A habeas corpus petition seeking the immediate release of journalist Mario Guevara from ICE detention was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia on Wednesday. The petition stated that the government detained “award-winning journalist” Guevara “in order to retaliate against him for his constitutionally-protected speech and reporting, and to gag [...]
US President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday it had seized control of Washington’s Union Station from Amtrak, escalating federal intervention in the nation’s capital as National Guard troops patrol city streets. The takeover was announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who claimed the goal was to ensure sanitary conditions and the absence of unhoused individuals [...]
A US federal judge on Tuesday rejected a Wisconsin state court judge’s claim of judicial immunity, allowing criminal charges to proceed against her for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement. Judge Lynn Adelman of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah C. Dugan’s motion to dismiss a [...]
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to enable the prosecution of those who burn the American flag. This order means potential tension with a landmark US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling from 1989, which classed flag burning as expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment. The order characterized flag burning as “a [...]
A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that saw President Donald Trump suing every federal judge in Maryland over orders blocking the immediate deportation of migrants contesting removal. Trump filed the suit on Monday in response to an order written by Maryland Chief District Judge George L. Russell III in May. The order [...]
X Corp. and X.AI LLC filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that Apple and OpenAI’s exclusive ChatGPT integration violates federal competition law. Plaintiffs accused the two companies of violating antitrust laws by establishing effective monopolies in their respective markets. The lawsuit stated that Apple currently owns a 65 percent US market share for smartphones, [...]
Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadorian national whose wrongful deportation earlier this year prompted multiple rebukes from federal courts, was taken into custody on Monday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at its Baltimore field office. The detention occurred despite several federal court orders directing the government to ensure his presence in the US while [...]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers notified a US trial judge on Saturday of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) intention to deport Garcia to Uganda. ICE informed the lawyers through email immediately following Garcia’s court-ordered release on Friday, abruptly changing its prior aim to deport Garcia to Costa Rica. The day before Garcia’s release, President Donald [...]
A US appeals court on Friday upheld a 2023 suspension of a 98-year-old judge who refused to take medical evaluations, preventing cases from being assigned to her. The D.C. Circuit held that it had no authority to review most of Judge Pauline Newman’s claims due to Section 357(c) of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, [...]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday released its opinion regarding the application for stay in the case National Institute of Health (NIH) v. American Public Health Association (APHA), et al. In a 5-4 vote, the justices paused the lower court’s order, which required the government agency to continue making the grant payments. An executive order [...]
