Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday warned of the potential impact on free speech and human rights following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, calling the developments “concerning at least, and in some cases outright alarming.” HRW Director for Business and Human Rights Arvind Ganesan called attention to updates that Musk has already brought to Twitter, including [...]

Former US president Donald Trump Friday filed a lawsuit against the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol and several members of the House of Representatives. Last month, the Committee issued a subpoena to compel Trump to hand over documents regarding his communications with several individuals connected to the attack. [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida Thursday ordered sanctions against former President Donald Trump’s legal team for a “frivolous” lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and other defendants. Judge Donald Middlebrooks ordered Trump’s attorneys to pay $50,000 to the court and more than $16,000 in legal fees to defendant Charles [...]

As of Thursday, more than 100 people have joined a lawsuit against the US government concerning water contaminated with jet fuel. The plaintiffs seek legal remedy under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which provides for compensation for personal injury, death, or property loss or damage from a negligent or wrongful act of an employee of [...]

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Thursday ruled against President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Judge Mark Pittman, a President Trump appointee, delivered the opinion. The Department of Justice has filed an appeal of the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In the 26-page [...]

US District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, team owner Dan Snyder, the National Football League (NFL) and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for misrepresenting a toxic workplace investigation. The Commanders’ workplace has faced allegations of sexual harassment, verbal abuse and other misconduct for decades. Although defendants [...]

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Thursday rejected a bid to prevent New York City from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for teachers, firefighters and police officers. Sotomayor was unwilling to grant the emergency request, received on November 4, to block the policy. Petitioners brought the emergency request alongside their ongoing appeal of a lower [...]

Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis Thursday ruled that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month, for his defamatory statements about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. Jones alleged that the parents of the victims were “crisis actors” and claimed that [...]

The US Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday announced that it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan until June 30, 2024. This status was previously set to expire on December 31, 2022. TPS is a protective status for [...]

The Biden administration Thursday proposed a rule that would require federal contractors to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and resulting financial risks from these emissions. The Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule would also require contractors to set targets to reduce their emissions. Last year, the US was the largest purchaser of goods and [...]