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#gender-affirming-care
fromwww.aljazeera.com
15 hours ago
Public health

US federal employees file complaint against Trump's anti-transgender policy

Federal employees filed a class action to block a policy removing gender-affirming care from federal health insurance, seeking rescission, damages, and further legal remedies.
fromAdvocate.com
3 days ago
Public health

RFK Jr.'s HHS investigates Seattle Children's Hospital over youth gender-affirming care

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. referred Seattle Children's Hospital to the OIG over gender-affirming youth care, risking the hospital's Medicare and Medicaid funding.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
3 days ago

Another National Security Concern! - Above the Law

Trump demolished the East Wing without approvals and now invokes national-security claims to justify construction and other policies, prompting allegations of manufactured threats.
fromAdvocate.com
3 days ago

Trump's gay Kennedy Center president demands $1M from performer who canceled Christmas Eve show

Your decision to withdraw at the last moment-explicitly in response to the Center's recent renaming, which honors President Trump's extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure-is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,
US politics
#kennedy-center
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Congestion pricing ruling delayed until January as first anniversary of tolls approaches

As the first anniversary of congestion pricing approaches on Jan. 5, a federal judge has delayed a ruling on the controversial toll program until next month. The judge set oral arguments for Jan. 28 in the legal battle over the tolls into Manhattan south of 61st Street, according to an article in Bloomberg. The lawsuit centers around the MTA suing President Donald Trump's administration because it is seeking to end the toll program in the city.
New York City
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Housing at former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum gets go-ahead

Planning board granted permission for 934 homes; LDA pledges 753 affordable units and 181 social houses, but legal challenges and added costs remain.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Aristocrat's lawsuit over hunting rights holds up development of 100m solar farm

Legal row over Lord Waterford's right to shoot, hunt and fish could open up new front in planning wars
UK politics
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

After lawsuits, Mass. drops gender ideology mandate for foster parents

Massachusetts will no longer require prospective foster parents to affirm the sexual orientation and gender identity of the children they foster, following legal challenges and criticism from religious groups. The change comes after the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a federal lawsuit in September on behalf of two Massachusetts families, who claimed the requirement conflicted with their religious beliefs, according to a Fox News report.
US politics
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Biglaw Firm Targeted By Trump Delights With Associate Bonuses - Above the Law

WilmerHale matched prevailing market associate bonus rates and distributed bonuses to rank-and-file attorneys after succeeding in a legal challenge to the Trump executive order.
New York Islanders
fromStreetsblog
2 weeks ago

Mamdani Vows To Appeal Ruling that Killed DOT's Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City

Zohran Mamdani will appeal a judge's order to remove the protected 31st Street bike lane in Astoria.
#metropolitan-police
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Freemasons versus the Met: Grand Lodge set to take legal action in bid to maintain police membership secrecy

Freemasonry has the highest moral and ethical standards standards that have been a cornerstone of its identity since the earliest days of organised Freemasonry over 300 years ago. The decision by the Metropolitan Police casts an aura of mistrust over the entire Freemason community. Given the obvious, detrimental impact on our members, United Grand Lodge of England, Order of Women Freemasons and Honourable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons consider that we now have no choice but to take legal action to challenge this unlawful decision.
UK politics
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Freemasons launch legal challenge over Metropolitan police's disclosure rule

Freemasons are taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police over a rule requiring officers and applicants to declare Freemasonry membership.
#white-house-construction
New York City
fromStreetsblog
2 weeks ago

Delay By Design: 'Major Transportation' Law Still Gums Up Street Safety Projects - Streetsblog New York City

A 2009 law requiring extra reviews for bike and bus lanes enabled a judge to order a bike lane removed and spurred calls for repeal.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Preservationists sue to halt Trump's White House ballroom construction

National Trust sued to halt construction of Trump's 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom addition, alleging multiple legal and procedural violations.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Reddit launches high court challenge to Australia's under-16s social media ban

Reddit has filed a High Court challenge to Australia’s under-16 social media ban, arguing it forces intrusive verification and infringes implied political communication freedom.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids

Reddit has launched a challenge in Australia's highest court against the nation's landmark social media ban for children. The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a new law which began on Wednesday. The ban, which is being watched closely around the world, was justified by campaigners and the government as necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.
Privacy professionals
US news
fromwww.timesheraldonline.com
3 weeks ago

Plan for new Bay Area casino faces scrutiny amid shifting gaming operations

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' Vallejo casino project faces legal scrutiny over trailer usage and gaming eligibility amid federal reconsideration and tribal disputes.
US politics
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money

Maine's ballot measure to cap super PAC donations faces a federal appeal that could restore state power to limit contributions and promote public campaign financing.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Campaigners question ethics of puberty-blocker trial in legal letter to Streeting

