The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a court filing Monday that the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence revealed a “limited set” of documents that may be protected by attorney-client privilege. The filing comes after a Saturday order from Judge Aileen Cannon for the DOJ to respond to Trump’s motion [...]

Roads in and around Taizz, Yemen’s third largest city, have been blocked by rebel forces since 2015 in violation of international humanitarian law, provoking ire from a coalition of 15 human rights organizations who banded together Monday to call for meaningful action in the region to ensure the free flow of medication, food, and other [...]

We have all seen the firestorm of controversy over US Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland’s approval of a warrant application to search the home of former President Donald Trump. I personally have no doubts about Garland’s commitment to evenhanded justice and the rule of law. But these events demonstrate, more than ever, the urgent need [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday signed a decree granting monthly benefits to migrants who fled Ukraine and entered Russian territory. The decree extends monthly payments of 10,000 rubles ($166) to disabled people, people over the age of 80, and pregnant women who entered Russia from Ukrainian territory as well as the disputed Donbas region. The [...]

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico Friday announced the arrest of Herman Leyvoune Wilson (also known as Bilal Mu’Min Abdullah) on charges of providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Wilson is also accused of attempting obstruct, influence and impede at least one official proceeding in the fall of 2020. Federal [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday upheld the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule prohibiting smoking in HUD-subsidized public housing units. The Housing Act of 1937 authorizes HUD to provide standards to keep public housing “safe and habitable.” In 2016, HUD promulgated the Smoke Free Rule. This [...]

Moderna filed suit in the US and Germany Friday against Pfizer and BioNtech for three claims of patent infringement. Moderna claims that Pfizer and BioNtech used the company’s patented mRNA technology in COVID-19 vaccines without Moderna’s permission. Moderna alleges that before the pandemic, they had over a decade of research on mRNA in coronaviruses, with [...]

The US Department of Defense (DOD) Thursday announced a new Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP). The plan lays out a number of massive changes across the DoD that are intended to mitigate and respond to civilian harm by shifting the fundamental culture of the DoD to be more aware of the risks posed [...]

Dear President Biden, Thank you for taking these first steps to implement student debt relief. Like many, we were surprised by the recent wrangling about how your debt forgiveness program could be implemented. We are writing to remind you that the federal government already has all of the tools, processes, and employees that it needs [...]

This year alone, Russian forces are believed to have launched hundreds of cluster munition attacks in contravention of various principles of international humanitarian law, according to a scathing report released Thursday by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), an international advocacy group. Cluster munitions are weapons that contain dozens to hundreds of explosive submunitions. They are [...]