The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a 2022 district court judgment in City of Huntington, West Virginia v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation et al, holding that West Virginia common law permits public nuisance claims based on “the conditions resulting from the over-distribution of opioids.” The case will now return to [...]

Twenty-six states sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the department’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the current government shutdown. The USDA sent a letter to the states on October 24, 2025, suspending the allotment of SNAP benefits [...]

A US federal judge on Monday decertified a class action law suit brought against Apple by over ten million Americans who allege the company violated antitrust laws through monopolization of the iPhone app marketplace. The lawsuit was originally brought in December 2011 and covers Apple actions since July 2008. Plaintiffs claim that because Apple restricts customers [...]

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced that it would resume giving abortion care at its facilities Monday after service was paused due to Medicaid budget cuts resulting from US President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. On September 29, the Department of Health and Human Services stated that “family planning organizations could continue billing Medicaid by [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Tuesday against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue over disputed claims that Tylenol causes autism, alleging the companies deceptively marketed the painkiller to pregnant women while hiding potential risks. The lawsuit, filed in Panola County District Court, follows President Donald Trump’s widely publicized September warning urging pregnant women [...]

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to overrule an injunction set by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia preventing the administration from firing Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Office. The administration filed its appeal to the Supreme Court alleging it [...]

The US administration announced sanctions Friday against Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and Colombia’s Minister of the Interior Armando Benedetti.  The US will also reduce financial assistance to Colombia by about $18 million. According to the US Treasury Department, the sanctions mean that all properties and property interests owned in the United States by [...]

The US government plans to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31, according to a Friday court filing by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite a series of federal court rebukes over his wrongful deportation case. A Salvadoran national who has resided in Maryland for more than a decade, Ábrego [...]

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency on Thursday to counteract the expiration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on November 1 due to the government shutdown. Over 850,000 people in the state of Virginia utilize SNAP benefits. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted to the social media platform X on October 16, [...]

The North Carolina Senate voted on Tuesday to create a new congressional map for the state, reallocating voters from the Republican-controlled third district to the Democrat-controlled first district. The state’s House of Representatives will vote on the map on Wednesday. Republicans currently control 10 of 14 congressional seats in North Carolina, and make up 30 [...]