Planned clinical trial of puberty blockers for under-16s faces legal challenge amid claims it is unethical and risks harming children.
#national-guard
Brooklyn
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Adams admin lends support to Oregon's suit seeking to block Trump from sending federal troops to Portland | amNewYork

New York joined other localities supporting a court bar on federal troops in Portland, arguing federalizing the National Guard violates statutory limits and local control.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Illinois lawsuit seeks to block Trump sending National Guard to Chicago

Illinois and Chicago sued to block President Trump's federal deployment of National Guard, calling the planned military occupation of cities unlawful and unconstitutional.
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago
Brooklyn

Adams admin lends support to Oregon's suit seeking to block Trump from sending federal troops to Portland | amNewYork

New York City
fromStreetsblog
3 weeks ago

Wednesday's Headlines: Dueling Rallies Edition - Streetsblog New York City

A judge ordered removal of the 31st Street protected bike lane, prompting business-backed celebrations and safety advocates to rally for an appeal and continued protection.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Muslim group CAIR to sue Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over terror' label

DeSantis's designation of CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization prompts a lawsuit, risks fueling Islamophobia, but lacks legal effect and is largely symbolic.
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Trump Admin Moves to Officially Scrap Biden-Era Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Under a joint proposal with seven Republican-led states that challenged the program, the department would not enroll any new borrowers in the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan, deny any pending applications and place borrowers currently in the plan into legally compliant repayment plans. The program, introduced in 2023 under then-President Joe Biden's administration, was hit with legal challenges from several GOP-led states, including Missouri, and has been blocked by the courts.
US politics
#united-states-institute-of-peace
fromWIRED
4 weeks ago
US politics

Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: 'Brass Knuckles on an Authoritarian Fist'

fromWIRED
4 weeks ago
US politics

Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: 'Brass Knuckles on an Authoritarian Fist'

fromCity Limits
4 weeks ago

Why Did Hochul Back Down on New York's Gas Ban?

Lawmakers passed the All-Electric Buildings Act, which requires most new buildings to have only electric appliances, in 2023 as a step toward reducing pollution from the state's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and advancing New York's legally mandated emissions targets. It was set to take effect in January. Delaying the law's implementation past then would cause the state "irreparable harm," lawyers argued in an Oct. 1 brief. They'd spent two years successfully defending the law against industry opponents.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago

Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts

The Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all grants previously terminated by the Trump administration, restoring funding for libraries and museums nationwide.
US politics
fromSan Jose Spotlight
4 weeks ago

Santa Clara County sues over federal housing grant changes - San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County and a coalition sued HUD and the Trump administration over changes to Continuum of Care grants that cap permanent housing funds and change scoring.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
4 weeks ago

South London council plans legal action against Sadiq Khan and Met Police over closure of last police station

Closure of Twickenham Police Station front counter leaves Richmond without a police desk, prompting legal action over lack of consultation and risks to vulnerable residents.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump Says Every Single Contract and Pardon Biden Signed Via AUTOPEN' Is Void'

Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized AUTOPEN,' within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect, the president wrote. Trump included in his post anyone who received a pardon from Biden, which would include his son Hunter Biden.
US politics
#snap
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

The Indo Daily: NIMBY or necessary? The South Dublin residents delaying MetroLink mega-project

A last-minute legal challenge from Dartmouth Square residents could delay Metrolink's Charlemont terminus over fears of property damage and passenger dispersal.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Palestine Action's legal challenge against UK government ban begins

Today marks the beginning of our legal challenge to one of the most extreme attacks on civil liberties in recent British history a measure condemned across the political spectrum as an affront to our democracy and an unjustifiable drain on counterterror resources that should be focused on actual threats to the public, Ammori said at the beginning of the hearing.
UK politics
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

US communities fight to save renewable energy projects DW 11/26/2025

Termination of the $7-billion Solar for All program leaves nearly 900,000 households without federal support for residential solar installations.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Florida judge orders gruesome death for 172 bears in ritual

That 2015 hunt was found constitutional under the rational basis test, and this hunt is significantly more conservative than that hunt in 2015, both in the number of bears that could be harvested, as well as the timing, when it's a little less likely for more female bears to be killed.
Environment
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California Atty. Gen. sues Trump Administration to stop homeless housing cuts

Federal cuts to Continuum of Care permanent housing subsidies threaten thousands with a return to homelessness and face a multi-state legal challenge.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Council's legal action over 'unfair' funds formula

Proposed Fair Funding Review 2.0 could cut Richmond Council's funding by up to 45m annually, prompting legal action and demands for impact data.
Environment
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Objector group launches crowdfund for High Court case against 1.3bn sewage infrastructure extending off Dublin coast

