The United States Capitol Police (USCP), FBI, and San Francisco Police are jointly investigating a Friday break-in at the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. Early Friday an intruder broke into US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco. The intruder attacked Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Arkansas Thursday filed a petition with the US Supreme Court challenging an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to sign a pledges stating they will not boycott Israel. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Arkansas Times arguing that the law violates their First Amendment [...]

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Friday Sergeant Juan Maldonado, one of the state troopers who responded to a shooting at Robb Elementary School in May. The department did not release a statement, but a spokesperson informed ABC News that papers of termination were served to Maldonado on Friday. In July, Uvalde Police Department [...]

Commonwealth observers in Lesotho Sunday released a statement commending the people of Lesotho for the “calm and peaceful atmosphere” during the nation’s 2022 general elections. The Commonwealth sent a six person team to monitor the polls in Lesotho at the request of Lesotho’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group and former [...]

Uvalde, Texas, school district Friday suspended its police department, nearly five months after the mass shooting of an elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s (UCISD) decision to suspend the police department was made in response to the current investigation into the mass shooting. Texas Police Chiefs Association [...]

New York nonprofit The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Thursday reported that data from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) shows the successes of New York’s 2019 bail reform law. Under the 2019 law, judges must release those charged with misdemeanors or most nonviolent felonies on their own recognizance or under “non-monetary conditions.” However, for [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday charged 47 defendants for their alleged roles in a $250 million fraud scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future allegedly stole money from the Federal Child Nutrition Program intended to feed children during the pandemic. The defendants are charged with “conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and [...]

The Taliban Monday released American Mark Frerichs after more than two years in captivity. US President Joe Biden negotiated a prisoner swap and exchanged Bashir Noorzai, an associate of the Taliban, for Frerichs. In a statement, Biden explained “ringing the negotiations that led to Mark’s freedom to a successful resolution required difficult decisions, which I [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Tuesday reheard arguments in a case filed by gun rights activist Micheal Cargillo to challenge a Trump-era ban on bump stocks. Cargill filed a petition for a rehearing en banc in January, arguing that the challenged rule misclassifies a bump stock as machine guns.  After a 2017 [...]

The Biden administration Thursday finalized a rule to undo a rule implemented by the Trump administration that prevented noncitizens from accessing public benefits. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the rule will restore the “historical understanding of a ‘public charge’ that had been in place for decades, until the prior Administration began to consider [...]