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Alison Durkee

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Senior reporter at Forbes covering US politics and legal issues

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Trump’s Wins And Losses In Court: Has Only Won 30% Of The Time Though a recent Supreme Court decision could quickly improve his success rate.

Trump’s Success Rate In The Courts So Far: 30%

My exhaustive look for @forbes.com on how Trump's court battles have played out so far www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

04.07.2025 14:42 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Project 2025 At Supreme Court: How Groups Influenced Court This Term The court rejected three cases from Project 2025-linked parties—but still largely favored interests aligned with the controversial agenda.

How Project 2025 Groups Influenced The Supreme Court This Year - my look for @forbes.com at how groups aligned with Project 2025 fared at the court this term (mostly pretty well)
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

02.07.2025 15:30 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump Organization Fires Attorney William Burck Over Harvard Lawsuit, At President’s Suggestion The Trump Organization hired attorney William Burck in January to help it avoid “even the appearance of ethics concerns.”

Also, Trump 2028 hat debuted on the same day Trump sacked his business's ethics attorney via a post on Truth Social.

@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com

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24.04.2025 18:15 — 👍 25    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0
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What Happens If Trump Officials Defy Court Orders? How They Could Be Punished—Even Though Trump’s Immune. The Trump administration has claimed it hasn’t violated a judge’s order against deportations, though Judge James Boasberg isn’t so sure.

"What Happens If Trump Officials Defy Court Orders? How They Could Be Punished—Even Though Trump’s Immune."

Helpful explainer from @alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com.

20.03.2025 17:44 — 👍 39    🔁 23    💬 8    📌 2
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DOGE Loses In Court: Elon Musk’s USAID Shutdown Is Likely Unconstitutional, Judge Rules Musk and DOGE took broad steps to dismantle the foreign aid agency.

And the justice system is weighing in against another DOGE decision reports @forbes.com @alisond64.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

18.03.2025 19:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Elon Musk Hit With First Formal Conflict Of Interest Complaint Over FAA-Starlink Deal Musk has long faced concerns about his Trump administration work posing a conflict of interest with his private companies.

Elon Musk faces his first formal conflict of interest complaint-over a deal between his Starlink service and the Federal Aviation Administration, reports @forbes.com @alisond64.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

13.03.2025 17:52 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Elon Musk And GOP Lawmakers Call For Impeaching Judges Who Rule Against Trump—Here’s Why That’s Unlikely At least two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote to remove a judge from office, which is unlikely to happen.

It's just one jaw-dropping headline after another. Now Musk wants to impeach judges who rule against Trump???? via @alisond64.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

26.02.2025 18:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Federal Agencies Tell Workers: Don’t Respond To Musk’s Email Directive—Here’s What We Know Multiple major agencies, including the FBI, State Department and Pentagon, have directed employees not to respond to Musk’s email.

What various arms of the federal government are advising in reponse to Musk's request for an email from federal workers, by @forbes.com @alisond64.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

24.02.2025 00:12 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How FBI Nominee Kash Patel Made Millions Off His Loyalty To Trump Patel is slated to join Trump’s administration after years of building a personal brand off the president.

"How FBI Nominee Kash Patel Made Millions Off His Loyalty To Trump"

@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com

13.02.2025 14:49 — 👍 36    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 0
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JD Vance Suggests Judges ‘Aren't Allowed’ To Control Trump After Courts Block His Policies A slew of court rulings in recent weeks have hampered the Trump administration’s moves on issues like birthright citizenship and shutting down USAID.

"JD Vance Suggests Judges ‘Aren't Allowed’ To Control Trump After Courts Block His Policies"

@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com

09.02.2025 19:52 — 👍 32    🔁 15    💬 6    📌 5
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Trump’s FBI Director Pick Kash Patel Will Have Confirmation Hearing This Week—Here’s Why He’s So Controversial Patel has long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

"Trump’s FBI Director Pick Kash Patel Will Have Confirmation Hearing This Week—Here’s Why He’s So Controversial"

@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com

27.01.2025 14:01 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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Trump Formally Convicted—But Faces No Punishment The sentencing took place Friday after the Supreme Court and three state courts declined to stop it.

Breaking: "Trump Formally Convicted—But Faces No Punishment"

@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com

10.01.2025 15:15 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 1
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On Forbes’ biggest day of the year - the release of ‘30 Under 30’ - we have walked off the job in a 24-hour work stoppage in protest of @forbes.com continued intransigence at the bargaining table and repeated labor law violations. (1/3)

03.12.2024 14:00 — 👍 737    🔁 241    💬 11    📌 32

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