California Governor Gavin Newsom has called on cities and counties across the state to adopt a sweeping ban on homeless encampments, intensifying his administration’s efforts to address the state’s homelessness crisis. On Monday, Newsom released a model ordinance for local governments, urging them to prohibit camping on public property, including... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, who was detained for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration facility after co-authoring an opinion piece critical of her university's response to the Israel-Gaza conflict. U.S. District Judge William Sessions, sitting in Burlington,... Read More »
President Donald Trump has again threatened to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, intensifying a standoff between his administration and the nation’s wealthiest university. In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump wrote, "We are going to be taking away Harvard's Tax Exempt Status. It's what they deserve!" This latest statement... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against major Medicare insurers—Aetna, Elevance Health, and Humana—accusing them of paying kickbacks to brokers in exchange for steering enrollments into their Medicare Advantage plans. According to the complaint, filed in federal court, these insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars to... Read More »
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Trump administration overstepped its authority by using the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act to expedite the deportation of Venezuelan migrants, dealing a significant setback to the administration's immigration crackdown. In a 36-page decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez granted a... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), narrowing the scope of who qualifies a hospital for enhanced Medicare reimbursement payments tied to treating low-income patients. In a 7-2 decision in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, the justices sided with... Read More »
A U.S. federal judge ruled on Thursday against compounding pharmacies seeking permission to continue producing copies of Novo Nordisk's widely popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, while a legal battle over drug shortages continues. Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court in Texas rejected a request from... Read More »
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in a Washington, D.C., courtroom Monday, facing federal antitrust allegations that could dismantle core pillars of his social media empire. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to force Meta Platforms Inc. to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, arguing that Facebook’s acquisitions of the... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed former President Donald Trump to move forward with deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members using a controversial wartime law from 1798, marking a significant legal victory for Trump's aggressive immigration policies, albeit with key limitations. In an unsigned 5-4 decision divided along ideological... Read More »
The Trump administration has revoked an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans, removing work authorization for hundreds of thousands of immigrants and making them eligible for deportation. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the decision Wednesday, reversing protections granted under the Biden administration. Speaking on Fox... Read More »
Broward County Schools Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn has issued a memo to public school principals outlining procedures for handling potential immigration-related issues on campus. The guidance comes as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis convenes a special legislative session on immigration in Tallahassee and amid recent federal policy changes. The memo, sent... Read More »
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), an anti-money laundering law requiring millions of businesses to disclose their real beneficial owners to the Treasury Department. However, enforcement remains on hold due to conflicting lower court rulings, leaving the fate of the... Read More »
On Thursday, a federal judge in Seattle issued a nationwide temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling the directive “blatantly unconstitutional.” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, halted the executive order just three days... Read More »
President Donald Trump faces a wave of lawsuits challenging his executive order to curtail birthright citizenship. Democratic-led states, civil rights organizations, and advocacy groups filed multiple lawsuits on Tuesday, asserting the policy violates the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Trump’s executive order, signed on Monday, directs U.S. agencies to deny citizenship... Read More »
In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers seeking to classify workers as exempt from overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) only need to prove their case by a "preponderance of the evidence," not the stricter "clear and convincing evidence" standard.... Read More »