Proposed Greater Dublin Drainage pipeline will discharge large volumes of wastewater near a protected biosphere, prompting environmental and legal challenges over health and ecological risks.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
1 month ago

University of Leicester Updates Its Trans-Inclusive Museum Guidelines, Despite Legal Threats

The University of Leicester updated trans-inclusive guidance for museums and galleries despite litigation threats from Freedom in the Arts.
Public health
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

City's self-funded health plan clears key bureaucratic hurdle as Comptroller Lander registers contract facing legal challenge | amNewYork

Comptroller approved NYC's self-funded NYCE PPO after finding procurement complied procedurally, clearing registration to replace GHI for roughly 750,000 workers and retirees effective Jan 1.
Privacy professionals
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

MI5 made multiple applications for phone data to identify BBC journalist's sources | Computer Weekly

MI5 made multiple unlawful applications for BBC journalist Vincent Kearney's phone data between 2006 and 2009, prompting legal challenges over alleged surveillance.
#proposition-50
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
US politics

Trump administration joins lawsuit against California's redistricting maps

Proposition 50’s approval could give Democrats up to five additional U.S. House seats in 2026, prompting a DOJ legal challenge and partisan disputes over redistricting.
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago
California

California's Prop. 50 has a rocky road ahead - San Jose Spotlight

California voters approved Proposition 50, redrawing congressional maps to favor Democrats and prompting legal challenges and national controversy.
Soccer (FIFA)
from101GREATGOALS.COM
1 month ago

PFA chief warns Premier League as clubs prepare for legal action amid financial restriction talks

Premier League clubs and the PFA threaten legal challenges to a proposed spending cap that would restrict club wages and transfers irrespective of revenue.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Concerns for Brent goose help block 580 new homes in Dublin

However, in its ruling, ACP has refused planning permission on three grounds and two of the reasons for refusal relate to the light-bellied Brent goose, a winter migrant from high-Arctic Canada. Most fly here between October and April. ACP has issued a refusal as the scheme would materially contravene a number of policies in the Dublin City Development Plan for the protection of European sites from a conservation point of view.
Real estate
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Legal action over police front counter closure

Harrow Council plans legal action after Met Police and London mayor support closure of Pinner Police Station's volunteer-led front desk, leaving borough without in-person counters.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Teenager joins legal action to get phones banned in schools across England

Teenagers and parents have joined a legal challenge seeking a complete smartphone ban in schools due to exposure to harmful content and alleged DfE inaction.
fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
1 month ago

CDFI Movement Responds to Latest Trump Threat - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Founded in 1994 and housed at the US Department of Treasury, the CDFI Fund, with modest federal allocations ($324 million in fiscal year 2025, the fund's highest core funding ever), has helped spur a network of community lending institutions. Not long ago, due to their ability to support businesses during the pandemic in low-income communities, CDFIs had garnered record support, including $12 billion in one-time funding to support lending by CDFIs and other banks and credit unions owned by and operating in communities of color.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Judge Pauses Annual Fees Imposed on Asylum Seekers by "One Big Beautiful Bill"

The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, which became law on July 4, 2025, instituted a new fee system for people in the immigration system, including asylum seekers. The legislation requires that they pay a $100 filing fee and an Annual Asylum Fee (AAF) of $100 for each year their application is pending. The new law bars asylum seekers from obtaining fee waivers.
US politics
#national-guard-deployment
US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago

Documents reveal chaos and confusion behind government shutdown layoffs

Thousands of federal employees received contested RIF termination notices during a shutdown, prompting a lawsuit and judicial injunctions due to alleged arbitrary, politically motivated firings.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair period tax'

High taxes in Pakistan classify sanitary pads as luxury goods, making them unaffordable for many women and prompting a legal challenge to exempt pads.
US politics
fromKqed
2 months ago

British Commentator Sami Hamdi's Detention at SFO Raises Alarms Over Free Speech | KQED

The U.S. revoked and detained a foreign commentator's visa for alleged support of terrorism, prompting legal challenges and free-speech concerns.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Queensland reinstates puberty blocker ban hours after court overturns it

The court heard that health director-general Dr David Rosengren had consulted with executives of the state's hospitals and health services at 10am on 28 January, the same time that Nicholls held a press conference announcing the ban and a subsequent review. In a statement to parliament on Tuesday, just hours after the verdict, Nicholls issued a "written ministerial direction" to reinstate the ban until the review had been completed, saying the court ruling had focused on the improper process behind the ban's enactment, not whether it was appropriate. 'I am satisfied it is appropriate and in the public interest that I issue a written ministerial direction,' he said, according to The Guardian. The new directive's provisions are believed to match those announced in January.
LGBT
SF politics
frommissionlocal.org
2 months ago

