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Immigrants repeat ask for improved conditions at private California ICE facility
Detainees say they've been denied adequate food and drinking water, as well as basic medical care.
Feds urge Ninth Circuit for continued tear gas use at Portland ICE facility
The appeals court previously stayed two preliminary injunctions that blocked federal agents from deploying tear gas and other chemical munitions outside the Portland ICE facility.
Sable Offshore, Exxon lose ground in Santa Barbara permit-transfer dispute
The judge's tentative decision on Sable and Exxon's constitutional law claims didn't address the companies' writ petition to vacate the denial of the permit transfer.
Trump urges Iowa judge to keep 2024 political poll lawsuit alive
The Register seeks to dismiss the case saying Trump’s suit fails from the start under the First Amendment’s protection of the press reporting political news.
Judge stops new anti-DEI conditions for federal grants in California and Oregon
A California judge granted a preliminary injunction against federal agencies seeking to enforce new conditions for grants based on President Trump's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Keystone Pipeline operator will pay $26.8M+
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The EPA and Kansas filed a proposed consent decree with the Keystone Pipeline’s owner and operator to resolve claims that a December 2022 rupture, which leaked almost 13,000 barrels of oil into Mill Creek, violated the Clean Water Act. The company agreed to pay $26.8 million in civil penalties, will complete about $40 million of work to prevent future discharges and agreed to put $3 million toward the state’s restoration projects to preserve natural resources.
No in-state tuition for Texas’ undocumented students
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit found that a Texas federal court correctly kept two advocacy groups, Austin Community College and a student from intervening in a lawsuit between the U.S. and Texas concerning whether the state can guarantee in-state tuition for undocumented students at Texas public colleges and universities. Federal law preempts the Texas Dream Act; the state cannot give education benefits to undocumented residents that are not given to all U.S. citizens, so it cannot extend tuition discounts to undocumented students unless in-state tuition is also offered to all citizens.
Seafarers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz sue shipping company in Thailand
The safety of stranded seafarers in the Persian Gulf has been a source of concern among Asian nations.
EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists
Many in the diverse coalition of MAHA activists say they plan to vote on issues over party in November's congressional elections.
UK took 'unlawful' decision on migrants sent to France: Court
The Interior Ministry said it was "not a systemic challenge" to the deal with France, however, and "operational activity can continue."
A US license could let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles, but it won’t be simple or quick
The United States has allowed Patriot-related production abroad before, and experts say those examples show that licensed production is possible but slow.