The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a 2-1 decision on Thursday restored Ohio’s limits on the use of social media by youths under 16. The restrictions are part of the state’s Social Media Parental Notification Act (SMPNA). The SMPNA requires social media and gaming companies to obtain verifiable parental consent in [...]

In a rare unanimous decision on Thursday, the US Supreme Court limited the federal government’s authority to take or deny guns to marijuana users. The court held that this restriction is a violation of the Second Amendment. Ali Danial Hemani, a dual citizen of the US and Pakistan, was indicted in 2023 for violating the [...]

US nonprofit Public Citizen reported on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s administration spent more than $11 billion on deferred resignation payouts for almost 140,000 federal employees since January 2025. The government’s Deferred Resignation Program began with an email sent to federal workers on January 28, 2025, known as the “Fork in the Road” Directive, which [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that sanctions against Francesca Albanese, an Italian human rights lawyer and UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Palestine, will remain in place while her legal challenge continues. In July 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions under Executive Order [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday said in a statement that US President Donald Trump directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate him and his wife over unspecified and baseless claims, alleging that he is just the next victim in a long line of political opponents targeted by Trump. Newsom said the DOJ was [...]

The Kennedy Center fully removed President Donald Trump’s name from its building on Saturday. Kennedy Center director Matt Floca told a judge in court documents Saturday that the name had been officially reverted. Crews finished the work in the early hours of Saturday, leaving tarps over scaffolding on the building. This development follows the May [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday gave approval to the merger of two Hollywood studio giants, Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Their approval ends the DOJ’s legal analysis of the merger and paves the way for Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., which, if finalized, would leave all of their assets [...]

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday ordered Trump officials to restore all signs and exhibits in US national parks that were changed as a part of the administration’s efforts to remove any material from the parks that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” President Donald Trump’s 2025 Executive Order (EO) mandating parks workers to [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday granted the Trump administration’s motion to stay a lower court injunction against its 10 percent global tariff, allowing the government to keep collecting the duties from three importers that had won relief while the appeal proceeds. The per curiam order keeps in place a [...]

Vance Boelter, who was accused of murdering Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, pleaded guilty to federal charges Thursday. The plea agreement spares Boelter the federal death penalty. Instead, he will serve two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in prison for the conviction, which also includes the attempted murder of State [...]