A US federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Monday, enjoining them from taking any steps to enforce administrative cuts announced Friday. The order was in response to a complaint filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on behalf of 22 states against the NIH and several individuals [...]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at keeping transgender women out of women’s sports by rescinding all funds from educational programs that allow transgender women to compete in women’s categories or to use women’s changing rooms. Trump stated that the goal of this executive order is to “protect opportunities for women and [...]

US research and information center Media Matters for America charged Tuesday that President Donald Trump is trying to “throttle the free press,” arguing that large companies and news sources are going along with it. These new sources include Paramount Global, Meta, and ABC News. President Trump has already settled claims with both Meta and ABC [...]

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act (the “Act”) into law Wednesday, which will require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States and have been charged with, or arrested for, burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting. This is the first piece of legislation that President Trump has [...]

Acting Attorney General  James McHenry fired several Department of Justice (DOJ) employees Monday for having played a “significant role in prosecuting President Trump,” according to the memo obtained by CNN. The memo sent to the employees gave them formal notice of their immediate removal from their position at the DOJ, and from the federal service, [...]

Ten US states voted Tuesday on constitutional amendments to guarantee abortion rights. Voters from seven states approved, with three rejecting the amendments. New York, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Maryland, and Montana, all passed amendments that will ensure the right to an abortion up to the point of fetal viability. In contrast, voters in Florida, Nebraska, [...]

US District Judge Stephen Locker ruled Sunday that Iowa can continue to challenge the validity of hundreds of ballots after Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate sent a letter to county commissioners on October 22 stating that a review of voter registration data showed 2,176 registrants might be ineligible to vote due to non-citizenship. Secretary [...]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stated that the viral video showing a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia IDs claiming to have voted for Vice President Harris is fake, in a statement released Thursday night. In the statement, Raffensperger stated that the video is likely a production of Russian troll farms, to “sow discord and chaos [...]

At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured after security forces used live bullets and tear gas during post-election protests on Friday in Mozambique, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. Some victims were as young as one year old, while others were struck by stray bullets inside their [...]

A Louisiana judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday barring state police from further sweeps of the homeless in New Orleans. The order requires the Louisiana State Police, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to not destroy or dispose of unhoused people’s property without judicial process. [...]