The United States on Thursday declined to co-sponsor a draft UN General Assembly resolution marking three years since the invasion of Ukraine, according to a source for Interfax-Ukraine. The resolution, sponsored by more than 50 countries and scheduled for a vote on February 24, condemns Russian aggression and reaffirms a commitment “to the sovereignty, independence, [...]

The US Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s appointee Kash Patel as the new director of the FBI with a party-line vote of 51-49. Only two Republican senators voted against confirmation. Arkansas Senator Lisa Murkowski and Maine Senator Susan Collins both voted nay, following through on vows to reject the nomination based on Patel’s partisan [...]

US conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, claiming the administration violated the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by issuing an executive order reversing withdrawals of oil and gas leases. The conservationists filed the suit in the US District Court for the District of Alaska, alleging that the [...]

A Montana judge on Wednesday struck down a state law defining sex in binary terms, finding that the law violated the Montana Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and privacy. Judge Leslie Halligan of the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, denied the state’s motion for summary judgment and held that the plaintiffs, a group [...]

Media companies tied to US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Thursday against Brazillian Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of violating a US-based far-right commentator’s right to free speech when issuing orders suspending social media accounts for spreading disinformation. The lawsuit, filed by Rumble Inc. and Trump Media & Technology Group, [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the US government for systematically violating the right to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border, asserting that current policies violate both domestic and international human rights obligations. In its briefing titled “Lives in Limbo: Devastating Impacts of Trump’s Migration and Asylum Policies,” Amnesty International detailed how executive actions and increased [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined Tuesday to overturn a lower court’s injunction that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order abrogating birthright citizenship. The rejection stated that the federal government had not made a “strong showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits,” as required by law. Circuit Judge [...]

The Trump administration abruptly cut off legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children on Tuesday, telling government-funded attorneys across the country they should immediately stop their work. The stop-work order effectively prevents immigrant children from having legal defense, leaving them to figure out how to navigate the American judicial system on their own. Immigrant Defenders Law [...]

Assistant US Attorney Denise Cheung resigned from her senior-level position with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday after a senior official from the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (ODAG) urged her to criminally investigate the legality of a contract and to freeze all grant funding awarded under the contract. In a letter [...]

The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis affirmed a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, which blocks former President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan from taking effect. The plaintiffs in the case are the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, Ohio and Oklahoma. The defendants include President Donald Trump and Denise [...]