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The First Circuit declined to stay a preliminary injunction requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate its collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees’ VA Council while litigation proceeds over the Trump administration’s termination of the agreement. The court stayed in part a separate enforcement order requiring broader compliance with the agreement and continued grievance processing. (Opinion.)
President Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization have agreed to dismiss their $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service with prejudice, according to a notice filed today in the Southern District of Florida. The filing did not mention details of any settlement. (Plaintiff’s Notice.) (WaPo.) For background, see previous Roundups.
President Trump disclosed stock transactions months after the legal reporting deadline, according to Office of Government Ethics filings. The filings reported aggregate transaction values of roughly $220 million to $750 million for the first quarter of 2026. (WaPo.) (NBC.)
The Senate parliamentarian on Saturday announced that the proposed $1 billion for President Trump’s White House ballroom project in a budget bill violated budget reconciliation rules and could not be included in the measure. (NYT.)
Three anti-ICE protesters are set to stand trial starting today on federal conspiracy charges stemming from a protest in Spokane, Wash. in June 2025. The acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington at the time, Richard Barker, chose to resign rather than pursue the charges following the demonstration. (NYT.)
Andrew McCarthy argued that the Department of Justice’s subpoenas targeting reporters over Iran-war leak reporting suggest that “the Trump DOJ is going to war with the press” and could test longstanding assumptions that the department serves as a responsible arbiter between national-security secrecy and press freedom. (National Review.)
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. The Court heard oral argument on April 29, 2026.
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. The Court heard oral argument on April 29, 2026.