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 [...]

The Senate of Canada on Wednesday rejected, by a vote of 32-41, its human rights committee’s proposed amendment to include a “residential school denialism” offense in the contentious hate crime bill. The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights returned its report with amendments to the Senate on Tuesday. One main amendment added a residential school [...]

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 [...]

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has permanently abandoned the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” created as part of a May 18 settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, even as two federal [...]

A Kenyan court on Tuesday lengthened its suspension on building a US Ebola quarantine center near the Laikipia airbase following protests that left two people dead. After reviewing an emergency petition by the Katiba Institute, Justice Patricia Mande Nyaundi postponed the operation of the planned quarantine facility by another three weeks. The petition raised issues [...]

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) urged members of parliament (MPs) on Tuesday to amend the pending Bill C-14 on bail reform, to maintain the presumption of innocence. The Liberal Party introduced Bill C-14 in October to make bail rules stricter and toughen sentencing outcomes by targeting over 80 areas in Canada’s Criminal Code, especially [...]

The US Supreme Court issued an unsigned order Tuesday allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that is expected to benefit Republican candidates during the midterms, effectively eliminating a district currently represented by a Black Democrat. Over the dissent of the three liberal justices, the court released the order despite the fact that Alabama has [...]

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 Canadian Teachers’ Federation on Tuesday called on governments to engage in meaningful labor negotiations and refrain from invoking the “notwithstanding clause.” The statement urged all governments to respect teachers’ labor rights, including the right to association, collective bargaining and strike. The group called on the government to engage in good-faith negotiations with education workers [...]