President-elect Donald Trump applied for a stay of criminal proceedings to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday for his hush-money case pending his interlocutory appeal for presidential immunity. The application provides several grounds to support why a stay of proceedings should be granted. One of the grounds the application argues is there is a reasonable [...]

US Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday the final ruling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports, which would reduce the burden of medical debt and ensure that patients are not denied access to credit due to unpaid medical bills. With the finalization of the Consumer Financial [...]

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Monday the transfer of 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, marking a significant step in reducing the population of the detention facility. The DOD stated that the Periodic Review Board (PRB) “determined by consensus” that the detention of the Yemeni prisoners under the law [...]

The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would require federal authorities to detain immigrants charged with theft-related crimes, including burglary, larceny, and shoplifting. The measure would add these offenses to existing law that mandates detention for more serious crimes like murder and sexual abuse. In particular, it would require Immigration Customs [...]

US Steel and Nippon Steel filed lawsuits on Monday challenging US President Joe Biden’s decision to block the companies’ proposed $14.9 billion merger deal, alleging the administration cited baseless national security concerns. The two steelmakers contended that the deal would have bolstered domestic manufacturing capacity while adhering to all legal and regulatory requirements. The two [...]

A New York judge on Monday denied president-elect Donald Trump’s request to postpone his sentencing hearing for his hush-money conviction. Trump’s sentencing remains scheduled for January 10. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan found that Trump’s arguments to delay the sentencing were “for the most part, a repetition of the arguments he has raised [...]

US President Joe Biden issued two memoranda on Monday to prohibit new offshore drilling within three ocean and coastal regions, compromising over 625 million acres. One of the memoranda includes the withdrawal of the entire eastern US Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico as well as the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and [...]

The TikTok creators challenging the law that would ban TikTok in the US due to national security concerns filed a reply brief on Friday, just hours after the US government submitted classified materials to the US Supreme Court. The group urged the Court to ignore the government’s arguments saying, “the DC Circuit explicitly declined to [...]

New York judge Juan Merchan on Friday ordered Donald Trump to appear for sentencing on January 10 for his hush-money conviction, finding that a president-elect does not enjoy presidential immunity. Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment is based on the presidential immunity doctrine, the Presidential Transition Act, and the Supremacy Clause, requiring the government to [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday published its finding that Oklahoma discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The DOJ found that Oklahoma unnecessarily puts individuals with behavioral health disabilities in institutional facilities for long periods, isolating those individuals from the general community. These [...]