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that set aside the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of Haiti’s and Venezuela’s Temporary Protected Status designations on the grounds that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem exceeded her statutory authority. (Opinion.) (NYT.)
President Trump on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury Department for $10 billion, alleging the agencies breached their duty to safeguard his confidential tax information when a government contractor leaked Trump’s tax returns to the press in 2019. (Complaint.) (WSJ.)
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday on federal charges in connection to a protest against ICE at a church near Minneapolis, according to his lawyer. Lemon has said he was reporting as a journalist when he entered the church to observe the demonstration. His arrest comes after a magistrate denied the Justice Department’s application for arrest warrants for several people in connection to the protest and an appeals court refused to issue a writ of mandamus forcing a lower court to authorize the warrants. (NYT.) For background, see a previous Roundup.
Senate Democrats and President Trump reached a deal on Thursday that could avert a government shutdown. The agreement would allow the Senate to fund a significant portion of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year while funding the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks at existing levels to buy lawmakers time to debate immigration enforcement restrictions. (WaPo.)
Speaking in Minneapolis Thursday, White House border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration is working on a plan to scale back ICE’s presence in Minnesota that would depend on cooperation with local authorities. (WSJ.)
David Ignatius argued that Trump’s reconstruction effort for Gaza is better planned than most commentators recognize. (WaPo.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Blanche v. Perlmutter: The government filed an emergency application on October 27 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a district court interlocutory injunction that temporarily reinstated Shira Perlmutter to her role as Register of Copyrights while litigation over her removal continues. Chief Justice Roberts formally set a deadline of November 10 for a response to the application. Perlmutter submitted a response on November 10. Blanche submitted a reply on November 12. The Court deferred the application for stay on November 28 pending the Court’s decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook.
Trump v. Cook: The government filed an emergency application on September 18 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a preliminary injunction issued by a district court that blocked President Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Cook filed an opposition to the request on the same day. The Chief Justice formally set a deadline of September 25 for a response to the application. Cook filed a response on September 25. On October 1, the Court deferred action on the stay application pending oral argument in January 2026 and established a supplemental briefing schedule. Additional amicus briefs were filed on October 29. Both sides filed supplemental briefs on November 19 and the Court heard oral argument on Jan. 21, 2026.