Judge Rolf Thorsen on Friday put on hold the ban on unvaccinated people under age 18 in public places in Rockland County, New York. The ban, announced on March 27 by Rockland County Executive Ed Day, was an effort to address an outbreak in Rockland County, where 167 confirmed cases had been reported. (New York [...]

US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will resign from her position. In a tweet sent out over the weekend, the president announced that Nielsen will resign from her role and will be temporarily replaced by US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan. Nielsen has led the department [...]

The UK government on Monday proposed a plan for a “world-leading” package of online safety measures that will make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online, especially children and other vulnerable groups. The proposed regulations, outlined in the Online Harms White Paper, suggest establishing in law a new duty of care towards users, which [...]

The US State Department has revoked the entry visa of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda after cautioning that it would revoke visas of any individuals investigating allegations of war crimes committed in Afghanistan by the US military. In March Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US would deny visas to ICC personnel investigating any [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled on Friday that including a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census would violate administrative law.    The plaintiffs, who are individuals and organizations, said that the Department of Commerce and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedure Act and conspired “to violate their civil [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 on Friday that federal district courts lack the authority to release materials from grand juries except where authorized by specific federal rules. The background of this case involved a decades-old grand jury investigation regarding the disappearance of Jesús de Galíndez Suárez, a professor [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that a Kentucky law requiring a doctor to perform an ultrasound prior to performing an abortion does not violate their First Amendment rights. Kentucky’s Ultrasound Informed Consent Act requires doctors to perform an ultrasound for pregnant women wishing to have an abortion and play [...]

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Elon Musk to resolve their dispute over the Tesla CEO’s use of twitter within two weeks. Judge Alison Nathan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the order at the conclusion of a hearing on [...]

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that the House will file a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s declared national emergency at the nation’s southwestern border with Mexico. The suit is the latest in a series of efforts to stop Trump from securing funds that Congress refused to give him for his proposed wall [...]

After reaching a $270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma last week, Oklahoma’s Attorney General Mike Hunter dropped multiple claims on Thursday from a lawsuit against other drug manufacturers. In a press release, the Office of the Attorney General noted that the dismissal of the claims allows more focus to be drawn to the central issue: [...]