A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday that Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairperson, lied to the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. According to Judge Amy Jackson, prosecutors showed by preponderance of the evidence that Manafort intentionally made false statements about payments made to a law firm to [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday sued the state of New Hampshire on behalf of two New Hampshire college students claiming a controversial new voting requirement of the state imposes an unconstitutional “poll tax” on voters and constitutes disproportionate burdens on young voters. Under the previous law, the state legally defines a resident [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Wednesday that it has jurisdiction over a case regarding Iran’s attempt to recover assets that had been frozen by the US, allowing the suit to proceed. In preliminary objections, the US had contested the ICJ’s jurisdiction on three counts: (1) that Executive Order 13599, which called for the [...]
UN rights experts on Wednesday urged Russia to “act urgently to protect the rights of people who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay or bisexual in Chechnya, and investigate allegations of human rights abuses including two reported deaths.” The experts expressed concern over reported arrests of people “who are, or are perceived to [...]
The US Senate voted 92-8 Tuesday to approve legislation setting aside nearly two million acres of public land for conservation—a bipartisan package of more than 100 public lands, natural resources and water bills. The bill designates 1.3 million acres in western states with the most stringent classification of “wilderness,” prohibiting any development or motor vehicles. [...]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday proposed new rules to improve the interoperability of electronic health information. The rules, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), are designed to increase choice and competition while promoting [...]
Joaquín Guzmán Loera (El Chapo) was convicted on Tuesday of all 10 counts against him and faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. Guzmán Loera was extradited to the US from Mexico in January 2017, and his trial began last November in the Eastern District of New York before Judge Brian Cogan. The US Attorney’s offices [...]
Amnesty International reported Monday that the Myanmar Army has bombed villages and cut off access to food and humanitarian assistance while targeting rebels in the Rakhine State. “Security forces have also used vague and repressive laws to detain civilians in the area.” The crackdown began on January 4 when the Arakan Army rebels raided police [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Monday that the District Court for the Middle District of Georgia appropriately ordered the release of grand jury records related to the Moore’s Ford Lynching of 1946. The Moore’s Ford Lynching is considered to be the last mass lynching in American history. Two African [...]
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced Monday that it has terminated the construction authorization for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). The MFFF was intended to process plutonium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Construction on the facility started in 2007 at Savannah River in South Carolina. Construction [...]
