Texas Democrats on Sunday vacated the state in order to break quorum and prevent a vote on legislation that would allow Republican lawmakers to draw a district map with five new Republican-leaning seats. Many Democratic lawmakers chose wait out the legislative session in Chicago, due to its party ties. Illinois Governor and Democrat JB Pritzker [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the block of a customer’s challenge to a bounced check fee imposed by the Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU). In its decision, the court found that federal law preempts state law in the regulation of federal credit unions. Specifically, the court reasoned that 12 C.F.R. [...]
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has agreed with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to extend their current trade deal for 90 days while they negotiate a new trade deal. Trump wrote on his TruthSocial platform that the current trade deal calls for Mexico continuing to pay “25% Fentanyl Tariff, 25% Tariff on [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed both a 2023 jury verdict and a permanent injunction in Epic Games, Inc. v. Google LLC. The Ninth Circuit held that Google violated federal and California antitrust laws by unlawfully maintaining monopoly power in the markets for Android app distribution and Android in-app billing [...]
Iranian authorities severed the fingers of three men convicted of theft, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday. HRW Iran researcher Bahar Saba denounced the punishment, stating, “Amputation is torture, plain and simple. Yet Iran persists in carrying out cruel and inhuman punishments that fly in the face of its human rights obligations.” Mehdi Shahivand, [...]
Brown University announced a settled deal signed by the university and US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, restoring millions of dollars of frozen federal grants paused due to the university’s alleged mistreatment of Jewish students and use of race in the admissions process. The deal, published on Brown’s website, stated a list of agreements [...]
A US federal court on Wednesday reinstated a lawsuit filed by a New York state court clerk who claims she was fired for complying with an investigation into her boss. Samantha Long, a former court clerk for the town of New Lebanon, New York, contended that she was fired for cooperating with a New York [...]
US lawmakers initiated a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, challenging the administration’s new policy regarding visitation procedures for members of Congress visiting detention facilities. Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, announced that he would be leading a group of lawmakers in challenging this policy on Wednesday. He announced via a press [...]
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rescinding the 2009 Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases on Tuesday. Because this finding gives the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from vehicles, rescinding it would also mean repealing all regulations governing GHG emissions from highway vehicles. The 2009 finding determined that six GHGs, including carbon [...]
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) announced on Tuesday that it has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought by a Jewish faculty member and students. The initial complaint, filed in June 2024, claimed that Jewish students were unlawfully prevented from “accessing the heart of campus,” including classroom buildings and the main [...]
