COVID-19 is causing massive unemployment. Unemployment often makes it impossible for tenants to pay their rent. Landlords evict. Tenants became homeless, often threatening public health and safety. To avoid this downward spiral, both Presidents Trump and Biden issued moratoriums on tenant evictions. But a federal judge in Texas blocked the... Read More »
A half dozen accidents involving Piper Aircraft Inc. planes with steering difficulties prompted U.S. crash investigators to get involved. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) probe focuses on six incidents between December 2019 and January 2021. In those accidents, pilots of high-end Piper M600 aircraft had trouble with directional control... Read More »
Texas Federal Judge Drew Tipton blocked President Joe Biden’s new deportation order after the Lone Star State sued the White House administration. Biden proposed the new 100-day moratorium on most immigrant deportations on inauguration day as part of a slew of new orders. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Biden's... Read More »
Representative Bennie Thompson, D-MS and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is suing Trump and Giuliani, along with two far-right groups - the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys — for the January 6 riot, alleging conspiracy to incite deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol. Other Democratic Congresspersons, including... Read More »
An agreement signed on the last day of President Trump’s administration that would allow a federal labor union representing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees “the ability to indefinitely delay the implementation of agency policies” has been disapproved by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) incoming leadership under President... Read More »
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that would eliminate the use of cash bail for inmates who are waiting for their trial date. This legislation makes Illinois the first state in the nation to abolish the practice. The legislation, titled the Pretrial Fairness Act, is one of several criminal... Read More »
In 1991, Willie B. Smith III and others abducted 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson at gunpoint from an ATM, used her card to steal $80 from her account, and took her to a cemetery where Smith shot her in the back of the head. Johnson was the sister of a police... Read More »
The National Coalition for Men is requesting the Supreme Court to consider whether the male-only requirement for Selective Service registration is a violation of equal protection guaranteed under the Constitution. Currently, most United States citizens and immigrant men between the ages of 18 and 26 must register with the Selective... Read More »
On Wednesday, February 10, in a clash between two of the world’s largest battery makers, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) affirmed a judge’s earlier ruling in favor of LG Chem. In making its decision, the commission was bound by statute to consider how its decision would affect U.S. consumers.... Read More »
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan tried to obtain search warrants last year for Rudolph W. Giuliani’s digital records. They were looking for electronic records about his pals with Ukrainian connections who helped him dig for mud to throw onto the Biden family, and with whom Giuliani was thought to have a... Read More »
By executive order, President Biden has made a change to the civics test required of citizenship applicants. The Trump administration had previously changed the test to include 128 possible questions, an increase from the 100 possible questions in the 2008 version of the test. President Biden is switching back to... Read More »
COVID-19 claims by workers across the US during the pandemic are waffling in dramatic ways, depending upon where claimants reside. Numerous states deny workers’ COVID-19 claims even as more than 500,000 deaths have occurred due to the deadly virus. As the pandemic infects all people of every income group, some... Read More »
President Biden’s executive orders have included directives to some government agencies to re-examine Trump-era health care policies. Among those to be reviewed are the Medicaid work requirements and short-term health plans. Agencies are specifically directed to re-examine any policies and rules that limit access to health care, such as adding... Read More »
Lawmakers in North Dakota are pushing back against restrictive gun laws in their latest House Bill 1272. The bill would give gun owners freedom from federal laws and regulations when it comes to their firearms. However, the bill will only apply to firearms and accessories that are made in the... Read More »
Are you still getting Christmas cards? Did your corner mailbox recently disappear? Are you ready to pay even more for your postage stamps? Are you afraid your local post office might be closed and you may soon have to depend on a private, and more expensive, mail delivery service? Are... Read More »
