US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Thursday that tech giant Google LLC had violated federal anti-trust law by engaging in anti-competitive acts to attain monopoly power and depriving competitors of the ability to compete. An accompanying order issued by the judge required both Google and the US Department of Justice to submit a joint proposed [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, or the guarantee of citizenship to nearly any individual who is born inside the US. President Trump issued his order in January of this year seeking to end birthright citizenship in the US. The [...]

A three-judge panel for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals temporarily stayed Thursday a lower court order blocking firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), part of President Donald Trump’s push to dismantle the federal workforce. The court cited representations by  CFPB director Russell Vought that the agency would “remain open and perform [...]

The Department of Defense Inspector General notified Secretary Peter Hegseth Thursday of an investigation concerning the use of the “unclassified” encrypted messaging app Signal in official discussions concerning military actions in Yemen. A memo issued by Inspector General Steven A. Stebbins said the investigation was being opened at the request of the chairman and a ranking [...]

US President Donald Trump issued Thursday an executive order targeting big law firm WilmerHale for their employment of individuals involved in the Mueller special counsel investigation, employment practices, and the nature of the firm’s pro-bono work. The order criticized the firm’s employment of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller and top aides to the Russian election [...]

Two former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against US President Donald Trump seeking to challenge their dismissal as commissioners from the FTC. Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Tuesday, making the two commissioners the latest officials dismissed from an administrative agency. Filed in the federal district court for [...]

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on Friday confirmed cuts to DHS oversight offices, including the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, in the newest round of government layoffs under the Trump administration. In text messages confirming the cuts to Bloomberg News, McLaughlin [...]

President Donald Trump rescinded Friday an executive order aimed at crippling law firm Paul Weiss’s ability to function, after the firm’s leaders agreed to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, submit to an audit of employment practices, and provide free legal services for Trump causes. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) [...]

UN human rights expert Margaret Satterthwaite condemned on Friday the purges of US Department of Justice officials, including individuals who worked on or assisted with criminal investigations of President Donald Trump, and individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Examples of actions that Satterthwaite denounced included reassignments, transfers, or dismissals of lawyers involved [...]

South Carolina is set to carry out the first execution by firing squad in 15 years. The US Supreme Court denial Friday of an emergency petition to stay clears the way for the state to carry out the death penalty. The execution was delayed for 13 years due to the availability of supplies to perform [...]