Civil rights violations

Judge temporarily exempts women with complicated pregnancies from Texas abortion ban

Women in Texas with complicated pregnancies will be exempted from a state abortion ban under a temporary injunction issued on…

Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out

An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The decision…

Lawsuit accuses billionaire Leon Black of raping autistic teenager at Jeffrey Epstein’s townhouse

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday accused Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management, of raping a then-16-year-old girl…

Biden designates new Emmett Till monument as debates over U.S. history intensify

President Joe Biden on Tuesday honored Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement,…

U.S. Virgin Islands seeks at least $190 million from JPMorgan Chase in Jeffrey Epstein case

The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in a court filing Friday estimated that it will seek damages of at…

Trump to host screening of ‘Sound of Freedom,’ the divisive anti-child-trafficking hit film

Former President Donald Trump this month will host a screening of “Sound of Freedom,” the surprise hit film about rescuing…

Biden slams Supreme Court affirmative action ruling, says it cannot be ‘the last word’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hammered the Supreme Court over its Thursday ruling striking down the use of affirmative action in…

Supreme Court’s Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts affirmative action ruling, clashes with Clarence Thomas

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson excoriated her colleagues who voted to strike down race-conscious college admissions policies, accusing the…

Supreme Court rejects affirmative action at colleges as unconstitutional

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina…

Biden to sign executive order expanding access to birth control

President Joe Biden on Friday will sign a wide-ranging executive order aimed at protecting and increasing access to contraception, his…