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'Under the current circumstances, there's no reason anyone in Nevada should have any confidence that our elections are safe and secure.'Appeals court blocks DOGE records-grab ordered by lower court
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a lower court's order seeking records from the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency regarding its plans to significantly reduce the size of the federal government.
Earlier this month, United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan directed the DOGE to turn over the documents in response to a lawsuit filed by 14 Democratic-led states, headed by New Mexico. Additional plaintiffs included Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
'That should be the end of this ill-conceived challenge.'
The states' lawsuit claimed that the DOGE and Elon Musk violated the U.S. Constitution's Appointments Clause and separation of powers, arguing that Musk was not confirmed by the Senate. The states aimed to block the DOGE from accessing several government systems and terminating federal employees.
The complaint requested records from the department as part of the discovery process.
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim," Chutkan wrote in her decision. "The court is not convinced, but that is a legal issue appropriate for resolution after fulsome briefing. At this stage, it is sufficient that Plaintiffs' discovery requests intend to reveal the scope of DOGE's and Musk's authority."
She noted that the plaintiffs' requested materials "seek to identify DOGE personnel and the parameters of DOGE's and Musk's authority—a question central to Plaintiffs' claims."
Chutkan ordered the DOGE to produce recordings concerning "agencies, employees, legal agreements, or data management systems" pertaining to the states. The judge gave Musk and the DOGE until April 2 to comply.
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit temporarily blocked Chutkan's order, suggesting she first rule on the Trump administration's motion to dismiss before moving to discovery.
Chutkan canceled a Thursday status hearing following the appeals court's ruling.
The administration's motion to dismiss argued, "By the Complaint's own terms, the States agree that Elon Musk 'does not occupy an office of the United States'; they allege only that he wields 'de facto power.'"
"That should be the end of this ill-conceived challenge," it read. "The States' contrary view rests on conflating influence and authority."
The White House has insisted that Musk is not the head of the DOGE but a senior adviser to President Donald Trump.
Despite facing an onslaught of litigation, the DOGE has not slowed its cost-cutting efforts. On Wednesday, the DOGE applauded the Department of Labor for terminating $557 million in "America Last" grants, totaling $237 million in savings.
According to the department, the wasteful awards included $10 million for "gender equity in the Mexican workplace," over $12 million for "worker empowerment in South America," $5 million for "elevating women's participation in the workplace" in West Africa, more than $4 million for "assisting foreign migrant workers" in Malaysia, $3 million for "enhanc[ing] social security access and worker protections for internal migrant workers" in Bangladesh, another $3 million for "safe and inclusive work environments" in Lesotho, and $6.25 million for "improving respect for Worker's rights in agricultural supply chains" in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
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Nevada Investigating More Than 300 Potential Voter Fraud Cases
Nevada is investigating 303 voters who possibly attempted to “double vote” during Nevada’s 2024 general election, according to a new report from the state’s secretary of state office. According to the Nevada secretary of state’s fourth quarterly report on election violation investigations and complaints, 303 persons attempted to “double vote,” which is a felony in […]Woman curses out, punches 8-year-old in face because kid was 'looking' at her on bus; child's mother fights attacker: Cops
A woman cursed out and punched an 8-year-old in the face because the kid was "looking" at her on a bus, after which the child's mother fought the attacker, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.
Police said the physical attack took place Feb. 15 after the suspect boarded a bus at Lake Mead Boulevard and H Street and sat near the child, KLAS-TV reported.
'She wouldn't have made it off the bus had it been me and mine.'
Police released a video Thursday of the woman as she entered and left the municipal bus. Police on Friday afternoon told Blaze News the suspect has not been apprehended:
Police told KLAS the suspect began using profanity toward the child who was looking at her and then punched the child in the face. The station said the child's mother got into a physical fight with the suspect.
KLAS said the unidentified suspect got off the bus at Lake Mead and Lamb Boulevards and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants, tan boots with white fur, and large hoop earrings.
The station said police are asking those who know the woman or have information about the incident to contact detectives at 702-828-4173 or send an email to j13525r@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, police told KLAS responders can contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
Las Vegas Metro police have requested the community's help in identifying a woman accused of punching a minor, KVVU-TV reported.
How are people reacting?
More than a few commenters offered their thoughts on the city police department's Facebook page in regard to the incident:
- "She wouldn't have made it off the bus had it been me and mine," one commenter wrote.
- "Someone knows that dirtbag POS," another user noted. "Hope that kid is OK. Lock em’ up!"
- "How horrific!! That poor child I'm sure is traumatized and will need counseling," another commenter said. "But I'm surprised that others didn't help the mother and hold this person down until the police came!! SMH."
- "She would have needed a stretcher if that was my child," another user predicted. "Matter of fact, she would not have been walking off that bus."
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20 Democrat AGs sue Trump's Education Department over 'massive' staff cuts
A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Trump administration over its move to lay off nearly 50% of the Department of Education's workforce.
Earlier this week, the Education Department terminated over 1,300 employees. Education Secretary Linda McMahon called the action the "first step" in President Donald Trump's "mandate" to shut down the department.
