The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday its intention to repeal the Clean Power Plan , an Obama-era policy that worked to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's September...
The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's September 24 proclamation that created new restrictions on...
The US Department of Treasury released a report Friday suggesting regulations and changes to current laws which affect the US Financial System. This report is in response to President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13772 , which established...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit Thursday in the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Navient Corporation over unlawful student loan origination and servicing practices. The lawsuit alleges that Navient violated Pennsylvania's Unfair...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Senator Bob Casey sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wednesday requesting that the FCC implement rules to target and eliminate unlawful robocalls. The FCC has previously...
Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona upheld President Trump's pardon of former Arizona Sherriff Joe Arpaio and dismissed the contempt case against Arpaio during a...
A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to reduce prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders. The bill, sponsored by 10 senators from both sides of the aisle, seeks to reduce rather than...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo to US Attorneys Wednesday stating that Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination does not extend to discrimination based on gender identity.Accordingly, Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination...
A divided US Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated an injunction granted by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit , clearing the way for the State of Alabama to execute Jeffrey Lynn Borden....