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October 14, 2026
A Maryland federal judge refused Wednesday to block an executive order from President Donald Trump requiring government contractors to forgo "racially discriminatory DEI activities," finding the directive's critics haven't shown that it likely shirks free speech protections.
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October 14, 2026
The U.K.'s Labour government should be wary of raising capital gains tax rates in its autumn budget given the risks for businesses and investment, a former adviser to Prime Minister Andy Burnham told a parliamentary committee Wednesday.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday finalized a rule ending automatic extensions for individuals with expiring work permits who have filed renewal applications, rejecting public feedback that it will cause noncitizens to lose work authorization.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments Wednesday over who can sue under the decades-old Video Privacy Protection Act in a dispute that experts say is likely to hinge on the approach the justices take to squaring the statute's original intent with the capabilities of modern tracking technologies.
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October 13, 2026
A Michigan federal judge Tuesday paused the Trump administration's lawsuit that seeks to force Michigan into handing over certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicant records, saying a California federal court overseeing the same "core legal issue" in a lawsuit filed by Michigan and other states should rule first.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is employing a creative use of a Dodd-Frank Act provision to fashion itself a form of authority over crypto spot markets after the Clarity Act failed to move forward, an effort that experts say will draw industry applause and state scrutiny.
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October 13, 2026
The D.C. Circuit is set to decide if the Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to go back and change the amount of renewable fuel that gas-producing companies have to make in a given year after the deadline for doing so has passed.
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October 13, 2026
A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday that the Justice Department's revised delegation of authority to Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, complies with a recent Ninth Circuit ruling, repeatedly asking whether the changes meaningfully restrict his powers.
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October 13, 2026
The Colorado Court of Appeals challenged environmental groups' opposition to a permit allowing large-scale animal feeding facilities to operate without certain monitoring requirements, but pressed counsel for both parties on Tuesday on the permit's purpose amid potential pollution to the state's waterways.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review whether a Tenth Circuit ban on gun ownership for people convicted of nonviolent felony offenses conflicts with the high court's ruling earlier this year striking down gun regulations for drug users.
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October 13, 2026
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration not to fell any more trees on a public golf course it's seeking to rebuild, days after the government cleared over 400 trees from the park.
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October 13, 2026
The New York City government urged a federal court not to block plans to open city-owned grocery stores in each of the five boroughs, saying the program is needed to combat hunger as New Yorkers face high inflation and cuts to federal nutrition assistance.
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October 13, 2026
ABC told a D.C. federal court the Federal Communications Commission has effectively admitted that a probe of its parent Disney's hiring practices could not justify threatening eight of the network's TV stations' licenses with an early renewal proceeding.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Small Business Administration said it has inked a new deal with the U.S. Department of Defense that will help small businesses operating within the defense industrial base to access additional capital.
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October 13, 2026
A Washington state school district rebuked a suit challenging its permissive transgender athlete policies Tuesday, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that the legal fight is not nearly ripe enough for high court scrutiny.
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October 13, 2026
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued a report Tuesday claiming the E-Rate program's costs have ballooned over time due to layers of bureaucracy and outside consulting work for local organizations that use the federal broadband subsidy.
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October 13, 2026
A Chubb unit told a Texas federal court Tuesday that a pollution exclusion bars coverage to GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. for underlying lawsuits and a civil investigation stemming from the overheating of a storage tank in California that led to toxic emissions and the evacuation of thousands of residents.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has rebuffed the state of New Mexico's request for the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files for its investigation into possible crimes at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, saying it would hinder law enforcement operations.
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October 13, 2026
An energy company accused of selling fraudulent tax shelters marketed as tribal tax credits retaliated against an IRS employee after she flagged the company's promotion of the credits, engaging in a defamatory campaign to discredit her and interfering with her employment, she told a D.C. Superior Court.
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October 13, 2026
Norfolk Southern Corp. is asking an Ohio federal judge to throw out the East Palestine City School District Board of Education's latest complaint over the 2023 train derailment, saying the claims that the derailment cost the board tax money cannot stand up to court standards.
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October 13, 2026
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it wants to eliminate a regulation that directed it to give deference to previous eligibility determinations for nonimmigrant foreign workers when it considers petitions to extend their authorizations.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Commerce properly determined an importer's solar-powered charging modules should be subject to countervailing and antidumping duties on Chinese solar cell products, according to an opinion published Tuesday by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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October 13, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission has granted petitions from 14 telecommunications companies asking for extensions to finish projects to "rip and replace" foreign-produced network equipment the agency deems untrustworthy.
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October 13, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned the government on Tuesday about charging a deported Mexican national twice for the crime of being found in the U.S. after having been removed, saying constitutional problems plagued the government's treatment of the man.
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October 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced an interim final rule that shrinks the window refugees have to contest termination of their status from 30 to 10 days, arguing the shift will help combat national security risks.