The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) petition seeking to put a hold on a district court's order requiring the DHS to...
US Senate Committee on Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch on Tuesday released changes to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . The proposed tax structure still follows a seven tier tax bracket with tax rates of 10%, 12%, 22%,...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday announced the results of a national postal survey on Australia's marriage law in which voters voted that Australia's marriage law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it has begun distributing compensation to victims of Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC's (BLMIS) Ponzi scheme. The first set of distributions involve $722.5 million that will...
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia released an order Wednesday preventing all interested parties in the case against Paul Manafort Jr. and Richard Gates III from making certain statements to...
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported Wednesday that attacks against places of worship and religious leaders have seen a "disturbing" increase in Afghanistan since January 1, 2016. The attacks typically target Shi'a Muslim congregations,...
The US House of Representatives Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee announced Thursday they will be holding a hearing on November 7 that will examine "the issue of intellectual property rights owned by entities that...
Attorneys general from Delaware, Maryland, New York and Virginia on Wednesday joined California's federal lawsuit against the Trump administration's regulations that allow employers or health insurers with religious or moral objections to opt out of...
Amnesty International (AI) published a report Tuesday accusing Venezuelan officials of doing illegal nightly home invasions of individuals suspected of dissent in an effort of intimidation. AI received reports of 47 illegal home invasions between April...
The US Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) reached a settlement agreement with ExxonMobil Tuesday over violations of the Clean Air Act from their chemical, olefins,...
