A federal court ruled Tuesday that Texas’s new congressional map, which created five additional seats for Republicans, is illegal on the basis of racial gerrymandering. The US District Court for the Western District of Texas found that the Texas legislature’s intent in redrawing the congressional map was predominantly based on race. According to the court, [...]

Amnesty International issued a report on Tuesday detailing the human rights abuses that migrant workers face in Saudi Arabia while working on the Riyadh Metro Project, in violation of Saudi and international law. The report interviewed 38 individuals from foreign countries, including India and Nepal, who reported the abuse they face. Before leaving their country, [...]

The US Supreme Court extended its previous order Tuesday night that blocked a lower federal court’s order requiring the Trump administration to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through November. The extension will last through November 13. The one-page ruling stated only that the prior order granting an administrative stay would be extended through [...]

Experts for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Monday that countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) must advance human rights and negotiate in good faith to fulfill their legal duties under international law. The experts’ statement asserts that climate action is “essential to prevent and redress [...]

Chief Judge John McConnell for the US District Court of Rhode Island ruled Tuesday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) cannot require states to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in order to receive federal transportation funding. The case was brought by 20 Democratic state attorneys general in May, claiming that the DOT and other federal [...]

US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration Monday over its new rule that would exclude from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program employers that the Department of Education found to have a “substantial illegal purpose.” The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts by 22 states, alleged that the [...]

Twenty-six states sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the department’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the current government shutdown. The USDA sent a letter to the states on October 24, 2025, suspending the allotment of SNAP benefits [...]

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to overrule an injunction set by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia preventing the administration from firing Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Office. The administration filed its appeal to the Supreme Court alleging it [...]

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the US House of Representatives Tuesday for not administering the oath of office to representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election to the House on September 23. The complaint follows a letter from Mayes to House Speaker Mike Johnson demanding that Grijalva be sworn in. Mayes now asks [...]

The University of Arizona (UA) and Vanderbilt University became the latest institutions not to sign the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” UA specifically stated that it has not agreed to the compact. Vanderbilt provided an update saying it was looking forward to “continuing the conversation” but that it was only asked to [...]