International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have brought charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity, alleging he orchestrated thousands of murders during the grisly anti-drug campaign that has come to define his presidential legacy. The charges must be approved by the Pre-Trial Chamber. In documents released Monday, prosecutors accuse Duterte of directing [...]

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to declare a national emergency to maintain federal control over Washington, DC’s police force, escalating a legal battle with the city over his administration’s unprecedented takeover of local law enforcement. On August 11, Trump asserted federal control over the DC Metropolitan Police Department by invoking Section 740 of the [...]

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld most of the sweeping gun restrictions enacted in New Jersey since a 2022 Supreme Court decision prompted the state to ban firearms in most public spaces. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that New Jersey can prohibit guns in parks, libraries, entertainment venues, [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to block a judge’s order that would force the government to spend $4 billion on foreign aid programs the president opposes. The emergency appeal escalates a constitutional dispute over whether presidents can effectively cancel congressional spending after signing it into law. The conflict centers on [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday stayed a federal judge’s order that had restricted immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area, allowing the government to resume controversial raids while the case proceeds through appeals. The case stems from federal immigration raids that began in Los Angeles in June. Officers targeted locations known to be [...]

Florida’s surgeon general announced Wednesday that the state plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates Speaking at a press conference, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo described vaccine mandates as “drip with disdain and slavery,” and said: The Florida Department of Health some rules that promulgated that include a handful—maybe a half a dozen vaccines that are [...]

A divided New York state appeals court on Thursday unanimously struck down a nearly half-billion-dollar financial penalty against US President Donald Trump as unconstitutionally excessive, while issuing a fractured ruling on the underlying fraud allegations that produced no clear majority. The five-justice panel of the Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department vacated the entire $464.6 million [...]

US immigration officers must now weigh applicants’ support for “anti-American ideologies and activities” when deciding whether to grant certain immigration benefits, under new policy guidance released Tuesday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The updated policy, effective immediately, instructs officers to assign “overwhelmingly negative” weight to cases where applicants have “endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise [...]

Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims about the 2020 election, the conservative cable network announced Monday. Dominion was one of several voting machine and election technology companies that helped facilitate voting in 2020, a year when in-person voting was limited by [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. On Monday, the Indian Parliament’s monsoon session was disrupted once again as opposition parties took to the streets of New Delhi in protest. The session had so far been marred by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar’s resignation, multiple adjournments, and a [...]