Missouri’s state Senate passed a bill on Friday aimed at redistricting a Democrat-held federal congressional seat for Kansas City and turning it into a Republican-leaning seat. This move follows suit with other states around the nation attempting to change the landscape of the US House of Representatives in time for the midterm elections in the [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday celebrated the release of at least eight Belarusian journalists, part of a group of 52 political prisoners freed as the US eased sanctions on Belarus’ state airline Belavia. Gulnoza Said, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator, shared a statement on the release: CPJ celebrates that at [...]

Utah authorities will charge the 22-year-old suspect in conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s killing, Tyler Robinson, with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice, according to an affidavit released Friday. In Utah, aggravated murder carries a maximum penalty of death. Robinson had been arrested early Friday morning after [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board by Monday, ahead of next week’s critical interest rate meeting. In an emergency motion filed late Wednesday, government lawyers urged the appeals court to stay US District Court Judge Jia Cobb’s [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday largely upheld a California law aimed at protecting minors online. The case, NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta, saw a three-judge panel affirm most of the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against a California law that limits the ways that social media companies can [...]

Three high-ranking FBI officials filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging their recent terminations were politically motivated retaliation for their past work on cases involving President Donald Trump. The complaint stems from the August firing of the officials, who had accrued six decades of experience between them—Brian Driscoll, Steven Jensen and Spencer Evans. They claim to [...]

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk died after being shot in the neck at a Utah Valley University event Wednesday, as immediately noted by US President Donald Trump. Two suspects were taken into custody, but both have been released. FBI director Kash Patel announced that one was let go following interrogation, and another detained earlier was determined [...]

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld most of the sweeping gun restrictions enacted in New Jersey since a 2022 Supreme Court decision prompted the state to ban firearms in most public spaces. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that New Jersey can prohibit guns in parks, libraries, entertainment venues, [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on US President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw newly proposed changes that would limit the duration of journalist visas, warning the policy risks undermining press freedom. Under current regulations, foreign media representatives are admitted for the “duration of status” (D/S), meaning they may remain in the US [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear President Donald Trump’s administration’s appeal of two lower court rulings that found the tariffs he imposed were unlawful, holding that they exceeded presidential authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The Supreme Court issued a writ of certiorari, an allowance of appeal, in Trump [...]