The Associated Press on Tuesday sued the Administrative Office of the US Courts, arguing that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Under Rule 5.2(c), “remote access to electronic files” in an action relating to “an order of removal” or “immigration benefits or detention,” among other actions, is [...]

US President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court on social media Tuesday, following the court’s denial of his administration’s emergency petition to allow the US Postal Service (USPS) to heighten mail-in ballot requirements before midterm elections. “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, on Monday voiced concern over the conditions in which female inmates were experiencing at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF), saying that after reporting alleged sexual harassment, privacy violations, threats, and violence, they were now facing retaliation. In June 2026, the Special Rapporteur [...]

Two new legal challenges seeking to block the Trump administration’s revised public charge rule arose on Monday, one filed by a coalition of 22 states and the other by a group of cities and counties that includes Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. The challenges come as the rule, which is set to take effect [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied an emergency application from the Department of Justice seeking a stay of a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks the United States Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing a new mail-in ballot rule ahead of the November midterm elections. Pursuant to a March 2026 executive order by President Donald Trump, [...]

A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from implementing changes to mail-in voting that would create new design requirements and mandate only sending ballots to voters on a national list. With less than two months until the midterms, mail-in voting has become a major issue of contention. This decision comes amid a series [...]

The US Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC)  on Friday ordered the deportation of an Afghan woman, after she reached an agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), waiving her right to appeal. Nazira Haji Zada, accused of assisting her son and son-in-law in planning a foiled 2024 terror plot, admitted that she was an “alien [...]

A federal appeals court in Boston on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s request to remove an injunction barring the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing the rule restricting the issuance of mail-in ballots, affirming a decision from a lower district court. The injunction, issued at the end of August by US District Judge Indira Talwani [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) on Thursday urged the Singapore government to drop charges against several human rights activists involved in peaceful assemblies in support of Gaza, and to challenge the death penalty. Elijah Tay, Kyal Sin Linn Naing, Dayana Noor Mohamed, Nur Sabrina Kamel, Nurul [...]

US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied Missouri’s emergency request to use a redrawn congressional map for November’s midterm elections, leaving in place a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that bars the new districts from taking effect until voters weigh in. Kavanaugh issued the order in Hoskins v. von Glahn, without referring the matter to [...]