The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally. The crux [...]
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to strengthen and protect access to contraception. Biden signed the order nearly one year after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade. Since then, some states in the [...]
A US congressional committee released testimony Thursday from whistleblowers within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), suggesting that federal officials slow-walked an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. The US House Ways and Means Committee, which is currently majority-Republican, released the testimony following closed door meetings and the announcement of federal charges against Biden earlier [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an 1868 peace treaty between the US government and the Navajo Tribe does not require the government to secure water access for the tribe. In a 5-4 ruling in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, the court found that, while the treaty assures the tribe’s access to water from various [...]
ProPublica reported Tuesday that US Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito accepted and failed to disclose a 2008 luxury fishing trip with Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire who—in the time since—has had business before the court at least ten times. Alito responded to the report on Tuesday in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, arguing [...]
A Russian court rejected US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal for release on Thursday ahead of his trial on espionage charges. In a closed-door hearing, the Moscow City Court refused to overturn a May decision from the Lefortovo Court of Moscow, which extended Gershkovich’s pretrial detention through August 30. Because of the alleged secrecy of the [...]
The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado struck down the state’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act (CSAAA) on Tuesday, ruling that the law violates the state constitution and is “unconstitutionally retrospective.” Justice Monica M. Márquez authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that the CSAA violates Article II, Section 11 of the [...]
A Brooklyn, New York, jury on Tuesday convicted a former New York City police sergeant and two others for acting as illegal agents of Chinese authorities when they attempted to intimidate US residents to return to China. Michael McMahon, a former New York City police sergeant, faces up to 20 years in prison. The other [...]
Jack Teixeira, the US airman suspected of leaking classified government documents, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday before a federal judge in a Massachusetts courtroom. Teixeira is charged with six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information. According to the court clerk’s notes, Teixeira appeared with legal counsel before Magistrate Judge David Hennessy. He [...]
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued retail platform Amazon.com Wednesday over allegations that Amazon deceived users into purchasing renewable subscriptions to its Prime service, which allows customers to save on delivery fees. The FTC claims that Amazon “duped millions of customers” into “unknowingly” purchasing these subscriptions through deceptive web design. In a heavily redacted [...]
