On May 18, President Donald Trump moved to voluntarily dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), just two days before US District Judge Kathleen Williams imposed a May 20 deadline requiring both sides to argue whether the lawsuit involved unconstitutional collusion or executive self-dealing. The dismissal came as the Department of [...]

Jamelah Zidan is a US correspondent for JURIST and a law student at Vermont Law and Graduate School. On May 12, NYU Langone Health, a major hospital network in the state of New York, disclosed that it had received a federal grand jury subpoena from prosecutors in Texas state. The subpoena demands the names of [...]

Victor Qiu is a JURIST correspondent and practicing lawyer based in Washington, DC, United States. Last week, I attended the first oral argument of the US Supreme Court’s April sitting, Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission, a case that could clarify the scope of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) disgorgement authority and its relationship [...]

Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1 and Day 2. The third day of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) featured a day-long, two-part session with parliamentarians [...]

Lela Reynolds is a second-year law student at Purdue Global Law School and a US-based paralegal in Los Angeles, California, covering US legal developments for JURIST. On April 2, President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi following a reported confrontation over the pace of politically sensitive prosecutions, raising immediate questions about the traditional firewall [...]

In a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 11, President Donald Trump declared that the United States has “won” the war with Iran, asserting that the nation’s military and nuclear capabilities have been “practically destroyed.” President Trump claimed that the US-Israeli military campaign—officially named Operation Epic Fury—was “practically over the first hour it [...]

Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1. Day two of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) on March 10 prominently included discussion about how, despite the world [...]

The 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) opened at the United Nations headquarters in New York in March 9, bringing together global leaders, diplomats, judges, advocates, and civil society organizations under the theme “Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls.” The day’s proceedings made clear that while progress on [...]

For years, the debate over school choice in Kentucky state has simmered beneath the surface. That tension came to a head again this month, as a familiar conflict between the governor’s office and the state legislature unfolded in real time, placing voters and federal incentives at the center of the dispute.  On March 13, Kentucky [...]

The legislative path forward for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) has hit a roadblock in the US Senate. On February 26, Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared that a talking filibuster—a rare, prolonged debate tactic where senators speak continuously to block a vote—was not possible, effectively halting the bill’s progress in the [...]