Blumenthal urges RFK Jr. to fire Malone from CDC vaccine panel after violent posts linked to attack on agency.
Trump administration orders DC police to clear homeless encampments as city officials scramble to provide shelters and resources.
Maine Family Planning sues Trump administration to restore Medicaid funds lost after independent clinics were swept into national Planned Parenthood defunding policy.
Justice Department finds George Washington University violated civil rights law by ignoring campus antisemitism and threatens federal funding cuts.
Judge Lewis Kaplan orders ICE to improve Manhattan immigration facility after government admits detainees lack beds, sleeping mats and adequate meals.
Trump administration rewrites annual human rights report to shield allies like Israel and El Salvador while targeting Brazil and South Africa.
Air Force denies early retirement and benefits to transgender personnel with 15–18 years of service, forcing separation with only lump-sum pay.
Defense Secretary reposts video by CREC pastors led by Doug Wilson calling to revoke women’s voting rights while praising a Christian nationalist church.
Education Department opens civil rights probe into Baltimore City Public Schools over antisemitism after ADL complaint alleging Nazi salutes and harassment.
Pentagon says Fort Bliss will start holding 1,000 migrants in late August, expanding to 5,000 as the largest U.S. detention center to speed deportations.
Federal judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship order nationwide, citing likely 14th Amendment violations, the fourth block since the Supreme Court’s June ruling.
Leaked State Department drafts dramatically soften human rights criticism of strategic partners El Salvador, Israel and Russia.
Florida plans second immigration internment center at Camp Blanding to expand capacity despite ongoing lawsuits over inhumane conditions at Everglades facility.
Tennessee executed intellectually disabled Byron Black despite defibrillator warnings, with inmate reporting severe pain attorneys predicted during lethal injection.
Trump reverses Biden’s expansion of VA abortion services as Republicans claim 2022 policy violated 1992 congressional prohibition.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s expedited deportations of migrants who entered legally through humanitarian parole programs as policy deemed likely illegal.
Ninth Circuit upholds restrictions requiring Trump immigration agents establish reasonable suspicion beyond language or job for detentions in Los Angeles.
Trump says he didn’t know why Epstein took young women from Mar-a-Lago, prompting pushback from Giuffre family
Senate confirms EEOC acting chair Andrea Lucas to five year term, giving Trump a likely majority to roll back pregnancy, transgender and DEI protections.
Federal judge halts Trump order sanctioning Americans assisting the International Criminal Court, calling it an unconstitutional speech restraint.
U.S. sanctions Brazilian judge overseeing Bolsonaro case and imposes 50% tariff on most Brazilian goods, citing rights abuses and censorship.
Senate blocks bid to halt $675 million arms sale to Israel as 27 Democrats break over Gaza’s soaring death toll.
California leads 23 Democratic states suing Trump administration to permanently block Planned Parenthood funding cuts after federal judge temporarily halted them Monday.
Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes first Republican lawmaker to call Israel’s Gaza campaign genocide, breaking with party’s unified support for Israel.
Texas sues New York clerk for protecting local doctor from $100,000 fine over abortion pills prescribed to Texas patient.
Twenty-one states sue USDA over demand for Social Security numbers and personal data of food stamp recipients amid Trump immigration enforcement push.
Civil rights lawyers seek restraining order against Everglades immigration detention center over detainees held without charges and barred from legal access.
Judge Indira Talwani orders continued Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood after ruling Trump’s targeted exclusion likely unconstitutional.
Trump pressures Netanyahu to allow more food aid into Gaza after seeing images he describes as ‘real starvation’ during Scotland meeting with Starmer.
State Department official tells embassy Trump’s South African refugee program is for whites only despite public claims it includes all racial minorities.
Trump urges Netanyahu to escalate Gaza war to eliminate Hamas after ceasefire talks collapsed as at least 122 Palestinians died of starvation in recent days, including 83 children.
DOJ sues New York City and Mayor Adams over sanctuary policies, accusing city of enabling criminal activity and violating the Supremacy Clause.
Supreme Court blocks 8th Circuit ruling that would strip private enforcement of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
IRS reviews phasing out multilingual tax filing services and translation assistance after executive order declaring English the official language.
ICE mandates GPS ankle monitors for roughly 183,000 immigrants in its Alternatives to Detention program, excluding pregnant women, boosting surveillance via Geo Group contractor tied to former Trump officials.
Trump order pushes forced hospitalization of homeless individuals, reversing housing‑first policy and favoring treatment over shelter.
US and Israel leave Gaza ceasefire talks, accusing Hamas of bad faith as child malnutrition and aid deaths escalate.
Government awards $232 million contract for 5,000-person tent internment camp in west Texas despite border crossings plunging.
Ninth Circuit upholds nationwide block of Trump order redefining birthright citizenship despite Supreme Court limiting such injunctions.
Citing its federal charter, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee quietly updated its policy to comply with Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from competition.
A federal judge has partially blocked a Trump administration law to defund Planned Parenthood, shielding some clinics while the legal fight continues.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by the Trump administration once before, have now asked a judge to keep him in jail to prevent a second deportation.
21 Democratic AGs are suing to block a Trump rule cutting immigrant access to health, housing, and Head Start that the White House claims saves $40B.
A federal judge rebuked Trump’s DOJ for seeking leniency and sentenced ex-detective Brett Hankison to 33 months for his role in the killing of Breonna Taylor.
The Trump administration released 200,000 pages of FBI surveillance files on Martin Luther King Jr. despite his family’s pleas to prevent the weaponization of the records.
In a culture war appeal to his base, Trump demanded the return of the Redskins and Indians names while threatening to block a D.C. stadium deal that Biden already approved.
Protesters in 1,600 cities stage “Good Trouble” demonstrations against Trump policies on John Lewis anniversary.
Attorneys sue Trump administration to restore deportation protections for 150,000 abused migrant children.
Federal appeals court blocks Trump administration’s attempt to unilaterally revoke green cards, ruling Justice Department exceeded congressional authority in separation of powers violation.
The Trump administration exiled five migrants to the African nation of Eswatini, citing a recent and controversial Supreme Court order on third-country removals.
