Thursday, October 22, 2026
The Royal Courts of Justice in London, where the high court issued its ruling. Photo: The wub / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Carter-Ruck ruling could leave legal watchdog ‘toothless’ against SLAPPs

The ruling also threatens six unrelated SRA investigations into fraud and dishonesty that relied on the same privileged material.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The U.S. Capitol. An FBI anti-corruption probe into Sen. Susan Collins was shelved after the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling it. Photo: Martin Falbisoner / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the...

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage at Landing Zone 1. Photo: SpaceX (CC0)

The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an enforcement operation in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025. Photo: DHSgov (public domain)

ICE agent shoots delivery driver in Austin as officials question who will investigate

The Department of Homeland Security says it is leading the inquiry, with its Homeland Security Investigations unit in charge, a role the FBI has historically held, CBS News reported.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, which serves Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Sabrina Dalton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water

A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
A polling place on election day. Photo: Tony Webster

NAACP sues Trump administration over armed agents at the polls

The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.
The Las Vegas Strip, where Culinary Union members work in hotels and casinos. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0

Hundreds of Las Vegas Culinary Union members are protesting their own union over health...

Dissidents say the new clinic-based plan limits their choice of doctors, while leaders describe a small group spreading misinformation about a plan with no premiums, copays or deductibles.
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Labor department sues Oklahoma nonprofit coffee chain over wages and tips

The lawsuit covers more than 320 employees, some with disabilities, going back to 2023
An Allina Health hospital in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals

About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.