A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Monday from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 350,000 Haitians, allowing them to continue living and working in the United States while the case is litigated. Judge Ana C. Reyes of the Federal District Court in Washington denied the administration's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's termination of TPS, initially set for Feb. 3, according to the New York Times.
The ruling came as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced scrutiny on multiple fronts. Noem is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month, marking her second commitment to testify before Congress amid heightened scrutiny of the Trump administration's deportation agenda, Fox News reported. Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital that Noem's appearance on March 4 was part of routine oversight of Cabinet members.
Judge Reyes, in an 83-page ruling, stated that Secretary Noem did not have the authority to end the status and that her arguments for terminating TPS for Haitians were insufficient, according to the New York Times.
In other news related to legal proceedings, destransitioner influencer Chloe Cole discussed a recent landmark medical ruling on Fox News on Monday. The case involved a woman who de-transitioned and won a $2 million malpractice suit against her former surgeon and psychologist. Fox Varian sued her medical providers for pushing her to have a double mastectomy when she was 16 years old. The jury awarded her $1.6 million for past and future suffering and an additional $400,000 for future medical expenses. Cole described the ruling as a "good start, but not nearly enough," according to Fox News.
Meanwhile, in the sports world, the NFL announced it would investigate New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the New York Times reported. The connection between the two men was revealed in documents released by the Justice Department. "We are going to look at all the facts, we are going to look at the context of those, we are going to try to understand that," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at a news conference in San Jose, Calif., days before the Super Bowl, according to the New York Times. Goodell stopped short of announcing a formal investigation into Tisch's actions at this point.
In a separate development, former President Trump called for the Republican Party to "nationalize" elections in a new interview, an aggressive rhetorical step that was likely to raise new worries about his administration's efforts to involve itself in election matters, the New York Times reported. During a podcast released on Monday by Dan Bongino, Trump called for Republican officials to take over voting procedures in 15 states, though he did not name them. "The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over,'" he said. "We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting," according to the New York Times.
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