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The US House Ways and Means Committee and the US Department of Justice’s Solicitor General Thursday urged the US Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s request to block the committee from accessing his tax records. On November 1, Chief Justice Roberts stayed an appeals court ruling, temporarily halting a lower court decision ordering [...]

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Tuesday stayed the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in case No. 21-5289 “pending further order” of Roberts or the court. Under Tuesday’s order, Trump and associated companies may refrain from providing tax return information to the House of Representatives [...]

In late August, Pakistani publisher and human rights activist Faheem Baloch was detained by unidentified plain-clothes law enforcement officers in his Karachi bookshop and ushered away. A native of the Balochistan region of Pakistan, the publisher is known to be a dedicated cultural advocate, heading up a publishing house specializing in Balochi literature, and serving [...]

New York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and senior management, including Trump’s children. As a result of a three-year investigation, James claims to have uncovered years of evidence wherein the Trumps allegedly engaged in financial fraud to obtain more favorable loan rates and [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday charged 47 defendants for their alleged roles in a $250 million fraud scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future allegedly stole money from the Federal Child Nutrition Program intended to feed children during the pandemic. The defendants are charged with “conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and [...]

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 [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday granted review in US ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources and Bittner v. US. In US ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, the court will consider whether a fraud case brought by an individual on behalf of the US government can be dismissed by the government. The case [...]

Sri Lanka lifted a government curfew Sunday for the Buddhist holiday of Vesak on May 16. The curfew was put in place on May 9 after violence broke out amid protests against current Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The curfew was instituted under Sri Lanka’s Public Security Ordinance Part III. The [...]

The Israeli Supreme Court Sunday ruled in favor of the Israeli government’s planned cable car over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The ruling has been met with excitement by proponents such as Jerusalem’s mayor, Moshe Lion, who claimed the project would, “reduce air pollution in the area, solve the transport and parking distress and allow [...]

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a restitution agreement with TurboTax owner Intuit Inc. (Intuit) Wednesday “for deceiving millions of low-income Americans into paying for tax services that should have been free.” Attorney General James states “Intuit will pay $141 million in restitution to millions of consumers across the nation who were unfairly charged.” This [...]