The UK government acted unlawfully in approving a climate plan, a High Court judge has ruled A U.K. High Court judge has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence it could be delivered. 05/3/2024 - 1:27 am | View Link
Oregon activists lose climate change ruling at 9th Circuit appeals court Acting on a request from the Biden administration, a three-judge 9th Circuit panel issued an order Wednesday requiring federal judge Ann Aiken to dismiss the case, and she did. 05/2/2024 - 7:59 am | View Link
How a Group of Swiss Women Secured a Climate Legislation Win The women, all over 65, argued they were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. An international court agreed. 05/1/2024 - 4:40 am | View Link
Trump attorneys requested a new trial in the case and a stay on the judgment A federal judge in New York rejected former President Donald Trump's appeal of the $83.3 million fine the jury awarded E. Jean Carroll after he denied allegations he raped her in the 1990s. 04/25/2024 - 6:11 am | View Link
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment The judge said Trump delivered "malicious and unceasing attacks" against her. A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's bid for a new trial in a defamation ... 04/25/2024 - 12:32 am | View Link
Why did SD Governor Kristi Noem decide to publish her story about killing her allegedly 'untrainable' dog? Her state's Senate Minority Leader offers three theories: Inoculation from others telling it; lifting her national profile - and distraction from her governing record.
Without cameras on Hope Hicks' testimony, media outlets were left with only a transcript to analyze why she broke down in tears. "It's a mistake to say Hope Hicks cried because she knew she just ended Donald Trump's career," says Elie Honig, "or she cried because she had just collapsed on cross-examine.
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.