Nightly Brief

Your Tuesday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including Democrats on a powerful House panel saying they plan to look into Ivanka Trump’s use of a personal email account to conduct White House business; a species of rainbow-colored fish and the streams it is found in across Virginia and West Virginia are both getting receive federal wildlife protections; as proposals to protect Southern Resident killer whales from extinction hit the desk of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, but a key member of the group behind the plan says the one action strong enough to give the whales a chance at survival was too politically charged to make the list; Florida’s midterm melee is over; the Ninth Circuit rules Los Angeles residents did not adequately show election districts were redrawn to benefit the LA City Council’s current president; a new study finds the belief that genetically modified foods are harmful to human health has increased over the last two years, and more.

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National

1.) Democrats on a powerful House panel plan to look into Ivanka Trump’s use of a personal email account to conduct White House business, The Hill reported on Tuesday.

2.) A species of rainbow-colored fish and the streams it is found in across Virginia and West Virginia are both slated to receive federal wildlife protections by the Trump administration in response to litigation by conservation groups.

3.) A federal judge questioned Monday whether he could dismiss a novel lawsuit challenging cross-border pollution at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Clean Water Act before any discovery has been conducted in the case.

4.) Three dozen potential actions intended to prevent the extinction of Southern Resident killer whales have hit the desk of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, but a key member of the group behind the plan says the one action strong enough to give the whales a good chance at survival was too politically charged to make the list.

Regional

5.) Florida’s midterm melee is over, leaving in its wake memories of overheating ballot machines, voters unable to fix rejected ballots, and a Senate candidate intimating on national TV that there was “rampant” election fraud in the Sunshine State.

6.) Los Angeles residents did not adequately show race was the main factor in the last round of redistricting or that the districts were redrawn to benefit the LA City Council’s current president, a Ninth Circuit panel held Monday.

7.) Siding with a New Jersey strip club, a federal judge called it unconstitutional Monday for the Garden State to forbid bars from advertising that they let patrons bring their own beer.

Research & Polls

10.) The belief that genetically modified foods are harmful to human health has increased over the last two years to about half of all American adults, primarily among those with low levels of scientific knowledge, according to a new study published Monday.

International

11.) Upholding submissions Tuesday related to the conservation of Antarctic resources, the European Court of Justice resolved a power struggle between two of the EU’s decision-making bodies.

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