A US federal judge ruled on Monday for the third time that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cannot bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities. Judge Jia Cobb of US District Court for the District of Columbia authored the opinion, which came in response to a policy announced in [...]

A US federal court ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy is unlawful because it fails to provide migrants a chance to object or raise safety concerns.  The case, before the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, came out of a class action lawsuit brought by eight migrants who were [...]

FedEx filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday to recover a full refund of tariffs FedEx payed to comply with the president’s several executive orders imposing high tariffs on imports in 2025. FedEx filed their suit in the US Court for International Trade. The company seeks “a full refund from Defendants of all [...]

UN experts on Wednesday urged member nations to place a higher emphasis on curbing the “over-criminalization” of women and girls across the globe ahead of 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). The announcement detailed reports on the dramatic increase in incarceration of women in recent decades. Women’s imprisonment has increased [...]

The trial for the father of the teenager accused of the 2024 shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School began Monday, as prosecutors argue the father is culpable for giving his son the gun despite having notice of his son’s previous threats. The father, Colin Gray, faces 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder, two [...]

The attorney of Marimar Martinez, shot by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents multiple times in Chicago in October, argued Wednesday that released evidence shows that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lied about information tied to investigations. Attorney Christopher Parente detailed instances in which he said DHS lied about circumstances of the shooting [...]

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, declined to answer questions from the US House Oversight Committee on Monday, following the release by the Justice Department (DOJ) of unredacted Epstein files to congressional leaders. Republican committee chair James Comer announced that Maxwell would be exercising her Fifth Amendment rights after she was subpoenaed to discuss her [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an injunction request from California Republicans who had asked the court to block the implementation of a new congressional district map before the 2026 midterm elections. A ballot initiative, Proposition 50, mandates redistricting of California to potentially flip five Republican-held seats to Democrats. Republicans challenged the new map [...]

A US federal judge delivered an order on Monday allowing the Sunrise Wind project to continue operations off the coast of New York state’s Long Island. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction requested by Denmark-owned company Orsted in response to President Donald Trump’s [...]

A US federal court on Wednesday issued an order blocking the Trump administration from arresting and detaining refugees living in Minnesota while a case challenging the initiative proceeds. The District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits President Donald Trump from using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to [...]