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The Justice Department told a federal appeals court Tuesday that it will continue defending President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting several prominent law firms — a sharp reversal less than 24 hours after informing the same court it planned to abandon the appeal. In a brief filing to the U.S. …

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration executive order that sought to penalize WilmerHale, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, delivering the third judicial rebuke this month to former President Donald Trump’s campaign against legal institutions. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon permanently blocked the executive …