The Deputy Secretary of Defense released a memorandum Tuesday announcing the implementation of Trump’s policy barring most transgender people from serving in the military. This announcement comes after a federal court lifted a preliminary injunction that was preventing the ban’s enforcement. The policy, as outlined in the memo, details the process which transgender persons must [...]
In a report released on Wednesday, Amnesty International stated that European governments, by prioritizing border control, are complicit in “the systematic, unlawful and frequently violent pushbacks” against asylum seekers. The report details the abuse asylum seekers face at the hands of Croatian police and the squalid conditions in the refugee camps. In addition, the bureaucratic [...]
The FDA announced a proposal Wednesday for new restrictions on flavored e-cigarette sales in an effort to stop a recent rise in youth vaping. In a statement announcing the new regulations, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb expressed his hopes that the FDA’s efforts will allay the “epidemic-level rise in youth e-cigarette use” and put the US [...]
A federal judge denied a temporary injunction on Tuesday that would have allowed 44 unvaccinated children to return to school. Parents of unvaccinated children attending Green Meadow Waldorf School in Rockland County, New York, brought this suit challenging an exclusion order by the the Rockland County Health Department barring unvaccinated children from attending schools where [...]
Uber reached a $20 million preliminary settlement agreement Monday in a class action lawsuit over how the company classifies its drivers. The case involved drivers from California and Massachusetts who disagreed with Uber’s policy of classifying its drivers as independent contractors. Classifying drivers as contractors lowers costs for Uber by avoiding employee benefits like minimum wage [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled 11-6 Tuesday that Ohio can enforce a 2016 law preventing Planned Parenthood, and any other organization that “performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions” from receiving state funds. The decision by the en banc court overturns a ruling by a three-judge panel that the state could not enforce the [...]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed a bill to legalize industrial hemp production in the state on Monday, stating it would complicate the job of law enforcement and possibly become a first-step toward legalizing recreational marijuana. The final version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House 58-8 on Monday. However, the bill passed the Senate 21-14, [...]
The UK House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy for a second time on Tuesday. MPs voted against the motion by a margin of 149, smaller than the 230 gap in January’s vote. May said in a statement last week that if the deal was defeated, the House of Commons would be [...]
The US Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts on Tuesday unsealed documents related to a federal investigation into a large-scale college admissions and testing bribery scheme. The conspiracy involved a network of “athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest and Georgetown … as well as parents and exam administrators.” These defendants were linked through an enterprise called [...]
A UN panel of experts on Monday released a report that details numerous sanction violations by North Korea. Economic sanctions against North Korea were originally imposed to deter nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but these programs have not ceased and the sanctions have been undermined via “illegal ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products and coal.” In [...]