S.F. upzoning would cut rents just $75 to $125 a month, city economist says

San Francisco's proposed upzoning would likely yield about 14,600 new housing units over 20 years, far below the state's 36,000-unit target and modestly lower rents.
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Trump's DOE will make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness

The department will publish a rule tomorrow in the Federal Register that would allow the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, to disqualify government and nonprofit employers that do not align the Trump administration's agenda from participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. While no specific organizations have yet been named publicly as ineligible for PSLF under the rule, LGBTQ+ organizations operating as 501(c)(3) nonprofits are likely to be targeted.
US politics
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

21 States, D.C. Ask Court to Reverse TRIO Grant Rejections

The Council for Opportunity in Education, which advocates for TRIO programs such as Upward Bound, said about 100 grants were rejected or canceled last month after the Education Department delayed funding for thousands of grants that were slated to begin Sept. 1. Another 23 programs lost funding earlier in the year. Those terminations deprived more than 43,600 students of services such as tutoring and financial aid help.
Higher education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied

The administration set a Monday deadline to remove the references or risk losing millions of dollars of federal funding. Almost all of the states that are complying have Republican-controlled state legislatures and most have Republican governors. Sixteen other states and Washington DC have sued over the administration's demand, claiming that it tramples on the authority of Congress, which created the $75m sex education program, the Personal Responsibility Education Program (Prep).
US politics
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Woman who overturned Queensland's puberty blocker ban not backing away from the fight' after LNP reinstates it

A Queensland mother vows further legal action after the health minister reinstated a ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for under-18s in public hospitals.
Alternative medicine
fromNatural Health News
2 months ago

Unlocking the Door to Health Freedom

Restoring the right to disclose 118 government-supported nutrient-disease claims could empower consumers, expand access to natural health options, and counteract decades of FDA censorship.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

East Wing of White House reduced to rubble as part of Trump's ballroom construction

The White House East Wing was demolished to make way for Trump's $300m gilded ballroom, bypassing required approvals and sparking legal and preservationist backlash.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Queensland awaits judge's decision on whether puberty blocker ban is lawful

A Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on a legal challenge against Queensland's refusal to provide trans youth healthcare. Supreme Court Justice Peter Callaghan reserved his judgement in the case brought by the mother of a trans teen who was denied puberty blockers as a result of the government's decision. The Australian state chose to restrict puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth in January as part of a review into the hormone suppressants.
LGBT
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months ago

Gov. Newsom says he will sue Trump administration if they send National Guard to SF

We're a nation of laws and accountability - not a nation that turns a blind eye to abuse of power. Donald Trump, himself a convicted felon who pardoned felons convicted of assaulting federal law enforcement officers, is misleading the public with his false narrative that America, and especially California, is some lawless wasteland. But California is proving him wrong - in the courts and on the facts,
California
SF politics
fromKqed
2 months ago

San Francisco Prepares 'Necessary Legal Action' if Trump Deploys National Guard | KQED

San Francisco prepares legal, policy, and community responses to a potential federal troop deployment under threats to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Education
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

NYC schools sue Trump administration for nixing almost $50M in grants over trans protections

New York City Public Schools sued after the U.S. Department of Education canceled nearly $50 million in magnet grants over protections for transgender and gender-expansive students.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Conversion therapy is abuse & torture. It should never be legal. - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy for minors is harmful, ineffective, and denounced by professional associations; legal challenges (Chiles v. Salazar) threaten protections for youth.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Ex-officer accused of racism takes legal action to avoid facing spycops inquiry

A former senior Scotland Yard officer is seeking legal action to avoid giving oral evidence over alleged racist surveillance of the Lawrence campaign.
Education
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma's new superintendent rescinded the mandate requiring Bibles in classrooms and will not distribute Bibles or a biblical character curriculum statewide.
US politics
fromAxios
2 months ago

Judge rules against Trump's federalization of National Guard in Chicago

A judge temporarily blocks presidential troop deployment to the Chicago area amid a legal challenge while National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas are already posted.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump's crackdown

Texas National Guard troops have arrived in the Chicago area amid escalated federal immigration enforcement and legal and political clashes with Illinois and Chicago officials.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Olympic champion Caster Semenya: 'It's never the end' DW 10/07/2025

"It's not about stopping, it's never the end," Semenya said. "They didn't understand what my legal team was saying. It's not the end, it's just the beginning of making sure that we fight the right cause. World Athletics is constantly changing its policies. With the new policies, we are forever fighting. We want to make sure that athletes are protected."
Miscellaneous
#california-national-guard
US politics
fromAxios
2 months ago

Trump's H1-B visa bombshell: What comes next

President announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, triggering legal challenges and uncertainty about implementation, exemptions, and impacts on nonprofits and employers.
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