The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takeover of the US Institute of Peace (USIP), after DOGE forcibly entered the USIP offices earlier in the week. Judge Beryl Howell stated that USIP failed [...]

US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff entered the offices of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday with the help of DC police after the former acting president, George Moose, refused to vacate the premises, according to US media. National Defense University president Peter Garvin, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of [...]

US District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that temporarily blocked a Louisiana inmate’s execution by nitrogen gas, ruling that the largely untested method could cause the convict’s “pain and terror” in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The Louisiana State Penitentiary scheduled Jessie Hoffman’s execution by nitrogen gas for March 18, [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday revived a case on the fate of “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain,” a painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro now worth millions. The court ordered that the case be reconsidered under a recently-passed California law intended to make it easier for Holocaust survivors and their families [...]

US District Judge Trever McFadden on Monday denied a motion by the Associated Press (AP) for a temporary restraining order, finding that AP has not demonstrated irreparable harm that warrants the order. In an emergency hearing, AP requested that the government immediately cease its retaliatory actions against the outlet. AP is still permitted on White [...]

President Trump said in a news conference Tuesday that he plans to continue restricting the Associated Press’s (AP) access to presidential events until the news outlet updates its style guide to reflect recent changes by the Trump administration. Trump called phrases the outlet continues to use “obsolete”. Specifically, the president criticized AP’s continued use of [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the world’s governments to lift sanctions against Syria. The group maintained that the sanctions, imposed by the US, the EU and the UK on the former Assad regime, hinder reconstruction efforts, the restoration of critical services, and protection of human rights. Hiba Zayadin, senior Syria researcher at HRW, [...]

The US foreign aid freeze imposed by President Donald Trump will threaten human rights in Myanmar, Amnesty International warned on Thursday. The group warned that the freeze may result in the loss of countless lives and devastating consequences. Following the foreign aid freeze and the stop-work order, Amnesty International observed that hospitals and refugee camps [...]

A US federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Monday, enjoining them from taking any steps to enforce administrative cuts announced Friday. The order was in response to a complaint filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on behalf of 22 states against the NIH and several individuals [...]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at keeping transgender women out of women’s sports by rescinding all funds from educational programs that allow transgender women to compete in women’s categories or to use women’s changing rooms. Trump stated that the goal of this executive order is to “protect opportunities for women and [...]