A judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday invalidated an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, finding that the Biden administration failed to properly account for the auction’s environmental impact.  In 2017, Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program issued a five-year plan which proposed [...]

The European Union (EU) Thursday filed a case in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the People’s Republic of China following trade restrictions that China has been imposing on Lithuania. This move comes in response to trade restrictions that China has imposed on Lithuania since December 2021. The trade restrictions imposed include blocking all Lithuanian [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a stay of execution for Alabama death row inmate Matthew Reeves, reversing the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday decision to uphold the stay amidst concerns that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) did not accommodate Reeves’ intellectual disability when he was asked to choose the method of [...]

In a letter to President Joe Biden Thursday, Justice Stephen Breyer formally informed of his decision to retire from the Supreme Court and noted that it would be effective at the end of the current term—late June or early July—assuming that his successor has been nominated and confirmed by that time. Biden later gave a [...]

A World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitrator Wednesday ruled in favor of China in a retaliatory tariff dispute, granting China the right to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports totaling up to $645 million a year. The decision brings to an end a decade-long dispute between the US and China. China’s WTO complaint originated with tariffs [...]

Two men were arrested Wednesday in Manchester, England as a part of the US investigation into a hostage situation at a Texas synagogue earlier this month. The hostage situation took place on January 15 at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, a town near Fort Worth, Texas. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, of Lancashire, England [...]

The European Commission Wednesday adopted a proposal, titled the “European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade,” to act as a framework to guide European policymakers, companies, and the EU in dealing with digital transformation. The declaration follows the commission’s Digital Compass, which contains specific targets for the digital transformation set to [...]

Mississippi’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state by an overwhelming 103-13 vote. Earlier this year, the state Senate passed the bill with a 46-4 vote. The voting margins in both chambers are considered “veto-proof,” enough to override a governor’s veto should Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves refuse [...]

In a recent lawsuit filed Tuesday, conservation groups sued the US Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS), the Forest Service, and the Army Corps of Engineers, claiming that their approval of the PolyMet open-pit copper mine and land exchange violates the Endangered Species Act. The suit challenges four separate issues all stemming from the FWS 2016 Biological [...]

A judge for the US District for the District South Dakota Wednesday blocked an executive order that would have restricted medication abortions. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem issued the order in September, which would have prevented people from accessing abortion pills through telemedicine appointments by requiring the pills to be taken at an abortion provider [...]