Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed several local government claims to recover damages against several large energy companies for harm created by climate change, finding that federal law preempts the case and state law does not support it. The case dates to 2018, when the city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against the energy companies, [...]

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta and Youtube are liable for negligence in having knowingly designed addictive and harmful products. The platforms were found to have deliberately targeted children, which led to significant harm against the plaintiff. The judge awarded $3 million in damages for the plaintiff, and additional punitive damages to be [...]

Minnesota sued the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday over their refusal to provide state investigators with access to evidence regarding three shootings by DHS agents in the state. The complaint alleges that DHS and DOJ unlawfully denied the state’s requests for evidence pertaining to the shootings. [...]

A group of cultural and historical preservation groups filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump on Monday to block the further closure of the John F. Kennedy Center, which the president insists is necessary for revenue renovations. Plaintiffs include the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, Society of Architectural Historians, and [...]

Two fired immigration judges filed an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday after the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ruled that their dismissal complied with the constitutional powers of the president. Immigration judges Megan Jackler and Brandon Jaroch were fired on February 14, 2025, by the Justice Department [...]

The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday over claims that the school is violating the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students, an escalation of the government’s year-long clash with the Ivy League university. The complaint alleges that Harvard failed to enforce its campus policies against hostile demonstrations targeting Jewish and Israeli students. It [...]

A US federal district judge said in a hearing on Thursday that he would bar Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) from enforcing a declaration issued last December that condemned “sex-rejecting procedures” on children and adolescents. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai of the US District Court for the District of Oregon stated that he would grant [...]

Local media in Minnesota reported Wednesday that an immigration judge ended the asylum claims of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, ordering their removal from the US. The Columbia Heights Public School District, where the boy attended school, lamented the decision, stating: The announcement…is heartbreaking. We understand that this decision will be appealed and remain [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to effectively shut down Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Writing for the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Senior Judge Royce Lamberth [...]

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) sued the Trump administration Monday for pausing payments for the long-stalled Second Avenue Subway Project. The complaint alleges that the US Department of Transportation (DOT) failed to reimburse the MTA over $50 million, as required by contract. The MTA and DOT entered into a Full Funding Grant Agreement [...]