The Supreme Court announced last week that it will consider overturning Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S. (1935), which upheld limits on the president’s authority to fire heads and members of so-called independent agencies and commissions. My role as a judge precludes me from opining on how specific cases should be decided, but the Constitution’s framers would…
A Tasmanian man has lost a discrimination claim and subsequent appeal against the dating apps Tinder and Hinge, which banned him because he was a convicted child sex offender. Child safety advocate Kathryn Fordyce has applauded the rulings and the bans imposed by the dating apps, which she says have been used by paedophiles to…
* Maldives journalists to seek repeal of new media law Maldives journalists to challenge new media law in Supreme Court * Law creates commission with authority over news, social media * Commission can suspend outlets, block sites, halt broadcasts * Govt says law unifies oversight, sets standards By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Sept 18 – Journalists…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the US delegation during ongoing talks with Chinese trade officials in Spain, reiterated on Tuesday that he expects a finalized TikTok deal to be announced after President Trump and Xi Jinping talk on Friday. The talks in Spain are set to continue through Wednesday. “We were able to…
By Daniel Wiessner and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court declined on Monday to allow Donald Trump to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook – the first time a president has pursued such action since the central bank’s founding in 1913 – in the latest step in a legal battle that threatens the…
Billings, Mont. (AP) — Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are trying to convince a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels. During a two-day hearing starting Tuesday in Missoula, Montana, the activists and their experts plan to…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court overturned the verdict in July. The Manhattan district attorney’s made the disclosure in a court filing Sunday asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit…
A TikTok app is shown on a tablet in 2020. Monday, President Donald Trump implied that the United States and China have reached a deal for TikTok to operate in America. File Photo by Alex Plaveski/EPA Sept. 15 (UPI) — President Donald Trump hinted that the United States and China have secured a deal that…
The US and China headed into a second day of talks on Sunday and discussed trade, the economy and TikTok during a day of high-level talks in Madrid, a Treasury official confirmed. The US team, led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, met with the Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for…
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration had unlawfully directed the firing of thousands of federal workers, but he did not order their reinstatement, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco stuck by his preliminary conclusion in the case…