The US Department of Defense announced Monday the transfer of the Biden administration’s first detainee out of the US military prison in Guantánamo Bay. Abdul Latif Nasir was repatriated to his native country of Morocco after being recommended for discharge from the prison in 2016 but nevertheless remained at Guantánamo Bay during the Trump presidency. [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois sued the Chicago Police Department (CPD) Thursday to turn over records related to the department’s social media monitoring task force that was formed last summer. After an initial public records request, the CPD turned over all requested records except for the social media records. Chicago Mayor Lori [...]

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added six Russian businesses to the Entity List on Friday. Firms on the Entity List are prohibited doing business with US persons. US persons that seek to do business with firms on the Entity List must apply for and receive a permit from BIS. [...]

A federal district court judge in the southern district of Texas ruled Friday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was illegally created and issued a permanent injunction against the program. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit brought by a coalition of nine states which argued that the Department of Homeland [...]

The Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that two Planned Parenthood centers may pursue their claim to make Louisiana’s Department of Health “promptly rule” on one of the center’s applications for a license to operate as an abortion clinic, finding that the case fell under an exception to sovereign immunity. However, the Fifth Circuit determined that sovereign [...]

The US Department of Treasury Friday imposed sanctions on seven Chinese government officials over the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. The seven individuals added to Treasury’s “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List” list were Chen Dong, He Jing, Lu Xinning, Qiu Hong, Tan Tienui, Yang Jianping, and Yin Zonghua. All of these individuals [...]

The U.S. Capitol Police arrested Thursday nine individuals who were participating in a voting rights protest “in a prohibited area on Capitol Grounds.” Among the individuals arrested was Ohio’s Third Congressional District Representative Joyce Beatty, the leader of the Black Congressional Caucus. According to an official statement the U.S. Capitol Police commanded the protestors to [...]

A federal judge has ruled that San Francisco police officer Chris Samayoa will face a trial by jury for a civil case brought against him for shooting and killing a man fleeing from a stolen minivan in 2017. On December 1, 2017, Samayoa, at the time a rookie San Francisco police officer, was riding in [...]

The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) held a media briefing on Thursday to discuss the ongoing denial of the 2020 US election results, which ousted former president Donald Trump and ushered Joe Biden into leadership. CEIR’s founder and executive director, David Becker (pictured left), spoke for about 45 minutes about current state efforts [...]

The US Senate approved the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention bill on Wednesday to prohibit all goods produced using forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region from entering US markets. The bill has its roots in Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which forbids the import of goods made with forced labor in any foreign [...]