The Supreme Court of Nepal Thursday issued an interim order directing the country’s Election Commission not to take action against the “No, not again” social media campaign. The social media campaign, which calls for boycotting long-time politicians in the upcoming November 20 election, started in July and has gained momentum in recent days. The campaign [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a court filing Monday that the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence revealed a “limited set” of documents that may be protected by attorney-client privilege. The filing comes after a Saturday order from Judge Aileen Cannon for the DOJ to respond to Trump’s motion [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday released a redacted version of the affidavit seeking a search warrant for former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The DOJ also released a memo outlining the reasons for the proposed redactions. The release of the documents follows a Thursday order by Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart. Reinhart found: that [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday that Arkansas may not prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth in the state. In April 2021, the Arkansas legislature overrode the governor’s veto to pass Act 626, making Arkansas the first state in the nation to ban minors from receiving gender-confirming [...]

After a federal judge unsealed documents related to the FBI’s search of former US president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, fears have grown over increased threats of violence. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart unsealed the search warrant and attachments Friday, following a motion Thursday from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Since unsealing the documents, Reinhart [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that there is no constitutional right to abortion, overturning the landmark decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The decision comes in a case involving a Mississippi law banning all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Mississippi’s Gestational Age [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP that two Republican state legislators may step in to defend the state’s voter identification law, even though the state’s Democratic attorney general is already doing so. The North Carolina State Conference for the NAACP sued the state over [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Carson v. Makin that Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from public tuition assistance funds is unconstitutional. Maine contracts with private schools to ensure students who live in districts that do not operate their own secondary schools still receive a free education that is adjacent to a public [...]

The US Department of Justice Wednesday charged Payton Gendron with hate crimes resulting in death and hate crimes involving bodily injury and attempt to kill for targeting Black people in a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. He was also charged with use of a firearm to commit murder during and [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a case in which Republican-led states were attempting to defend a Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration declined to do so. In a brief order, the court dismissed Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco as “improvidently granted.” Under 8 [...]