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One of the US’ top law firms is scrambling to blunt an attack from the Trump administration.
Brad Karp, the chairman of
#Paul #Weiss and one of the most powerful lawyers in New York,
has been in Washington this week meeting with officials in President Donald Trump’s orbit, people familiar with the matter said,
days after the White House issued an executive order revoking the security clearance of attorneys working at the firm.

#Karp, people familiar with the matter said, is discussing a particular path back into the administration’s good graces:
helping the White House respond to "alleged" instances of antisemitism that came out of the wave of campus protests last year.
Trump this week ordered Columbia University to oust some academic leaders or risk its federal funding, his boldest broadside yet against a set of elite universities he feels have fostered antisemitic and otherwise “woke” cultures.

Trump’s executive order last week attacked Paul Weiss for pro bono work against Jan. 6 defendants,
for employing a lawyer who later worked on the Manhattan district attorney’s investigations of Trump,
and for diversity practices the White House calls “discrimination.”

The order also bars Paul Weiss employees from federal buildings and federal jobs and orders federal agencies to terminate contracts with the firm.

semafor.com/article/03/19/2025

www.semafor.com · Powerhouse law firm makes overture to TrumpBy Ben Smith

Top IRS lawyer pushed aside as DOGE seeks tax records, staffing cuts

The acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service has been removed from his position
as billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service seeks access to sensitive taxpayer records,
according to five people familiar with the matter.
#William #Paul, a career official named to the position in January,
will be replaced by #Andrew #De #Mello,
who was nominated to be the Education Department’s inspector general during Trump’s first term, three of the people said.

The internal reshuffling comes as career staff clash with DOGE officials
over attempts to access taxpayer information widely viewed as some of the most closely guarded records in the federal government.

The Trump Department of Homeland Security has pushed IRS officials for the addresses of about 700,000 undocumented immigrants
— a request viewed by career staff as a violating the law.

DOGE has also pressed for tax-agency systems, property and datasets.

Separately, the Trump administration is also moving forward with cuts to tens of thousands of jobs at the tax agency.

washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · Top IRS lawyer pushed aside as DOGE seeks tax records, staffing cutsBy Jeff Stein

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Paul Roos (31), bekend van 'De Bachelor', is weer op de vrijgezellenmarkt. In oktober vorig jaar maakte hij bekend tot over zijn oren verliefd te zijn op Daisy, maar aan RTL Boulevard laat hij nu weten dat de relatie is gestrand. Dat bevestigt hij na geruchten over een...

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RTL Boulevard · Oud-Bachelor Paul geeft na geruchten duidelijkheid over relatiestatusPaul Roos (31), bekend van 'De Bachelor', is weer op de vrijgezellenmarkt. In oktober vorig jaar maakte hij bekend tot over zijn oren verliefd te zijn op Daisy, maar aan RTL Boulevard laat hij nu weten dat de relatie is gestrand. Dat bevestigt hij na geruchten over een vermeende relatiebreuk op het kanaal 'Juicechannel'.