The Treaty 8 First Nations of the Canadian province of Alberta wrote a formal letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Thursday demanding that the province “immediately cease any attempt to proceed with a separation referendum or related process without full consultation, accommodation, and the free, prior, and informed consent of the Treaty 8 First [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday appealed a lower federal court order denying it access to Arizona’s statewide voter registration list (SVRL). The list contains sensitive information on voters such as full name, date of birth, residential address, and driver’s license number or the last four digits of voters’ social security numbers. This [...]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Wednesday reclassifying approximately 8,000 senior policy-influencing federal roles into the “Schedule Policy/Career” category, which effectively enables the “at will” removal of federal workers in these roles. According to the Trump administration, the existing personnel rules presented significant hurdles to removing federal employees for “any” reason. Stressing [...]

The Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada, an independent civilian watchdog, released its 2025 annual report on Tuesday, calling for legislation authorizing additional powers to the body and removal of barriers that continue to impede its ability to effectively oversee the Canadian military police. The Commission has alleged continued lack of accountability on the part [...]

The nationalist Bloc Québécois party (the Bloc) introduced a bill Tuesday in the Canadian parliament to repeal the Clarity Act, in an effort to make it easier for Quebec to secede from Canada. The bill is short and succinct, and contains only one section, calling for the repeal of the Clarity Act, with a preamble [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban government for adopting a new decree that legitimizes child marriage and treats a minor female child’s silence as consent to marriage. The Committee, which is composed of 18 independent child rights experts, expressed further concern that the so-called Decree No. 18 [...]

A former supervisor of the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Thursday for covering up an assault by correctional officers three years ago that led to the death of a 35-year-old inmate, Quantez Burks. A federal jury convicted former lieutenant Chad Lester in January of three [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia granted a motion for preliminary injunction sought by the American Bar Association (ABA) on Wednesday, temporarily blocking the Trump administration from canceling a series of grants to the ABA that fund legal services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. At the outset, Judge Christopher Cooper [...]

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Monday announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for individuals from Afghanistan. Noem stated that the “conditions in Afghanistan” no longer warrant continuing the program, finding that it is “contrary to the national interest.” Before a TPS designation for a country expires, the secretary is required to [...]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday dropped the prosecution of seven individuals charged with trespassing and resisting and/or obstructing a police officer for their conduct related to the police clearing of an encampment at the University of Michigan in May 2024. The seven defendants were Oliver Kozler, Samantha Lewis, Henry MacKeen-Shapiro, Michael Mueller, Asad [...]