The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass legislation requiring the Department of Justice to publicly release all unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein, with the bill passing 427 to one. The vote comes amid surging public pressure following the House Democrats’ release last week of thousands of documents from Epstein’s estate, including [...]

President Donald Trump praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “incredible in terms of human rights” during an Oval Office meeting Tuesday, preemptively deflecting questions about the kingdom’s extensive record of abuses as the crown prince pledged $1 trillion in US investments. The comments came despite weeks of pressure from human rights advocates urging [...]

A federal judge on Monday ordered prosecutors to disclose grand jury materials to former FBI director James Comey’s defense team, citing “profound investigative missteps” that may have tainted his indictment. US Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick ruled that Comey’s attorneys presented sufficient evidence of potential government misconduct to warrant the extraordinary disclosure. Comey was indicted [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Wednesday over deteriorating legal protections for Uyghur migrants living in Türkiye. The report revealed that Türkiye has subjected Uyghurs to inhumane conditions and the risk of deportation to China. The report stated that Turkish authorities’ immigration crackdown involves assigning “restriction codes” to Uyghurs, denoting them as threats to [...]

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping spending measure Wednesday, ending the longest government shutdown in US history and funding federal operations through January 2026. The House passed the bill 222-209, with six Democrats joining Republicans to secure passage despite the GOP’s narrow majority. Two Republicans voted against the measure. Republicans blamed Senate Democrats for the [...]

Update: Following the developments reported below, the House Oversight Committee released an additional 20,000 documents related to the case.  Democrats of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released emails in which the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appeared to discuss President Donald Trump’s knowledge of his criminal activities, escalating congressional scrutiny of the administration’s [...]

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday granted the federal government a temporary reprieve from a lower court order mandating full funding of food assistance benefits for November. Last month, the USDA announced it would suspend all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November due to the government shutdown, which had endured for 37 [...]

Voters in six states Tuesday approved sweeping constitutional amendments that restrict voting access, limit judicial discretion on bail, and constrain future legislative authority, raising concerns about the erosion of democratic flexibility and due process protections. The most significant rule-of-law implications emerged in election administration and criminal justice. Texas voters approved a citizenship voting requirement with [...]

The US Department of Agriculture will provide half of normal food assistance in November rather than suspend the program entirely, according to a court filing Monday responding to federal judges’ orders during the ongoing government shutdown. The agency will distribute $4.65 billion in contingency funds, which will cover half of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [...]

A US federal judge ruled Friday that the US Department of Agriculture must use previously appropriated contingency funds to continue food stamp benefits, blocking the agency’s plan to suspend payments to 41 million people starting November 1. Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts found that USDA’s interpretation of [...]