The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday for its "arbitrary detention" of asylum seekers. All of the plaintiffs named in the case are asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture or death in...

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 407-10 to approve HR 4909 , a bill that seeks to increase funding for security and safety in schools. Titled "STOP School Violence Act of 2018," the...

Indiana's House approved a bill Wednesday that lifts prohibitions that kept those previously protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from obtaining professional licenses for dozens of occupations including cosmetology and...

The US Senate on Tuesday approved the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act , which implements several changes to the laws implemented following the 2008 financial crisis. The purpose of the bill is: "To promote economic growth,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a Texas law banning sanctuary cities. The law, Senate Bill 4 (SB4) , "prohibits local authorities from limiting their cooperation with federal immigration...

The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that foreign lawyers cannot practice law within the country. Parties included both law firms and individual lawyers from the UK, US, France and Australia. The court noted that Under...

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the US Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary rule. The fiduciary rule placed fixed indexed annuities to fall under the Best Interest Contract...

Authorities in Germany have announced the death of Oskar Groening, a former Nazi SS officer who was known as "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz." Groening was sentenced last November to four years in prison...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Monday ruled that a transgender student must be permitted to use both the restroom and locker room that is "in alignment with their...

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday announced that he will immediately pull the Philippines out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In a 15 page letter to the media, Duterte declared that the...