Trump's law firm memo and wildfires burn in the Carolinas: Morning Rundown
Trump escalates assault on law firms. Wildfires burn in Carolinas. U.S., Russian renew Ukraine peace talks on tricky footing. Gen Z discovers millennial cringe.
Donald Trump escalates his assault on law firms. Wildfires have burned thousands of acres in the Carolinas. And Canada’s prime minister calls for snap elections amid a trade war with the U.S.
Here’s what to know today.
President Donald Trump escalated his assault on law firms with the release of a new memo that authorizes the attorney general and homeland security secretary to sanction firms that file lawsuits the two officials deem “frivolous,” legal experts and former Justice Department officials said.
The presidential memorandum, issued Saturday, is titled “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court,” also ordered AG Pam Bondi to recommend revoking attorneys’ security clearances or terminating law firms’ federal contracts if she deems their lawsuits against the administration “unreasonable” or “vexatious.”
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