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A lawsuit challenging the use of a commercial messaging app by members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to coordinate military strike plans in Yemen was assigned on Wednesday to Judge James Boasberg, the same federal judge whose ruling on Venezuelan deportations to El Salvador recently sparked tensions between the White House and judiciary. The latest [...]

US President Donald J. Trump claimed in a Truth social media post Monday that former President Joseph Biden’s pardons are void because they were made via autopen. Trump stated: Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them! The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, [...]

The International Bar Association (IBA) raised alarm on Friday regarding US President Donald Trump’s latest actions, including pardons issued to approximately 1,500 individuals who were either convicted or charged in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, pardons issued to 14 militia organization members, and a “blanket pardon” for many others. Trump had also followed [...]

US Federal Judge Beryl Howell on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) chair Gwynne Wilcox, accompanied by harsh words for President Donald Trump. Wilcox filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in February alleging that her removal was unlawful. The complaint alleged that her removal violated the National Labor Relations Act, [...]

US conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, claiming the administration violated the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by issuing an executive order reversing withdrawals of oil and gas leases. The conservationists filed the suit in the US District Court for the District of Alaska, alleging that the [...]

US President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich on Monday. The former Illinois governor was impeached and convicted of corruption while in office. The pardon, made through the broad presidential authority outlined in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the US Constitution, will officially negate Blagojevich’s conviction and expunge his criminal record. While [...]

Part two of this series can be found here: Return of the Torture Monsters Part II: Remembering Abu Ghraib Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate on January 24 as US President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense, gave noncommittal answers to two key questions at his confirmation hearing: 1) if the president ordered him to use [...]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an order prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across federal agencies and directing the government to combat such practices in the private sector. The sweeping order revokes several executive orders (EO) passed by the Democratic administrations in recent decades, including that of Lyndon B. Johnson, who served [...]

A federal US appeals court on Friday held that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) violated US immigration law. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision to block the DACA program, finding it to be unlawfully created. The court emphasized that since Congress had deliberately excluded DACA [...]

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Monday the transfer of 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, marking a significant step in reducing the population of the detention facility. The DOD stated that the Periodic Review Board (PRB) “determined by consensus” that the detention of the Yemeni prisoners under the law [...]