Devos Under Fire for Obstacles to Student Debt Relief
A federal judge blocked the Education Department on Monday from dismantling an Obama-era regulation intended to protect student-loan borrowers from predatory lending practices.
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Federal Judge Hears GOP Effort to Kill Obamacare
As protesters chanted outside the courthouse, a federal judge in Texas heard arguments Wednesday over whether to block Obamacare as Texas’ lawsuit to invalidate the health care law on a technicality moves forward.
Read moreFederal Judge Rejects States’ Request to Immediately Stop DACA
Texas waited nearly six years to bring a court challenge of Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals, which shields some immigrants from deportation, so its motion to immediately end the program fails, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Read moreJudge Reinstates Obama-Era Clean Water Rules
Ruling against the Trump White House on Thursday, a federal judge in South Carolina reinstated Obama administration Clean Water Act regulations in 26 states.
Read moreKids’ Climate Change Suit Against US Headed to Trial
Two dozen kids who claim the federal government knowingly created climate change have cleared the final barrier to trial: the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene, calling the government’s request for a stay of the trial “premature.”
Read morePoll Finds Americans Are Unfamiliar With Iran Deal
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will withdraw from the 2015 Iran denuclearization agreement, but most Americans have only a hazy understanding of what the deal entails and many are skeptical of the president’s handling of the issue, according to a Pew Research Center study.
Read moreRefugee Admissions Plummet Under Trump Administration
The United States is on track to admit the lowest number of refugees into the country since it started its resettlement program three decades ago, a byproduct of stricter admission policies adopted by the Trump administration.
Read moreJudge Thaws Obama-Era Energy Efficiency Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy must roll out Obama-era efficiency standards that are expected to cut carbon emissions and save consumers billions of dollars for decades to come, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreAs Panel Questions Trump Associates, GOP Launches New Probes
As close associates of President Donald Trump are questioned as part of congressional investigations into Russia’s election interference, House Republicans announced two probes looking back at the Obama administration, including the renewed examination of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Read moreJudge Strikes Down Obama Era Overtime-Pay Rule
Just days before Labor Day, a federal judge in Texas struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule that would have made millions more employees eligible to receive overtime pay.
Read moreWhite House to Expand Military-Grade Armament for Local Police
Promising more military-style equipment for local police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end Monday of limits instituted in the Obama era.
Read moreObama-Era Methane Rules Hurdle New Challenge
After blocking the Trump administration from pausing new methane-emissions regulations covering oil and natural gas wells, the D.C. Circuit refused Thursday to reconsider that July ruling.
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Hearing Loss of US Diplomats in Cuba Blamed on Covert Device
Offering insight into the soured diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, a spokeswoman for the State Department cited retaliation as the reason that two Cuban diplomats were expelled this past May from their Washington, D.C., embassy.
Read moreEPA Bows to States’ Pressure on Air-Quality Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency said it is moving forward with Obama-era smog regulations, after 15 states petitioned to challenge the Trump administration’s delay of rules reducing emissions of air pollutants.
Read moreDC Circuit Says EPA Can’t Keep Delaying Obama-Era Methane Rules
The D.C. Circuit on Monday struck down the EPA’s decision to pause an Obama-era rule regulating methane emissions from oil and natural gas wells.
Read morePhysicians Hear Echoes of Nuremberg in CIA Torture
Seven years after warning that the CIA’s brutal interrogations likely flouted bans on medical experimentation, human-rights physicians found evidence confirming their suspicion. The provocative title of their new report is “Nuremberg Betrayed.”
Read morePharma Firm Sued for Pulling Out of Tax-Inversion Deal
A Shire shareholder sued AbbVie for backing out of its proposed acquisition of the Irish drugmaker after the Obama administration strengthened the penalties for corporate inversions that avoid U.S. taxes.
Read moreTrump Hits Rewind on Historic US-Cuba Normalization
Canceling normalized U.S.-Cuban relations after than a half-century of hostility — “effective immediately,” he said — President Donald Trump rolled back the clock Friday at a theater named after the leader of a disastrous plot to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Read moreBuzzfeed Sues Feds for Details on Trump’s Wiretapping Claims
Online news outlet Buzzfeed sued several intelligence agencies including the CIA and FBI on Thursday, claiming they are withholding records linked to President Donald Trump’s claims that the Barack Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower.
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Groups Sue to Keep Drilling Ban in Arctic, Atlantic Waters
Less than a week after President Donald Trump took steps to put U.S. Arctic and Atlantic waters back in play for offshore drilling, 10 environmental and Alaska Native groups sued Wednesday to maintain the ban on oil and gas exploration.
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