'Elected with a mandate from the American public to return education authority to the states.'
"What we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat," McMahon stated.
In February, the Education Department fired 63 probationary workers. Another 600 staffers voluntarily quit as part of the Trump administration buyout offer.
Earlier this week, a DOE spokesperson stated that the layoffs were meant to cut the department's workforce "roughly in half," adding that 131 teams would be eliminated.
"We are focusing on eliminating full teams whose operations are either redundant or not necessary for the functioning of the department," the spokesperson said.
"We're going to have these folks roll over their responsibilities by Friday, March 21. They will then go on paid administrative leave until the reduction in force is complete," the DOE official continued. "They will be teleworking from tomorrow until March 21. Then all of that is being done for safety reasons to protect the 2,183 employees that are going to remain after the [reduction in force] is complete."
The states suing the administration, the department, and McMahon included New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The Democratic attorneys general wrote in their lawsuit that the layoffs were "an effective dismantling of the Department." They argued that the Trump administration lacks the authority to eradicate the Education Department.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell stated, "Neither President Trump nor his secretary have the power to demolish a congressionally created department."
New York Attorney General Letitia James said, "This outrageous effort to leave students behind and deprive them of a quality education is reckless and illegal."
The complaint contended that the department is "essential."
"The dismantling of the Department will also result in the termination of afterschool programs," the lawsuit read. "Regardless of what alternative resources are put in the place of the Department of Education, the process of the Department's dismantling will create and has created chaos, disruption, uncertainty, delays and confusion for Plaintiff States and their residents."
Madi Biedermann, an Education Department spokesperson, declared that Trump was "elected with a mandate from the American public to return education authority to the states."
She noted that the layoffs were "strategic, internal-facing" and "will not directly impact students and families."
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Nevada's GOP governor gets serious on immigration while Democrat AG advocates weak-kneed approach
The Republican governor of Nevada made clear this week that his state will comply with all federal immigration laws after the Democrat attorney general recommended limiting enforcement in certain circumstances.
The political spat began after Attorney General Aaron Ford — a far-left Democrat who regularly opposes the Trump administration, lectures about "racial injustice," and recently participated in a forum to help immigrants navigate their interactions with ICE — offered "model immigration policies" as required by state law.
The policies suggest that cops concentrate on local crimes rather than "engaging in unpaid and non-criminal federal immigration enforcement." "The federal government is not entitled to free labor from our state public servants, who work diligently for Nevadans," the AG's announcement stated.
The announcement added that the AG consulted with various "stakeholders" to help construct these immigration recommendations. Among those stakeholders are the Keep Nevada Working Task Force — a board under the purview of the secretary of state that apparently focuses on employment for immigrants, not citizens — as well as members of the Nevada Immigrant Coalition.
Though the website for the Nevada Immigrant Coalition offers little content, it does include pictures demanding "citizenship now" and promoting the rights of illegal alien minors.
Ford further claimed in a statement that his recommendations reflect the will of the state legislature — currently in full control of the Democrats — about limiting immigration enforcement in places like schools, hospitals, and courthouses.
The Nevada Legislature intended these policies to limit "to the fullest extent possible and consistent with any applicable law, immigration enforcement at public schools, institutions of higher education, health care facilities and courthouses to ensure that such places remain safe and accessible to residents of this State regardless of the immigration status or citizenship of such persons."
By engaging in a multi-year process with stakeholders, we are confident that these goals have been met. I am very proud of this collective effort.
However, the announcement also noted that "the policies are recommendations ... not requirements" and that they "do not give sanctuary to criminals."
'As long as I am Governor, Nevada will continue to follow federal law.'
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo — the former sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department — immediately released a response, slamming Ford's model immigration recommendations as promoting "sanctuary"-like policies.
"Let me be clear: The Attorney General does not have the authority to make Nevada a sanctuary state or jurisdiction," Lombardo said in a statement. "As long as I am Governor, Nevada will continue to follow federal law."
Lombardo further stated that "all affected state agencies" would continue to follow state and federal immigration law and that "the Model Immigration Policies are non-binding and non-mandatory guidelines."
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Ford then responded in kind. "The governor’s outrage would make more sense if these model policies were a surprise — but they aren’t," Ford said Wednesday. "The Legislature directed this work, and my office followed through. If the governor didn’t know that, the question isn’t about my office — it’s about his."
Ford has already teased a gubernatorial run in 2026, when Lombardo is up for re-election. Thus their public bickering may be little more than typical political grandstanding.
Between the mining in the rural north, the libertarian mindset that allowed Las Vegas to flourish, and the unions that represent much of the gaming and hospitality industries, Nevada truly is a purple state, oscillating between Republican and Democrat leadership for decades. However, prior to 2024, the state had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since President George W. Bush's re-election 20 years earlier.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has warned states to comply with federal immigration law or risk losing federal funding. Bondi has since sued New York for allegedly failing to enforce immigration laws.
"New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens," Bondi said at a press conference earlier this month. "It stops. It stops today."
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