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On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s attem...
06/23/2026

On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s attempt to roll back California’s vehicle emissions standards.

The state of California and the Trump administration are on course for a major legal clash that could determine whether the state will continue to have unique authority to shape the American automotive market.

The Senate’s approval occurred against the backdrop of the administration’s peace deal negotiations with Iran, which hav...
06/23/2026

The Senate’s approval occurred against the backdrop of the administration’s peace deal negotiations with Iran, which have been criticized from both sides of the aisle.

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led U.S. Senate served up a rare public check on President Donald Trump’s agenda Tuesday when it voted to approve a House-passed War Powers Resolution to end hostilities in Iran.

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia means the Department of Homeland Security c...
06/23/2026

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia means the Department of Homeland Security can continue with an expanded use of expedited removal after lower courts blocked the policy over concerns that immigrants were not receiving due process.

WASHINGTON — An appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to use fast-track deportations within the interior of the country and not just at the Southern border, a key pillar in the president’s mass deportation campaign.

The court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of the term in late June or early July. The decision will determine w...
06/23/2026

The court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of the term in late June or early July. The decision will determine whether the administration acted lawfully in its attempt to revoke TPS, including whether it consulted with the State Department when reviewing the country’s conditions.

The Trump administration has argued that TPS has become a “de facto asylum program” and that conditions in Haiti have improved enough to end the designation. It appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court in March, and the justices heard oral arguments on an emergency basis.

States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable...
06/23/2026

States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing.

States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing. Some of these changes include allowing apartment buildings to have just one stairway, reducing how often building codes are updated and rolling back specific electrical o...

The ruling struck at the core of President Donald Trump’s project to assert authority over state-run elections ahead of ...
06/22/2026

The ruling struck at the core of President Donald Trump’s project to assert authority over state-run elections ahead of the November midterms. Under Trump’s control, the executive branch has spent the past year attempting to obtain state voter rolls to feed into the computer program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE.

The Trump administration illegally overhauled a U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer program in its hunt for noncitizen voters, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision that laid into federal officials for violating the privacy of millions of Americans.

The decision leaves in place last July’s ruling by an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that individuals and priva...
06/22/2026

The decision leaves in place last July’s ruling by an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that individuals and private organizations can’t sue to enforce Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with a disability or the inability to read or write to receive assistance from a person of their choice.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review Arkansas’ limits on assistance for voters at the polls, a decision that advocates say further erodes the landmark 1965 law preventing discrimination against racial minorities at the ballot box.

The June 11 lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles trial court claims that Roblox and Discord lied to the public about how safe ...
06/22/2026

The June 11 lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles trial court claims that Roblox and Discord lied to the public about how safe their platforms are because both do not require age verification or parental consent for minors to set up accounts.

Both platforms issued statements disputing the lawsuit's allegations and its characterization of their online environments.

Arkansas lawmakers last year enacted a measure similar to Alabama's allowing nitrogen executions.
06/22/2026

Arkansas lawmakers last year enacted a measure similar to Alabama's allowing nitrogen executions.

The ruling by two federal courts places nitrogen gas executions in limbo with consequences beyond Alabama as other states try to use it.

Rural Arkansans face increasingly long drives to hospitals that deliver babies as more labor and delivery units have clo...
06/22/2026

Rural Arkansans face increasingly long drives to hospitals that deliver babies as more labor and delivery units have closed due to financial strain, according to new data from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement.

Rural Arkansans face increasingly long drives to hospitals that deliver babies as more labor and delivery units have closed due to financial strain.

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