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The English Football Association on Thursday stated that transgender women will no longer be allowed to play women’s football in England, announcing a change in its policy following a ruling by the UK Supreme Court last month. The Football Association’s new policy will take effect on June 1, 2025. The association stated: “This is a [...]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily suspended Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on Tuesday after she was arrested and charged last week for obstructing immigration authorities. The Court said Dugan is “temporarily prohibited from exercising the powers of a circuit court judge in the State of Wisconsin,” effective immediately and until a further court [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a dispute over Medicare reimbursements paid to hospitals. The 7-2 decision effectively limits the number of patients for whom hospitals can receive federal reimbursement.  Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance to elderly and [...]

Cuba revoked parole and arrested prominent dissidents Jose Daniel Ferrer and Felix Navarro on Tuesday. The Supreme Popular Tribunal, Cuba’s highest court, announced in a statement that Ferrer and Navarro had violated parole conditions and therefore must return to prison. Maricela Sosa, vice president of the Supreme Popular Council, cited Article 149 of Law No. [...]

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday to target sanctuary jurisdictions for violating, obstructing, and defying federal immigration laws, and to bolster immigration enforcement by “empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens.” The first order, titled “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens,” begins by [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a disability-rights appeal brought on behalf of a student and her parents against their school district, alleging their child did not receive fair accommodations for her disability. The case, AJT v. Osseo Area Schools, No. 24-249, weighs whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and [...]

Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday highlighting a general decline in human rights around the globe since Donald Trump took office, due to a rise of authoritarianism and corporate greed emboldened by the Trump administration’s policies. The organization noted both positive and negative trends in the sphere of international justice, applauding the enforcement of [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit remanded Colorado’s air quality plan back to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday because it failed to account for emissions from drilling, fracking and well completion. Colorado must submit permits that align with national air quality standards, which include regulations for stationary sources that emit pollutants. A [...]

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as well as the minority Tamil community, receiving a historic supermajority in the November 2024 Parliamentary elections. This broad mandate across ethnic lines presents a historic opportunity to address [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration urged the US Supreme Court on Thursday to enforce a ban on transgender people serving in the military. The Trump administration argued that since the ban concrns a medical condition of gender dysphoria, it demands the lowest level of constitutional review, known as rational basis review. The administration claimed the [...]