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The Trump administration on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to remove a federal judge’s order barring the US Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing new requirements on how states send ballots to voters. The rule in question, enacted by USPS last month under Executive Order 14399, requires state and local election officials to submit mail [...]

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Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, filed separate motions Wednesday in Manhattan federal court seeking dismissal of the charges against them. Maduro argued that he remains Venezuela’s head of state for immunity purposes, notwithstanding the United States’ refusal to recognize him as the country’s legitimate president. Flores contended that she is [...]

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US District Judge Deborah Boardman on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of President Trump’s dual executive orders (EOs) targeting birthright citizenship, largely on the grounds that the orders violate a prior Supreme Court ruling on the issue. President Trump issued the orders in early August, directed at ending “birth tourism,” about a [...]

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In a monumental win for Pakistan, a panel of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on Monday held that India must honor a nearly 70-year-old water treaty between the two nations. The court said that the treaty remains legally binding and that no party may unilaterally suspend or terminate it. The PCA ruled that India [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a historic preservation group that sought to indefinitely halt the construction of a ballroom at the White House. In a 5-4 vote, the court held that the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) lacked standing to challenge the ballroom, without ruling on its legality. Under [...]

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US District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a 14-day temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking key provisions of a new US Postal Service (USPS) rule implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. The court’s TRO prevents USPS from implementing portions of the rule while the parties litigate whether [...]

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Judge Myong J. Joun of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The order blocks HUD’s plan to halt Private Enforcement Initiatives (PEI) under the Fair Housing Act, removing the department’s access to funding. In [...]

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The US Justice Department on Thursday announced federal gun and drug charges brought against 81 alleged members of Puerto Rican gang “Los Baja Deo” following a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigation. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the DHS investigation led to the seizure of 21 firearms and uncovered “the distribution of at least [...]

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Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned Kuwait’s new counter-terrorism law that may have grave repercussions for the freedoms of assembly and expression. Enacted against the backdrop of US-Israel attacks, Decree No. 47 of 2026 on Combating Terrorism Crimes was issued on March 15, 2026. The new law relies on a vaguely broad definition of terrorism, extends the [...]

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US District Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday canceled her earlier ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order (EO) on or before this year’s midterm elections. This latest development in the tumultuous legal battle over the EO directly follows a request by the [...]

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