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A federal judge used President Donald Trump's own boastful words against him to halt an executive order that took aim at a major Washington, D.C., law firm, reported MSNBC.

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell issued a permanent injunction to blockTrump from retaliating against Perkins Coie due to the president's political grievances. Trump's order had limited Perkins Coie lawyers' "access to government buildings, revoked their security clearances and ordered federal agencies to terminate contracts with the firm."

But Judge Howell found that the Trump administration had "singled out Perkins Coie based on the content of its speech and actions," which infringed up on the firm and its attorneys' First Amendment rights. ...

WASHINGTON — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has raised historically massive sums of money since President Joe Biden announced on Sunday he’d not stand for reelection.

But political money hasn’t always been easy for Harris.

Federal records indicate that Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, which she abandoned in late 2019 before a Democratic primary or caucus vote had been cast, experienced a most messy financial ending — one that didn’t officially arrive until less than a year ago....

Robert Bauer, general counsel for Barack Obama's re-election campaign, said Monday that the anti-election reform movement had picked up speed since the enactment of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law in 2002.