Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday announced Canada’s intention to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state at the upcoming UN General Assembly in early September, with certain conditions. PM Carney said his plans to acknowledge Palestine as a state are contingent on the Palestinian Authority agreeing to implement several of his recommendations. Carney asked [...]

A Massachusetts federal court granted a preliminary injunction on Monday in favor of Planned Parenthood, temporarily blocking the US President Donald Trump’s administration from following through on defunding efforts in the recently passed reconciliation bill. To support the finding of her order, Judge Indira Talwani held that the plaintiffs, Planned Parenthood, are likely to succeed [...]

The Supreme Court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling finding that descendants of formerly enslaved people are eligible for tribal citizenship. Appellants, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Citizenship Board, argued that the Nation’s sovereign immunity was violated by the district court when evidence was brought for consideration by the district [...]

The US withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Tuesday on the basis that “continued involvement” is not part of the nation’s interest. The press statement released by the Department of State claimed the decision was a response to UNESCO’s stance on Palestinian statehood in particular. The department stated: UNESCO works [...]

Nearly half of US states joined in a complaint against President Donald Trump’s administration and the Education Department on Monday over the $6 billion funding freeze for K-12 schools and adult education. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants, including Education Department (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon, “have irreparably harmed and will irreparably harm” them and “their schools, and [...]

Several medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other government officials on Monday, alleging that a new department directive is unlawful and harms the physician-patient relationship, among other claims. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, and other health organizations brought the suit in [...]

The US Supreme Court granted an application for stay made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday, allowing for the revocation of status for around 500,000 migrants who came through the parole program for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan nationals. Justice Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson and Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented on several grounds, [...]

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to stay an injunction, which could allow for DHS to continue the deportations of migrants to third countries without due process. The defendants in the pending case are officials in President Donald Trump’s administration, including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, while [...]

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita Tribe) and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (Washoe Tribe) filed a class action trust accounting lawsuit on Thursday, alleging that the US government misused Native nations’ “own funds” to pay for the country’s boarding school program during a period that President Joe Biden last year named “one [...]

Oklahoma District Court Judge Bernard Jones granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, blocking HB 4156 from allowing the criminalization of noncitizens’ irregular entry and unauthorized stay in the state of Oklahoma. This decision is part of a lawsuit that is an amended complaint, with the plaintiffs having filed a motion for a temporary restraining [...]