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 [...]

The UK Justice Committee announced Tuesday it will relaunch a major inquiry to examine mounting delays in the County Court system. This follows new data that reveals the lengthening of trial wait times in both small claims and multi- or fast-track cases. The Committee Chair Andy Slaughter said the inquiry will seek to address the [...]

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced they are investigating whether overseas actors or individuals are responsible for an escalation in antisemitic attacks in the country, in a statement released on Tuesday. The AFP media statement detailed the establishment of Special Operation Avalite to target “high-harm antisemitism” and Operation Ardvarna to target the “display of prohibited [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her during her trial. Brenda Andrew claimed prosecutors called her a “slut puppy,” holding up her underwear for the jury. In an opinion from the Supreme Court, the majority ordered the US 10th Circuit of [...]

Detained South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol denied on Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of parliament during a short-lived attempt to impose martial law. Having skipped the first two of five planned hearings in his impeachment trial, Yoon made his first appearance before South Korea’s Constitutional Court, where approximately 4,000 [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot date requirements. The plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit include the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and local voting organizations. They initiated the suit in 2022 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered county election boards to reject mail-in ballots [...]

Attorneys general from 22 states filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging US President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. Central to the lawsuit is the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US. The clause was last interpreted in 1898 in United States [...]

The European Commission and the European Board for Digital Services welcomed on Monday the integration of the new “Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online” into the Digital Services Act (DSA) to guarantee the safety of users. The revised code aims to strengthen the fight against harmful content online according to EU law [...]

President Donald Trump enacted an executive order on Monday, entitled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government.” This action seeks to tackle abuses of authority in federal law enforcement and intelligence organizations. The directive forms part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to eliminate what it calls politically driven enforcement actions that sap [...]

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama established a Constitutional Review Committee on Sunday to address gaps in implementing the 1992 constitution and continue the work of a former Constitutional Review Committee in 2010. According to a press release, the Constitutional Review Committee was created to “enhance democratic governance within the country.” Professor Kwasi Prempeh, executive director [...]