FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that the agency will send a large number of investigators and resources to Minnesota to continue investigating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that is said to have involved theft of federal food aid from children during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Patel, the investigation has so far …exposed sham [...]

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday signed into law a bill that requires platforms to alert users of addictive features that can harm the mental health of younger users. Bill S4505, known as The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, specifically targets what it calls “predatory features,” including “algorithmic feeds, push notifications, [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. In an unsigned order, the court rejected the administration’s petition to overturn a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued in October by Judge April Perry of the Northern District of Illinois. Perry wrote that there is “no [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday appealed a ruling that dismissed indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey. The case focuses on the legality of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as Interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.  In November, Cameron Mcgowan Currie, senior judge for [...]

The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear a case challenging the federal illegality of marijuana. The case, Canna Provisions v. Bondi, was brought by four Massachusetts commercial cannabis growers. The businesses alleged that the Controlled Substances Act exceeds the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause and violates the right to [...]

US District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again, pending further hearings. The TRO came only a few hours after Judge Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody in Pennsylvania. In the TRO, Judge Xinis wrote, “Abrego Garcia [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a case with the potential to overturn a long-established limit on the president’s power to fire the leaders of independent agencies. The limit was established in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935). The present case, Trump v. Slaughter, centers on the legality of President Donald [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump has called upon the court to [...]

A former US immigration judge filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ), charging violations of her civil rights. Tania Nemer, who was released from her position as an immigration judge in February, contends that she was dismissed because of her sex, her ethnicity, and her political affiliation with the Democratic Party. In [...]

US District Judge Sara Ellis on Friday ordered federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to limit use force, prohibiting riot-control weapons against journalists or protestors except under specific and narrow conditions.  The preliminary injunction is the latest in an ongoing court battle that started with a class action suit alleging First Amendment violations, filed [...]