A US federal district judge on Thursday granted a motion to compel the Department of Defense to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters. Judge Friedman yesterday held that the defendants were still not in compliance with a March court order: he Department take steps to circumvent the Court’s injunction and expect the Court to [...]

In light of President Donald Trump’s pardon, the US Court ​of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed an appeal from former Honduran president ‌Juan Orlando Hernandez, and vacated a previous judgement against him on Wednesday. The court found that the pardon rendered the appeal of the conviction moot, and dismissed it. For the same reason, [...]

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday enjoined the Trump administration’s removal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopians in the US, allowing thousands to remain under the designation while the case continues in litigation. Ethiopia was first designated for TPS in 2022 due to escalating humanitarian concerns in the country. [...]

Several environmental groups and Alaskan tribes sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging the administration’s recent repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment findings. Environmental groups, including several Alaskan tribes and Food & Water Watch, brought suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs challenged a final [...]

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has authority to guide federal investigations, countering accusations that the Justice Department has been used to target Trump’s political opponents. Blanche made the remarks during his first press conference since being appointed to the position last week, defending the president’s power to set [...]

Erick Valencia-Salazar, a California man who is said to have co-founded Mexico’s Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Valencia-Salazar was arrested in Tapalpa, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 2022 for conspiring to send thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the US on behalf [...]

A federal judge on Tuesday paused Louisiana’s bid to reinstate stricter dispensing rules for the abortion pill mifepristone, staying the case while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducts an ongoing review of the drug’s safety. Writing for the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Judge David C. Joseph declined to block the [...]

The US Department of Education (DOE) announced on Monday that it will rescind agreements previous presidential administrations had with certain schools to interpret Title IX to include protections for transgender and gay students. The DOE Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release that said it has terminated agreements with Cape Henlopen School District, [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday HB 1471, which grants the state’s chief of domestic security authority to designate domestic terrorist organizations. The chief may provide such a designation if they determine an entity operating in the state is engaged in terrorist activity, and the governor and cabinet approve the determination. The law [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appellate ruling upholding Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction, clearing the way for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss criminal charges against the former White House strategist. In its order, the Court granted Bannon’s certiorari petition and remanded the case to the Court of Appeals for [...]