U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, file photo, March 2018. (ICE/Flickr via AZPM News)

Texas Federal Judge Drew Tipton blocked President Joe Biden’s new deportation order after the Lone Star State sued the White House administration. Biden proposed the new 100-day moratorium on most immigrant deportations on inauguration day as part of a slew of new orders. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Biden's... Read More »

Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on 'worldwide threats to the homeland', on Capitol Hill Washington.

Representative Bennie Thompson, D-MS and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is suing Trump and Giuliani, along with two far-right groups - the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys — for the January 6 riot, alleging conspiracy to incite deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol. Other Democratic Congresspersons, including... Read More »

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

An agreement signed on the last day of President Trump’s administration that would allow a federal labor union representing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees “the ability to indefinitely delay the implementation of agency policies” has been disapproved by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) incoming leadership under President... Read More »

Inmates at the Cook County Jail in Chicago line up to be processed for release on Sept. 29, 2011.

Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that would eliminate the use of cash bail for inmates who are waiting for their trial date. This legislation makes Illinois the first state in the nation to abolish the practice. The legislation, titled the Pretrial Fairness Act, is one of several criminal... Read More »

Willie B. Smith III. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)

In 1991, Willie B. Smith III and others abducted 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson at gunpoint from an ATM, used her card to steal $80 from her account, and took her to a cemetery where Smith shot her in the back of the head. Johnson was the sister of a police... Read More »

First Lt. Elyse Ping Medvigy, a native of Sebastopol, Calif., fire support officer with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Inf. Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Division, conducts a call-for-fire during an artillery shoot south of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2014.

The National Coalition for Men is requesting the Supreme Court to consider whether the male-only requirement for Selective Service registration is a violation of equal protection guaranteed under the Constitution. Currently, most United States citizens and immigrant men between the ages of 18 and 26 must register with the Selective... Read More »

The logo of SK Innovation is seen in front of its headquarters in Seoul

On Wednesday, February 10, in a clash between two of the world’s largest battery makers, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) affirmed a judge’s earlier ruling in favor of LG Chem. In making its decision, the commission was bound by statute to consider how its decision would affect U.S. consumers.... Read More »

Rudolph W. Giuliani (Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan tried to obtain search warrants last year for Rudolph W. Giuliani’s digital records. They were looking for electronic records about his pals with Ukrainian connections who helped him dig for mud to throw onto the Biden family, and with whom Giuliani was thought to have a... Read More »

Woman studying for citizenship test

By executive order, President Biden has made a change to the civics test required of citizenship applicants. The Trump administration had previously changed the test to include 128 possible questions, an increase from the 100 possible questions in the 2008 version of the test. President Biden is switching back to... Read More »

Grocery store worker with a mask

COVID-19 claims by workers across the US during the pandemic are waffling in dramatic ways, depending upon where claimants reside. Numerous states deny workers’ COVID-19 claims even as more than 500,000 deaths have occurred due to the deadly virus. As the pandemic infects all people of every income group, some... Read More »

Medicaid

President Biden’s executive orders have included directives to some government agencies to re-examine Trump-era health care policies. Among those to be reviewed are the Medicaid work requirements and short-term health plans. Agencies are specifically directed to re-examine any policies and rules that limit access to health care, such as adding... Read More »

Man purchasing gun

Lawmakers in North Dakota are pushing back against restrictive gun laws in their latest House Bill 1272. The bill would give gun owners freedom from federal laws and regulations when it comes to their firearms. However, the bill will only apply to firearms and accessories that are made in the... Read More »

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, on Capitol Hill in August.Credit...Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

Are you still getting Christmas cards? Did your corner mailbox recently disappear? Are you ready to pay even more for your postage stamps? Are you afraid your local post office might be closed and you may soon have to depend on a private, and more expensive, mail delivery service? Are... Read More »

Jason Ravnsborg speaking in Sioux Falls, S.D.

South Dakota's Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has officially been charged with three class two misdemeanors after his involvement in a deadly crash last year. His charges include operating a motor vehicle while using an electronic device, improper lane driving, and careless driving. Each count carries with it 30 days in... Read More »

CitiBank

On February 16, 2021, following what the industry has called “one of the biggest blunders in banking history,” U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman of the Southern District of New York ruled Citibank is not entitled to a return of half a million dollars wired by mistake. In August 2020,... Read More »