Enforcement of environmental laws under the Trump administration significantly declined, while a New York federal judge took the rare step of terminating a case due to a lawyer's misuse of AI. Additionally, an experimental surgery is helping cancer survivors give birth, and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee is investigating the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar. Finally, Donald Trump joked about suing his nominee to lead the Federal Reserve if interest rates aren't lowered.
According to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project, civil lawsuits filed by the US Department of Justice in cases referred by the Environmental Protection Agency plummeted in the first year of Donald Trump's second term. The report found that only 16 such cases were filed in the first 12 months after his inauguration on January 20, 2025. This represents a 76 percent decrease compared to the first year of the Biden administration. Trump's first administration filed 86 such cases.
In a separate legal matter, District Judge Katherine Polk Failla terminated a case due to attorney Steven Feldman's repeated misuse of AI when drafting filings. The judge cited fake citations and "florid prose" as reasons for the sanctions. Feldman continued to submit documents with fabricated citations even after being asked to correct his filings.
In medical news, an experimental surgical procedure is helping cancer survivors give birth. Surgeons are pioneering a method to temporarily move the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes out of the way during cancer treatment. Once the treatment is complete, these organs are put back into place. A team in Switzerland announced the birth of a baby boy, Lucien, whose mother had undergone the procedure.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump, during a private dinner, joked about suing his nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, if he failed to lower interest rates. "It was all comedy," Trump said. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated it would be up to the president to decide whether or not to sue Warsh. Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Bessent about Trump's remarks during a committee hearing.
Finally, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, requested records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar. Comer's request, which was sent to Timothy Mynett, a former Democratic political consultant, focused on a pair of companies that saw a substantial increase in value between 2023 and 2024. This move by Comer is considered unusual, as the committee typically focuses on government officials outside of Congress.
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