Roberts and Barrett join liberals as Supreme Court revives federal ghost gun restrictions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to freeze a lower court order that bars the government from regulating so-called ghost guns -- untraceable homemade weapons -- as firearms under federal law.
2023-08-09 00:52
Paedophile Christopher Behn admits 21 further sex abuse offences
Christopher Behn was part of a Europe-wide network of child abusers, the National Crime Agency says.
2023-08-08 23:54
US court blocks Biden debt relief rule benefiting defrauded students
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration from proceeding with another piece of
2023-08-08 09:49
Rahul Gandhi returns to India's parliament as MP
The opposition leader had been disqualified in March after being convicted in a criminal defamation case.
2023-08-07 15:57
Trump claims he can't get a fair trial in DC as latest indictment dominates GOP primary
Former President Donald Trump, who is facing charges in Washington, DC for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, claimed on Sunday that he wouldn't receive a fair trial in the nation's Capital as he continues to rail against his latest indictment.
2023-08-07 01:58
Did India let down the maharajahs?
On the eve of Indian independence in 1947, India's 562 princes ruled over a third of its population.
2023-08-06 08:51
Texas abortion ban temporarily lifted for medical emergencies
Women in the US state with pregnancy complications will be exempted from the abortion ban, a judge rules.
2023-08-05 13:27
Supreme Court rules against Tulsa in case over Native American man's speeding ticket
The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to freeze a lower court opinion that could prevent Tulsa from enforcing municipal laws -- such as speeding tickets -- against Native Americans.
2023-08-05 06:50
Mississippi cannot strip convicts of right to vote, court rules
By Nate Raymond A divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled that tens of thousands of Mississippi convicts
2023-08-05 03:57
'We are not imperial': Justice Kagan says Supreme Court still subject to checks and balances
Justice Elena Kagan declined Thursday to outright answer the question of whether Congress could impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court, but she did allow that it could do "various things" to regulate the high court.
2023-08-04 11:20
Appeals court allows Biden administration to keep controversial asylum policy in place for now
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow the Biden administration to carry out a controversial asylum policy that a district court judge had blocked last week, putting that injunction -- a ruling the judge had put on hold for two weeks -- on pause for longer while the case is appealed.
2023-08-04 08:49
Biden asylum restrictions at Mexico border can stay in place for now, appeals court says
By Ted Hesson (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border can remain in effect
2023-08-04 08:48