A federal judge on Monday struck down multiple state pilot programs that restricted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from using their benefits to buy unhealthy foods. Obama-appointed […]
A foreign-born federal judge in D.C. ruled Monday that Americans are not allowed to check the citizenship of prospective voters because doing so might “purge voter rolls.” D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who is from Trinidad and Tobago, blocked the Trump administration from using an updated database called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements […]
The US, Qatar and other natural gas exporters are urging the European Union to ease some of its pending methane emissions rules, warning that the regulations could threaten the bloc’s energy security.
The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
States had to replace more than $320 million in stolen SNAP benefits from October 2022 to December 2024
A federal judge in Texas on Monday blocked a Biden administration immigration rule that allowed judges to close deportation proceedings indefinitely, ending the policy the same day Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a conservative legal group challenged it in court. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a nominee of former President George W. Bush, entered […]
The decision narrows a federal law meant to protect religious rights in state prisons.
A top San Francisco tax official "abused her position" to improperly steer a lucrative $10 million contract dealing with the city's $2.6 billion in business taxes toward a close pal’s company, according to an explosive city audit.
A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration’s restrictions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) spending. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued her opinion on Monday, […]