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3. **Seven transgender and nonbinary Americans sued the Trump administration over a new passport policy that blocks gender marker changes and bans the “X” designation**. Trump’s executive order, issued on his first day back in office, defines sex strictly as male or female and halted pending gender marker updates. Plaintiffs say the policy prevents them from traveling and forces them to carry documents that misrepresent their identity. ([Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/trump-order-transgender-nonbinary-passport-lawsuit-3f2060b709019591b545abda26428712) / [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-issue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgender))

4. **A federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to suspend new refugee admissions but ordered it to continue processing refugees who were already conditionally appr**oved. The 9th Circuit narrowed a lower court’s ruling that had blocked Trump’s suspension of the refugee program entirely. The panel cited a 2018 Supreme Court decision that upheld Trump’s authority to limit entry into the U.S. ([Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/refugee-program-trump-administration-appeals-court-a6188722de3e3e1d2f344862b853d0c7))
4. **A federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to suspend new refugee admissions but ordered it to continue processing refugees who were already conditionally approved**. The 9th Circuit narrowed a lower court’s ruling that had blocked Trump’s suspension of the refugee program entirely. The panel cited a 2018 Supreme Court decision that upheld Trump’s authority to limit entry into the U.S. ([Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/refugee-program-trump-administration-appeals-court-a6188722de3e3e1d2f344862b853d0c7))

5. **The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it freeze over $600 million in teacher-training grants**, arguing the money supports diversity, equity, and inclusion programs it now opposes. A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked the cuts after eight Democratic-led states sued, saying the terminations were arbitrary and would harm schools already struggling with teacher shortages. Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris told the Court the judge’s order “irreparably harms” the government and accused federal courts of acting as “self-appointed managers of executive branch funding.” ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/teacher-grants-supreme-court-trump-appeal) / [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/trump-administration-supreme-court-education-grants-payment-pause) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-teacher-grants.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-26/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-teacher-grants) / [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/trump-supreme-court-teacher-training-00251211))

6. **A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport a 21-year-old Columbia student and green card holder arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at Barnard College**. Judge Naomi Buchwald found no evidence Yunseo Chung posed a threat and ordered that she not be removed from the Southern District of New York. Chung, who immigrated from South Korea as a child and was valedictorian of her high school, sued the administration after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to locate and arrest her, citing a rarely used statute tied to foreign policy risks. The ruling follows the Trump administration detaining Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student and green card holder, who remains in ICE custody in Louisiana. The administration claims Khalil supported Hamas and failed to disclose affiliations with certain organizations on his green card application. His lawyers deny the allegations and argue his detention is retaliation for protected speech, saying Khalil "is being punished in the most autocratic way for his constitutionally protected speech.” A judge temporarily blocked Khalil’s deportation while his lawsuit proceeds. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html) / [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-deportation) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/26/trump-deportations-venezuela-boasberg-appeals-court/) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-ratcliffe-gabbard-election-ukraine-live-updates-rcna197446#rcrd75558) / [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/alien-enemies-act-trump-denied-court-00252157) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doj-says-mahmoud-khalil-didnt-disclose-involvement-palestinian-groups-rcna197745) / [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mahmoud-khalil-trump-administration-deportation/) / [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/mahmoud-khalil-green-card-application-doj-deport))

7. **Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team who goes by “Big Balls,” once provided network support to a cybercrime group known for harassment and data theft**. While still in high school, he ran a company that helped host a website that posted stolen data and stalked an FBI agent. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/) / [New Republic](https://newrepublic.com/post/193181/donald-trump-war-plans-group-chat-defense-journalist-release))
7. **Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team who goes by “Big Balls,” once provided network support to a cybercrime group known for harassment and data theft**. While still in high school, he ran a company that helped host a website that posted stolen data and stalked an FBI agent. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/) / [New Republic](https://newrepublic.com/post/193181/donald-trump-war-plans-group-chat-defense-journalist-release))