• Preschool case tests religious conservatives’ US Supreme Court win streak
    WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) – A challenge at the US Supreme Court by Catholic groups to a Colorado law barring anti-LGBT discrimination at publicly funded preschools is testing whether conservative religious interests can extend their winning streak in major cases at the nation’s top judicial body. The court, whose 6-3 conservative majority has taken a […]
  • US campaign for control of Congress enters final weekend
    WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Oct 31 (Reuters) – As the campaign for control of the US Congress reached its final weekend, the Trump administration stepped up its legal intervention in the Alaska Senate race while the number of Americans casting early ballots neared 50 million, a record for a midterm election.  The Department of Justice accelerated its criminal […]
  • Trump administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan
    By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, a US official and a coalition of veterans and advocacy groups said on Friday. • Many facing removal fled Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover and US withdrawal, said Shawn VanDiver, head of #AfghanEvac. • […]
  • US court lifts ruling requiring Idaho to allow some abortions to protect women’s health
    By Daniel Wiessner Oct 30 (Reuters) – A US appeals court on Friday paused a judge’s ruling that said Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion is unconstitutional because it does not provide exceptions for when pregnancies pose risks to women’s health. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1 decision that a […]
  • Justice Department files request for preliminary injunction in Alaska election case
    Oct 30 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would block Alaska from certifying its Senate election result if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses and votes cast for another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan could theoretically change the outcome. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe; editing […]