The family of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, has retained Romanucci & Blandin, the law firm that previously represented the family of George Floyd in a landmark civil rights case against the City of Minneapolis. The move signals that the litigation surrounding Good’s death…
A federal judge in New York has ordered the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to explain why it has not released millions of documents related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, responding to a request from bipartisan lawmakers seeking greater court oversight of the process. The development was disclosed by Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat…
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are facing the prospect of contempt of Congress after declining to comply with subpoenas issued by the House Oversight Committee in its investigation into the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. While the refusal has sparked political debate, it also raises important legal questions about…
Several European NATO member states, including Germany, Sweden and Norway, have begun deploying military personnel to Greenland in a coordinated show of support for Denmark, as US President Donald Trump escalates public threats to annex the Arctic territory. CNN and Reuters and a host of other international news media are reporting that the deployments, described…
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has joined Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the City of Chicago in a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of engaging in unlawful activities within Illinois, including swapping or altering state license plates and exceeding their authority under both federal and state law. Included in…
A former employee of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, has filed a lawsuit alleging systemic mistreatment of women at the high-profile golf resort, including sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation after reporting misconduct. The lawsuit, filed Monday, January 12, in New Jersey Superior Court in Morristown, was brought by Maria Hadley, who…
Several Republican lawmakers have publicly broken ranks with President Donald Trump in response to the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The development reveals deepening concerns both home and abroad over the independence of the U.S. central bank and the rule of law. The controversy stems from a criminal probe…
In a recently published interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump delivered one of his most unambiguous statements to date endorsing the idea that landmark civil rights protections of the 1960s have resulted in discrimination against white Americans. The comments reflect a broader recalibration of civil rights discourse under the Trump administration and…