A US Customs and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman on Wednesday during continuing agency operations in the city. The next day, CNN reported that Minnesota officials told the news outlet that “the feds have blocked them from investigating the fatal ICE shooting” of Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old mother and [...]
The US State Department on Wednesday announced that it will halt all assistance programs that benefit the Somali Federal Government after a report that a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse was demolished and its contents seized by Somali officials. The online post said that President Donald Trump has a “zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, [...]
Google and Character.AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm, agreed Wednesday to settle a lawsuit linked to a teen’s suicide in 2024, a landmark settlement for AI-related harm cases. The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed the lawsuit following the agreement between the plaintiff and defendants. The parties have 90 days to [...]
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Wednesday directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The memorandum orders all executive departments and agencies to cease participation in and funding for 31 UN organizations and 35 non-UN entities [...]
A federal court on Tuesday denied the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. The case will continue on Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) claims. The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) established standing by [...]
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision holding that a state law generally banning abortion and a separate law that prohibited the use of abortion pills are unconstitutional. Wyoming passed the abortion bans in 2022, which included one total ban unless a situation of rape or incest occurred, and one banning [...]
A Minneapolis Hilton Hotel has denied service to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents in protest of immigration enforcement activity in the city, an online post revealed Monday. DHS posted an email exchange between agents and the hotel, in which a hotel manager cancelled a DHS reservation after discovering ties between agents and their “immigration [...]
Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, respectively the former president and first lady of Venezuela, made brief statements during their arraignment in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York Monday. The couple pleaded not guilty to all charges levied against them in a new indictment, which alleges narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine [...]
Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan submitted a letter of resignation to Governor Tony Evers on Saturday following her conviction of obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. In her letter, Dugan stated: As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex challenges [...]
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US would “run” Venezuela, following a strike on the country that led to the capture and transfer to the US of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores. Trump made the remarks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He [...]