The Trump administration has knocked on the doors of the U.S. Supreme Court once again—this time with a plea to let it slash hundreds of millions in scientific research grants tied to diversity and equity. At the center of this legal clash: the National Institutes of Health and its now-frozen funding streams. In a Thursday …
In a transatlantic legal strike, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a defamation lawsuit in Delaware against conservative U.S. commentator Candace Owens, accusing her of orchestrating a “global humiliation campaign” built on one extraordinary falsehood: that France’s First Lady is a man. The lawsuit, rare in both scope and symbolism, charges …
The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division—long a sentinel against discrimination and systemic abuse—has seen nearly 370 employees walk out the door since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. What was once a stable bastion of career lawyers and investigators across party lines has now become the epicenter of a dramatic ideological overhaul. A new memo …
Civil Rights Division Hollowed Out as Trump-Era Agenda Remakes Its Mission Read More »
Columbia University is coughing up more than \$200 million to the U.S. government—\$221 million, to be exact—in a sprawling deal meant to end a series of federal investigations and restore the bulk of its frozen federal funding. The costly resolution comes as a direct consequence of the Trump administration’s ongoing war with elite universities over …
Kilmar Abrego was never supposed to be sent to El Salvador. A legal U.S. resident with a valid work permit, the 29-year-old Salvadoran had already secured a court ruling shielding him from deportation. But in March, he was forcibly removed anyway—thrust into a country where his life was at risk, and tossed into prison like …
Torn Between Two Systems: Wrongly Deported Migrant Wins in Court but Remains Jailed Read More »
In a late-stage legal power play, the U.S. Supreme Court has greenlit President Donald Trump’s abrupt removal of three Democratic commissioners from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), further cementing his control over agencies once thought to be insulated from presidential interference. With a quiet unsigned order, the court swept aside a federal judge’s block …
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In a rebuke that cuts to the constitutional bone, a U.S. federal appeals court has struck down Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to gut birthright citizenship, ruling it flat-out unconstitutional and unenforceable nationwide. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, became the first appellate court to weigh in on the legality of …
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Brett Hankison, one of three former Louisville officers facing federal civil-rights charges, stood before the court acknowledging the ripple effects of a flawed warrant. Though he walked free of state charges in 2022, Hankison now finds himself under renewed scrutiny in a case that has never fully left the public eye. In a succinct address, …
Echoes of Regret: Ex-Officer Confronts Warrant Missteps Ahead of Federal Trial Read More »
The walls of silence surrounding the Epstein saga may be cracking. The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to representatives of Ghislaine Maxwell—Epstein’s former confidante and convicted sex trafficker—requesting a conversation with federal prosecutors. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that he expects to meet with her “in the coming days.” The renewed interest in …
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A seismic shift has rattled the playing field for transgender athletes in the United States. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has officially barred transgender women from participating in women’s competitions—aligning its policy with an executive order recently signed by President Donald Trump. The updated policy, quietly folded into the USOPC’s Athlete Safety Policy, …
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