Switzerland’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the outcome of a nationwide referendum on the grounds that voters were given insufficient information. The 2016 referendum concerned married couples being unfairly taxed for their joint incomes compared to cohabiting partners who are taxed separately. Through a narrow margin, the referendum to equally tax cohabiting partners was rejected [...]

Twenty-six progressive groups on Thursday sent a letter to Congress urging an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s “sham confirmation process” last year. The groups claim that “many issues went unresolved during last year’s confirmation process, when Senate Republicans jettisoned all procedural norms and abandoned any sense of fairness, and they must be investigated.” [...]

US Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) introduced a Senate bill and a House bill to repeal President Trump’s travel ban on Wednesday. The bicameral legislation, known as the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act (NO BAN Act), imposes limits on executive power to curtail immigration and repeals Trump’s three executive orders limiting immigration based [...]

US President Donald Trump delivered a speech in front of an audience of operating engineers in Crosby, Texas, on Wednesday and promised to make it easier for them to construct oil and gas pipelines before signing two executive orders. Trump said that the US has “made a lot of progress in the last two and [...]

Counsel for the Obama administration Gregory Craig was indicted on Thursday for making false statements to and concealing work-related information he performed for the Ukraine government in 2012 from the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ alleges that Craig lied and withheld information in order to avoid registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act [...]

The US Attorney for the Central District of California filed an indictment against attorney Michael Avenatti on Wednesday listing 36 charges, including embezzlement, wire fraud, tax evasion, bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud. Avenatti, known for representing clients against public figures such as President Donald Trump and singer Robert Kelly, is accused of embezzling funds from [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday confirmed that Julian Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been indicted for conspiracy to commit computer hacking with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the US Army. The indictment was unsealed after Assange was arrested in the UK. The indictment, filed under seal in the Eastern District of [...]

The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the law making abortion a crime is unconstitutional. For now, the law still stands. But, if it is not amended by 2020, it “will become null and void.” The court called the current law “an unconstitutional restriction that violates a pregnant woman’s right to choose.” Currently, the [...]

The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a Deputy Attorney General nomination hearing Wednesday for Jeffrey Rosen, who currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Transportation. In his testimony, Rosen highlighted several areas on which he would focus if confirmed. For example, we will work together to combat violent crime and the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities. [...]

Sudan’s defense minister, Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf announced on state television Thursday that President Omar al-Bashir has been detained and a military council will lead the country for two years. Further, the Constitution has been suspended, the National Assembly dissolved, and a state of emergency declared.  Protesters are demanding the power be placed in [...]