US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday initiating the process to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as “foreign terrorist organizations.” In justifying the order, Trump stated that “the military wing of the Lebanese chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood joined Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian factions to launch multiple [...]

US Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed an order Thursday that authorized a new oil and gas leasing program that incorporates areas of California and Alaska. The Trump administration’s oil and gas leasing program, authorized by Burgum, replaces a Biden-era oil and gas leasing program. The former program “withdrew historically large areas of [...]

A New York federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by the administration of President Donald Trump to strike down a law prohibiting immigration enforcement from making arrests at or surrounding state courthouses. “My office will continue fighting to defend the dignity and rights of immigrant communities throughout New York,” stated New York Attorney General [...]

US President Donald Trump asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with former US President Bill Clinton in a Truth Social post on Friday. Trump’s Truth Social post stated: Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a lawsuit on Thursday over the redrawing of California’s congressional districts, requesting that the state be enjoined from using it in the 2026 election. DOJ stated in the complaint: Although the Supreme Court has allowed race-conscious redistricting to rectify prior violations of the Voting Rights Act, the Department [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a policy to move forward that prevents nonbinary and transgender people from having gender markers on their passports that align with their chosen identity. In the 6-3 decision, the court held that “isplaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country [...]

The UN adopted the Doha Political Declaration at the second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar on Tuesday, calling on countries to “integrate quality education as a core component of poverty reduction strategies.” The declaration encourages nations to implement poverty reduction policies that are sensitive to the needs of children and calls for the [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday called for an investigation into a US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, in April. The airstrike was part of “Operation Rough Rider”—a 45-day campaign in which the US struck Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, in response tp Houthi missiles attacks on ships in the Red Sea. [...]

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced that it would resume giving abortion care at its facilities Monday after service was paused due to Medicaid budget cuts resulting from US President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. On September 29, the Department of Health and Human Services stated that “family planning organizations could continue billing Medicaid by [...]

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency on Thursday to counteract the expiration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on November 1 due to the government shutdown. Over 850,000 people in the state of Virginia utilize SNAP benefits. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted to the social media platform X on October 16, [...]