Rick Gates III, the former deputy campaign manager for the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail and three years probation for lying to the FBI as part of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Gates will also be required to serve 300 hours of community service and pay a $20,000 fine. [...]

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, who was arrested after a bloodless coup ousted him from office earlier this year, was sentenced Saturday to two years in detention after he was found guilty of corruption by a court in Khartoum. However, the law in Sudan specifies that no one over 70 years of age can be [...]

Judge Michael Kelly of the Michigan Court of Claims ruled in favor of Enbridge Energy and against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) who both ran campaigns against the Enbridge Line 5 dual pipelines, which run under the Straits of Mackinac that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The construction [...]

The US Supreme Court added four cases to it merits docket Friday, including Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which challenges the constitutionality of the CFPB structure. The case was decided in the CFPB’s favor by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in May. Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez asks the [...]

The European Commission referred Poland to the European Court of Justice Thursday for violating judicial independence. In an April 3 letter, the Commission outlined in detail Poland’s failure to provide an effective right to remedy before an independent and impartial court under Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Poland has also [...]

The US House of Representatives passed three joint resolutions on Wednesday disapproving of the Trump administration’s planned transfer of precision-guided bombs, other bombs and munitions, and support services to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other members of the Saudi-led coalition. Joint resolutions 36 and 37 passed the House with 238 votes in their favor [...]

The US Congress passed the Cambodia Act of 2019 Monday, which aims “To promote free and fair elections, political freedoms, and human rights in Cambodia, and for other purposes.” The bill was introduced by Congressman Ted Yoho, of Florida’s Third District and Lead Republican for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and [...]

Judge Victoria Roberts of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit by the Arab American Civil Rights League against Proclamation No. 9645, the Trump Administration’s third iteration of of the so-called travel ban that restricts travel from seven countries, can move forward. The Proclamation states that, after [...]

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot selectively block followers of his Twitter with whom he disagrees. The ruling affirmed a decision by a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, who held that the “interactive [...]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced the formation of the Commission on Unalienable Rights based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Pompeo said the Commission, which is to be composed of human rights experts, activists, philosophers and members of both political parties, will guide him regarding the role of [...]