US Democratic attorneys general in 23 states, as well as Washington DC, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the District Court of Rhode Island on Tuesday. They allege in the lawsuit that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Biden-era federal regulations on “ghost guns,” or mail-order kits that allow people to build untraceable weapons at home, handing gun control groups a rare win at the conservative high court. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the court’s opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena [...]

A jury in the US District Court for the District of Albuquerque convicted failed former New Mexico House of Representatives candidate Solomon Peña on Wednesday of charges in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The shootings occurred between [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, a stark blow to the administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights. US District Judge Ana Reyes found the military ban is “soaked in animus and dripping with pretext. Its [...]

A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a complaint Thursday against the Trump administration for sweeping layoffs across the Education Department, saying it amounts to an illegal dismantling of an agency created by Congress. The Attorney Generals (AGs) for Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, [...]

A group of US probationary government employees who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal workforce filed a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the mass firings were illegal and should be reversed. The lawsuit was filed by employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of the Treasury, the Department [...]

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, [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from firing the Democratic chair of the US Merit System Protection Board (MSPB). Trump had informed Cathy Harris that her position on the MSPB was terminated “effective, immediately” last month. However, Trump failed to provide a reason [...]

US President Trump directed the Attorney General and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies on Tuesday to strip security clearances from lawyers at a prominent Washington DC law firm aiding former special counsel Jack Smith, and to end any federal government work the firm may have. The move intensifies his bid to [...]

The Trump administration abruptly cut off legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children on Tuesday, telling government-funded attorneys across the country they should immediately stop their work. The stop-work order effectively prevents immigrant children from having legal defense, leaving them to figure out how to navigate the American judicial system on their own. Immigrant Defenders Law [...]