The American Civil Liberties Union and women's rights groups sued the Pentagon on October 8, 2026, accusing the Defense Department of withholding records about a study examining the effectiveness of women in ground combat roles, amid concerns that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could use its findings to restrict their service.The... Read More »
Federal prosecutors are seeking a criminal indictment against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over allegations that she lied to Congress about President Donald Trump's actions surrounding the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The Justice Department has presented evidence to a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., escalating its investigation... Read More »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law establishing a $19.75 hourly minimum wage for certain farmworkers beginning in 2027, as the Trump administration faces a federal court deadline to replace its rules governing agricultural guest worker pay.Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2646 on September 30, 2026, creating a higher wage... Read More »
President Donald Trump has ordered Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to appear before a newly formed White House committee investigating mortgage fraud allegations, renewing his effort to fire her after the Supreme Court blocked his earlier attempt.Under an October 7, 2026, presidential memorandum, Cook must attend a closed-door hearing at... Read More »
The Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on October 9, 2026, targeting the entire institution just hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize. The move threatens the world's permanent war crimes tribunal with restrictions on U.S. financial services, technology, and... Read More »
Arlington County, Virginia, sued the Trump administration Thursday to stop construction of President Donald Trump's planned 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery, alleging federal officials are moving toward building the monument without adequately examining its effects on public safety, traffic and historic landmarks.The October 8, 2026, complaint, filed in... Read More »
The Trump administration is proposing to charge universities $70,000 for each international student they recommend for U.S. work authorization, with another $30,000 for subsequent participation, under a new immigration regulation that could sharply increase the cost of hiring foreign graduates.The Department of Homeland Security's proposal, published in the Federal Register... Read More »
The Trump administration has blocked Microsoft, Adobe, and six other major technology companies from a federal green-card sponsorship program, halting new applications and freezing pending cases as Vice President JD Vance accuses the companies of abusing the immigration system.Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the suspensions on October 8, 2026, saying... Read More »
A military judge on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, threw out the FBI confessions of the last remaining defendant in the September 11 terrorism case to have his statements challenged, leaving prosecutors with rulings excluding the disputed confessions of all four men facing the death penalty at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The... Read More »
A Colorado woman cleared of stealing a $25 package is suing Flock Safety after police used the company's license plate cameras to track her movements over nearly a month and issued a criminal summons despite evidence she says established her innocence.Chrisanna Elser filed the proposed class action on October 5,... Read More »
The Democratic National Committee sued President Donald Trump and his administration on October 7, 2026, alleging they diverted $20 million in taxpayer funds to broadcast political advertisements promoting the president weeks before the midterm elections.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims the money... Read More »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against President Donald Trump on Tuesday after Trump said Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, remarks the White House says were misinterpreted.“TIME FOR THE 25TH!” Newsom said on October 6, 2026, escalating a clash over... Read More »
OpenAI has been sued over the name of GPT-6 Astra by a California software company that says it used the trademark years earlier and now risks looking like the copycat.TradeSun Inc. filed the lawsuit October 5, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming it... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a former Pennsylvania judge’s First Amendment challenge to his suspension over pro-Democrat Facebook posts, leaving in place a ruling that gives the state broad authority to restrict partisan political speech by judges serving on the bench.The justices denied Mark B. Cohen’s petition on October... Read More »
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has won a temporary court order blocking Minnesota from enforcing its first-in-the-nation ban on AI tools that can generate realistic nude images of identifiable people, escalating a First Amendment fight over Grok and AI-generated sexual images.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit... Read More »
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