Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
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Trump’s agenda faces courtroom setbacks as Justice Department lawyers struggle to win over judges
Judges have blocked plans to add a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form and cut federal funding for public schools with DEI programs.
Court sides with Fortnite maker Epic as Apple sanctioned for defying order in App Store case
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had ordered Apple to lower the barriers protecting its previously exclusive payment system for in-app digital transactions.
US government has a new policy for terminating international students’ legal status
The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status canceled in recent weeks with little explanation.
Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free Europe
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also tucked a lesson on the three branches of government inside his ruling, cautioning that the American system of checks and balances must remain intact if the nation is going to continue to thrive.
First accuser takes the witness stand at Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial
Miriam Haley, a former TV and movie production assistant, alleges that the former movie mogul forcibly performed oral sex on her at his New York City apartment in 2006.
Federal judge tosses lawsuit brought by ex-college basketball players against NCAA
The lawsuit, which included 16 total players who played before June 16, 2016, claimed that the NCAA had enriched itself by utilizing their names, images and likenesses to promote its men’s basketball tournament.
The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit
On Tuesday, an attorney for Trina Martin will go before the U.S. Supreme Court to ask the justices to reinstate her 2019 lawsuit against the U.S. government accusing the agents of assault and battery, false arrest and other violations.
Trump administration abruptly reverses termination of legal status for international students
More than 1,200 students nationwide previously had lost their legal status or had visas revoked, leaving them at risk for deportation.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
The administrations asks tht the court should allow the ban to take effect nationwide, except for the seven service members and one aspiring member of the military who sued.
Federal judge blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Judge delays $2.8 billion NCAA settlement to address roster limit concerns. Attorneys warn of chaos
The judge overseeing the rewriting of the college sports rulebook threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the antitrust lawsuit redo the part of the proposed settlement.
Federal judge temporarily halts order for details on any efforts to return Abrego Garcia to US
The seven-day pause ordered by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Wednesday is the first sign of a possible change, either in tone or position, in the contentious legal fight that already has been to the Supreme Court.
Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is quietly revoking two-year permits of people who used an online appointment app at U.S. border crossings with Mexico called CBP One, which brought in more than 900,000 people starting in January 2023.
Law firms fighting Trump to ask judges to permanently block executive orders
Two major law firms are expected to ask separate judges on Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were designed to punish them and hurt their business operations.
NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly
The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer.
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says
The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday.
The Supreme Court won’t revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adults
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.
Google to face off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case
Google will confront an existential threat Monday as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.
60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Funding is expected to be used up by the end of next year, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and obtained by The Associated Press. That would leave tens of thousands across the country scrambling to pay their rent.