The US Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority, upheld the temporary restraining order against Trump’s administration on Wednesday. The government must reinstate the frozen foreign assistance fund of approximately $2 billion. Writing for the dissent, Justice Alito described the majority’s decision to uphold the temporary restraining order as “an act of judicial hubris.” The dissent [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from firing the Democratic chair of the US Merit System Protection Board (MSPB). Trump had informed Cathy Harris that her position on the MSPB was terminated “effective, immediately” last month. However, Trump failed to provide a reason [...]

The US Supreme Court sided with the city and county of San Francisco on Tuesday in a dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), finding the EPA cannot penalize the city if water quality levels fall below the agency’s standards when the city is, under permit, discharging pollution, including sewage, into the Pacific Ocean. The [...]

The US Department of the Treasury announced Sunday the suspension of the Corporate Transparency Act in hopes of narrowing the Act to foreign reporting companies. The Department of the Treasury is narrowing the Act to support the interests of American taxpayers and small business owners. The Treasury will not enforce any outstanding fines or penalties [...]

The United Nations reported on Monday that approximately 640,000 women and girls in Ukraine will face disruptions to essential services following the United States’ decision to cease nearly all financial contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). These cuts will directly impact psycho-social support, gender-based violence services, safe spaces, and economic empowerment programs crucial [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday designating English as the national language of the United States, citing the fact that the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written in English. The executive order stated: In welcoming new Americans, a policy of encouraging the learning and adoption of our national language will make [...]

A US federal judge held Saturday that President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is unconstitutional. The Special Counsel’s Office protects the merit system in the federal civil service. The judge held that the Dellinger’s removal was not within Trump’s power and violated the removal [...]

Several civil rights organizations on Saturday filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to halt the transfer of noncitizens from the US to the US Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Center for Constitutional Rights, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and the ACLU of [...]

A coalition of US Democratic committees filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s February 18 executive order extending his control over independent agencies. The lawsuit centered on authority over the Federal Election Commission (FEC), an independent agency charged with enforcing federal campaign finance laws. Plaintiffs stated that the “unprecedented assertion of presidential power,” [...]

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law a bill that removes gender identity as a protected class under Iowa civil rights law. Reynolds stated that the state’s “Civil Rights Code blurred the biological lines between the sexes” in an unacceptable manner, and that the new law will strengthen the state’s efforts to protect [...]