Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Monday that law enforcement officers used “excessive force and deliberate brutality” in response to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, from June 6 to 14. According to HRW, while the protests had largely been peaceful, the law enforcement officers frequently used a range of “less lethal” weapons, [...]
Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims about the 2020 election, the conservative cable network announced Monday. Dominion was one of several voting machine and election technology companies that helped facilitate voting in 2020, a year when in-person voting was limited by [...]
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a split decision Friday held that the US government’s mass layoffs of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) employees are within its executive powers, vacating a preliminary injunction. In the majority opinion, District of Columbia Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas held that all claims by the [...]
The Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona handed down a ruling on Wednesday, finding the current K-12 school funding system unconstitutional and siding with the schools after a years-long lawsuit. The plaintiffs in this case are several school districts in Arizona, taxpayers, and organizations Arizona School Boards Association, the Arizona Education Association and the Arizona [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against California on Thursday, seeking to prevent the state from enforcing its own emission standards for heavy trucks. The suit came three days after major manufacturers, including Daimler and Volvo, filed a related complaint against the California Air Resources Board (CARB), stating that they were “caught in [...]
The District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s emergency order placing the city’s police department under federal control. Four days earlier, the Trump administration declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital, and announced the DC police force would be placed under federal control. Trump invoked his emergency powers Monday under [...]
New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the company behind the electronic payment platform Zelle for failing to protect its users from fraud. The lawsuit accuses Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS) of rushing its platform Zelle to market in 2017 to compete with Venmo and PayPal, prioritizing speed and [...]
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can access sensitive federal data of millions of Americans, reversing a temporary injunction that was issued earlier this year. Plaintiffs alleged that the access granted to DOGE by the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Education [...]
Four major truck manufacturers, including Daimler and Volvo, filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday, aiming to block authorities from enforcing emissions standards voided by President Donald Trump’s administration. The suit requested the US Court for the Eastern District of California to issue a declaratory judgment against the state, arguing California’s Clean [...]
The US Department of State released its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also referred to as the Human Rights Report, months later than usual on Tuesday. The tone and scope notably changed from the 2023 report, altering or removing references to human rights abuses based on sexuality, gender or race, as well as [...]
