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A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit on Friday declined to stay a district court decision barring the Department of Homeland Security from implementing a seven-day notice requirement for members of Congress to visit ICE facilities. (Order.) (NYT.)
President Trump announced on Sunday that Iran’s latest proposal to end the war with the U.S. was “totally unacceptable.” (NYT.) (WaPo.)
President Trump is reportedly planning to fire Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration following clashes over vaping, abortion, and drug policy. (WSJ.) (NYT.) (WaPo.)
The Justice Department announced on Friday that it is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 12 immigrants alleged to have obtained naturalization through fraud or false testimony about past criminal acts. The individuals are “accused of serious offenses — including providing material support to a terrorist group, committing war crimes, and sexually abusing a minor.” (Press Release.) (NYT.)
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration used an urgent no-bid contracting exemption supposed to be used only to prevent “serious injury, financial or other, to the government” in order to award a $6.9 million contract to repaint and reseal the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the country’s July 4 birthday party. (NYT.)
Energy Secretary Chis Wright said in an interview on Sunday that “this administration is in support of” every measure that could be taken to lower gas prices for Americans in response to a question about temporarily suspending the federal gas tax. (NYT.)
Justice Department lawyers told Judge Dabney Friedrich (D.D.C.) that they expected former President Joe Biden to seek to prevent the government from releasing roughly 70 hours of partially redacted audio recordings from his 2017 interviews with ghostwriter Marc Zwonitzer. The recordings, sought by the Heritage Foundation, were obtained during Special Counsel Robert Hur’s classified-documents investigation. (Joint Status Report.) (Politico.)
U.S. Southern Command announced that it conducted another boat strike against an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two individuals and leaving one survivor. SOUTHCOM said that it “immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor.” (X.) (NYT.)
Scott Anderson argued that “the War Powers Resolution may yet serve as a limited constraint on the executive branch’s use of military force, in manners that may complicate the Trump administration’s attempts to close out the [Iran] war on terms of its own choosing.” (Lawfare.)
Adam Keith and Amanda Strayer argued that Congress should more closely scrutinize who the Trump administration is removing from the sanctions list and why. (Just Security.)
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.
Mullin v. Doe: The government filed an application on February 26 requesting the Supreme Court stay pending appeal of a preliminary injunction issued by a district court preliminarily enjoining then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from terminating temporary protected status designation for Syria. The government asked the Court to construe the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and grant the petition. On March 16, the Court consolidated the case with a challenge to the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of Temporary Protected Status designations for Haiti and granted certiorari before judgment of the consolidated cases while deferring action on the government’s request for a stay.
Trump v. Miot: The government filed an application on March 11 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a lower court order postponing then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s decision to terminate temporary protected status designation for Haiti. The government also asked the Court to treat the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and grant the petition. On March 16, the Court consolidated the case with Mullin v. Doe.