The High Court of Sindh on Monday rejected a petition to prevent the Federal Cabinet from approving the proposed 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. The High Court rejected the request based on a Supreme Court of Pakistan precedent that bars courts from intervening in legislation unless it is for already enacted legislation that [...]
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco announced that a man was arrested on Saturday for attempting to bring two unregistered guns through a security checkpoint at former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella, California. The man, named Vem Miller, was arrested for charges relating to the possession of the unregistered firearms. The Sheriff [...]
The US Supreme Court denied a request on Friday to place a hold on a lower court’s decision upholding two EPA rules while the decisions are under appeal. The denial means that the EPA rules must be followed until the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decides the cases. The first [...]
US federal prosecutors on Wednesday released a redacted motion arguing that former president Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution for crimes related to the 2020 election because they were committed outside of official presidential conduct. This case is a remand of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States on July [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday published their findings of abuse by the police department of Lexington, Mississippi. Lexington is a small rural town with a population of around 1,600. The town is located in one of the poorest counties in the country, with a median household income of approximately $39,000–roughly half the [...]
The US District Court for the District of Alaska indicted Alaska resident Panos Anastasiou on Wednesday over allegations of sending deadly threats to US Supreme Court justices and their relatives. The indictment alleged that Anastasiou sent threats to Supreme Court justices from January 4, 2024, to July 11, 2024, by internet messages through the court’s publicly [...]
The US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced Kentucky resident Luke Hoffman to twenty months imprisonment Friday for assaulting police officers during the January 6 Capitol Riot. Hoffman’s sentence comes around five months after he pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 111(a), a Class D felony carrying a maximum sentence of eight [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed a civil suit on Monday challenging New York City’s rifle permit law. The case concerned New York City resident Joseph Srour, who was denied permits to possess rifles and shotguns in his home by the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 2019, due to his [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld on Friday the conviction of former Capitol Police officer Michael Riley for obstructing the investigation into the January 6 Capitol riots. The court summarised the lower court’s fact-finding, stating that Riley had tipped off Jacob Hiles, one of the rioters, about potential charges against individuals [...]
The US seized the official aircraft of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday after the Dominican Republic seized and transferred it to the Southern District of Florida in accordance with export controls and sanctions law. The aircraft in question has been identified as a Dassault Falcon 900EX, valued at §13 million at the time of [...]
