A US federal judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order, halting the Trump administration’s attempt to sideline nearly 2,700 US Agency for International Development (USAID) employees by placing them on paid leave and recalling most of those stationed abroad. The ruling delivers a significant setback to the president’s push to curtail US foreign aid [...]

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced on Friday that the City and County of San Francisco are co-leading a lawsuit with Santa Clara County against the Trump administration’s latest directives targeting sanctuary jurisdictions, aiming to protect local control and public safety. The lawsuit challenges Executive Order 14159 and recent US Department of Justice (DOJ) [...]

Trump administration issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at addressing government actions perceived as hostile to Christianity. The order asserts that previous government policies unfairly targeted Christian individuals and organizations. The order establishes a task force for two years, chaired by the Attorney General, to review the activities of Biden’s administration and issue recommendations [...]

Judge John Coughenour of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a nationwide preliminary injunction Thursday blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship and accused the president of ignoring the rule of law for his own gain. In remarks in the courtroom, Coughenour said, “It has become [...]

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Tomoko Akane, on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s executive order of the previous day that imposed sanctions on the court’s staff. The order follows the ICC’s issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, which the US [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. The order imposes significant sanctions on ICC officials and their immediate families. Such sanctions include the blocking of property and assets as well as suspension [...]

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, joined by 21 other states, sued New York Thursday over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute some $75 billion to a fund to pay for damages caused by climate change. McCuskey stated that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce through the Commerce Clause, and [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Wednesday from accessing sensitive data and systems within the Department of Labor until Friday. The order follows the lawsuit filed by a coalition of federal unions seeking to prevent the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data [...]

The US Department of Justice sued the state of Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and other state officials Thursday over state laws that limit local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration authorities. The suit claimed that the state’s Way Forward Act and TRUST Act, Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance, and Cook County’s “Policy [...]

US District Court Judge George O’Toole Jr. issued an order Thursday afternoon blocking a buyout ultimatum issued by President Trump to employees of federal agencies shortly before that night’s deadline to accept the offer. The order stays a deadline set by President Trump for federal employees to decide whether to accept a “deferred resignation” offer [...]