Following in President Joe Biden's footsteps, who has overturned more than 30 Trump presidential orders, the Justice Department has canceled a Trump administration civil rights lawsuit brought against an Ivy League school. The Biden administration is shifting many former Trump positions, including civil rights, which had been pushed farther right... Read More about DOJ Drops Yale University Discrimination Lawsuit Brought by Trump
Under the umbrella of nonprofit the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, a consortium of frustrated US businesses took legal action against the United States Postal Services (USPS) to halt price hikes. Already fuming at the sixty-four percent drop in on-time delivery reported by the USPS in December, the participating organizations include... Read More about Businesses Take Legal Action to Stop Hefty USPS Price Hikes
General Motors (GM) announced that as of 2035, it would no longer make any gas-powered cars or trucks. Once known for its gigantic SUVs, the company has become a pioneer in the automobile industry by pledging to make only electric vehicles in the near future. As the largest US automaker,... Read More about GM Disrupts Automobile Industry with Striking Pledge to Stop Making Gas-powered Vehicles
One of six men accused of planning to abduct Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer last fall has pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping conspiracy charge, while the other five defendants remain silent. According to the plea agreement of Ty Gerard Garbin, part of the “Wolverine Watchmen,” an aim of certain members... Read More about Michigan ‘Wolverine Watchmen’ Extremist Pleads Guilty to Plotting Abduction of Michigan Governor
President Joe Biden’s Executive Order enacted during his first day in office, ‘Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing,' imposes a powerful mandate on all federal buildings, lands, and staff to wear masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphatically endorses mask-wearing to block the spread of COVID-19,... Read More about Biden’s Mask Mandate Exposes Fed Vs. State Conflicts
President Biden’s ambitious Executive Order title says it all: “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers.” The president’s new U.S.-focused order, created to engage Americans to spend their money on items made in the U.S., harkens to decades past, when “Made in the... Read More about “Buy American” Order Signed by President Biden as Historic New Clean Energy Jobs Debut for Americans
Joe Biden fulfilled yet another one of his campaign promises on day one as president when he announced the US would once again join the World Health Organization (WHO). In a fast reversal of former President Trump's abandonment of WHO, Biden signed an act and notified the non-profit organization that... Read More about DAY ONE: America Re-joins World Health Organization
Rudolph Giuliani, the well-known Trump lawyer and former mayor of New York City, was sued by Dominion Voting Systems on January 25. The lawsuit was filed in the Federal District Court in Washington D.C. by Dominion Voting Systems, the firm that supplies millions of voting machines, tabulators, plus hardware and... Read More about Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani with Defamation Lawsuit for Falsely Claiming Voting Fraud
Day One: Newly minted President Joe Biden signed seventeen executive orders within about five hours of being sworn into the land's highest office. Signed on day one was his order ‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.’ With decades of experience and education rooted... Read More about Biden Signs Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination Based on Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
Five hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, newly minted President Joe Biden put his pen where his campaign promises were, as he tackled 17 executive orders stacked high on his desk in the Oval Office. Biden has said he would make COVID-19 his... Read More about On Day One, President Joe Biden Tackles 17 Executive Orders
After a long civil probe that began in 2016 by the Justice Department, Toyota Motor Corp settled for $180 million. The defects found in emissions systems in Toyota vehicles were a violation of the Clean Air Act. Though Toyota publicly announced they were under investigation in 2016, the US Attorney’s... Read More about Toyota to Pay $180 in Settlement Costs in Largest Civil Penalty for Violation of EPA Emissions in History
The Los Angeles Police Commission has approved the use of facial recognition technology in a unanimous vote by members. The approval has come under fire by over sixty civil rights groups and public letters protesting the idea, with 931 out of 943 letters in opposition to using facial recognition within... Read More about Civil Rights Groups cry Foul as LA Police Commission Unanimously Approves Facial Recognition Technology
The Supreme Court has supported a Trump mandate that all women seeking medical abortions must pick up their medications in person. However, many other medicines are now allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be mailed to patients due to the dangers of contracting COVID-19. The order, split... Read More about Despite Surging Pandemic, Supreme Court Says Women Must Pick up Abortion Meds in Person
Rudy Giuliani, Trump attorney and former Mayor of New York City, is being considered by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) for expulsion. The organization has received hundreds of complaints due to Giuliani’s numerous efforts leading up to the Capitol riots, including his comments at the now infamous rally... Read More about Rudy Giuliani in Hot Seat as New York State Bar Association Considers his Expulsion
Donald Trump’s attorney Thomas McCarthy has requested a federal appeals court to halt a civil lawsuit accusing the president of targeting poor and working-class Americans in promoting a multi-tiered marketing scam. The charges against the Trumps say they exploited their famous name to secretly benefit from unsuspecting lower-income investors. The... Read More about Trump's Lawyer Pushes U.S. Appeals Court to Bring Marketing Scam Civil Lawsuit to Confidential Arbitration