The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored key parts of Texas’ election law Wednesday, handing the state a major win after repeatedly reversing the lower court during a five-year legal fight. The 11-page ruling overturned a lower court decision that blocked nine parts of Senate Bill 1, a 2021 law that changed Texas’ rules […]
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Federal appeals court lets Pentagon reinstate transgender service ban, says judge overstepped military leaders
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Pentagon to temporarily enforce its revived ban on transgender military service, ruling that a lower court improperly blocked the Trump administration’s 2025 policy. The decision marks a major development in one of the most closely watched military policy cases in the country. The 2–1 ruling from […]
Israeli mother appeals to Trump administration and mediators to bring home final two Gaza hostages
On Oct. 7th, 2023, more than 250 people were kidnapped into Gaza. Today, after more than two years of agony, we are down to the last two. One of them is my son, Ran. Every morning I wake up counting. More than 790 days since they took him. Over 790 nights of longing that burns […]
Appeals court blocks Trump from deporting members of Tren de Aragua gang and more top headlines
1. Appeals court blocks Trump from deporting members of Tren de Aragua gang 2. Missing minute in Jeffrey Epstein jail security video revealed in document dump 3. Minneapolis school shooter‘s deep spiral in months leading up to killings: timeline DRUG BOAT TAKEDOWN – US military strikes narco-terrorist vessel as Trump reveals Caribbean operation. Continue reading […]
Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship blocked by another federal appeals judge in latest ruling
A federal appeals judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people in the country illegally or temporarily. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled that a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship that he issued earlier this year and that was granted […]
‘Loud night in Kyiv, Dad’ — US envoy’s daughter appeals to Kellogg during Russian attack
Meaghan Mobbs, daughter of U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, made a direct appeal to her father on social media during Russia’s combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on June 6. “Loud night in Kyiv, Dad! It might be the explosions and gunfire in the dead of night, but I get the […]
Ukrainian abducted in Russian-occupied Crimea; Ukraine’s ombudsman appeals to Moscow
A Ukrainian citizen disappeared in Russian-occupied Crimea earlier in May after being detained by people who presented themselves as Federal Security Service (FSB) officers, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on May 29. Serhii Hrishchenkov was taken in Sevastopol overnight on May 7, and his whereabouts are currently unknown, said Lubinets, who received an appeal from […]
Appeals court restores hold on Trump admin’s plan to cut government agency by 90%
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., issued a ruling Monday to restore a lower court’s order barring the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau (CFPB). The court ruled 2-1 to restore an earlier ruling by federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, which temporarily halted the Trump […]
ACLU appeals to Supreme Court to stop Venezuelan deportations; Boasberg holds emergency hearing Friday night
The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, asking for an emergency injunction against the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan nationals held in Texas back to South America under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court previously ruled there are restrictions on how the government can use the […]