California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed SB 104, which will extend health coverage to some undocumented immigrants. Under the new bill, Medi-Cal will provide coverage to some young adults aged 18-25 who are not US citizens. California previously expanded the scope of Medi-Cal to undocumented minors in 2016. Existing law requires that individuals under [...]

A three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that asks whether, because of the new tax law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) no longer qualifies as a tax, rendering the individual mandate upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2012 no longer valid. [...]

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published a report on Monday that showed that organized crime kills more people than armed conflict. According to the report, “rganized crime kills as many people as all armed conflicts combined.” The report also stated that “up to 19 per cent of all homicides recorded globally in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities continue to hold five prisoners after they completed their sentences up to three years ago, without a clear legal basis. The five men are Osama al-Najjar, online activist; Khalifa al-Rabea and Othman al-Shehhi, online activists and members of al-Islah (a nonviolent Islamist [...]

The UK Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of two amendments that will compel the British government to legalize same-sex marriage and liberalize abortion in Northern Ireland (NI), if NI cannot reestablish its devolved government before October 21, 2019. NI is the only province in the country that does not allow same-sex marriage and forbids [...]

More than 200 Congressional members joined together to issue 37 subpoenas Monday to multiple Trump organizations to investigate President Donald Trump’s alleged violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause that prevents the president from receiving gifts from foreign countries without Congressional approval. After numerous legal battles and challenges to block the lawsuit, a federal judge ultimately [...]

Erie County, New York, Clerk Michael Kearns filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday challenging New York’s state law authorizing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. The new state law allows for undocumented immigrants to obtain state driver’s licenses, which are a crucial form of identification necessary for many services like jobs and housing, and [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled unanimously Monday against a prayer policy in Brevard County, Florida, that excluded certain groups from giving an invocation. The plaintiffs were five individuals who identify as atheist or Secular Humanist and three organizations. One of the plaintiffs from the Central Florida Freethought Community (CFFC) sent [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a plea for Muslim women to be allowed entry into mosques in the country. A regional head of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a far-right political organization, had filed the public interest litigation petition. The petitioner had also sought the abolition of the “purdah system,” or the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday struck down a final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requiring drug manufacturers to disclose their prices in TV ads. The final rule was an attempt by the Trump administration to combat rising drug prices. Specifically, drug [...]