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eeoc.gov
The EEOC alleges Washington University eliminated an employee’s position and terminated her after she complained about race discrimination during mandatory training and filed an agency charge.
justice.gov
Renat Abramov was sentenced to 18 months in prison for helping move more than $8 million in health care fraud proceeds through a U.S. bank for a Russia-based transnational criminal organization.
justice.gov
A federal indictment charges 11 people with organizing more than 1,000 sham marriages and submitting hundreds of allegedly fraudulent Green Card applications.
justice.gov
Federal prosecutors charged Ganaderos Borges Inc. and four employees with conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and illegally discharging pollutants into U.S. waters.
ftc.gov
The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to 640,038 drivers and diners after allegations that Grubhub used deceptive advertising and other unlawful practices.
dhs.gov
DHS said ICE deported five criminal gang members last week, including people with convictions for manslaughter, attempted murder, sexual assault, and drug offenses.
justice.gov
A federal grand jury charged two U.S. citizens and a Chinese national with forced labor, conspiracy and alien harboring tied to a Georgia flooring manufacturer.
justice.gov
A federal court entered a stipulated order requiring RentGrow Inc. to pay a $2.25 million civil penalty and comply with an injunction resolving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and FTC Act.
irs.gov
The Treasury Department and IRS issued sample forms and proposed procedures for rollovers between retirement plans and IRAs, with comments due Oct. 23, 2026.
scotusblog.com
Republican approval of the Supreme Court fell from 79% in September 2025 to 58% in July, while criticism intensified after rulings against President Donald Trump.
scotusblog.com
The ACLU and other civil rights groups asked a federal judge in New Hampshire to clarify that President Donald Trump’s new order exceeds the Supreme Court’s limited exception for foreign diplomats.
apnews.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected President Donald Trump’s latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, saying Israel will not withdraw from territory it controls until Hamas is completely disarmed.
apnews.com
Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration in New York, arguing that sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court violate constitutional and statutory protections.
apnews.com
Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures will face state Rep. Rhett Marques in November after Marques won the Republican nomination for Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District.
apnews.com
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million on G.L.O.V.E. devices that can deliver painful electric shocks to gain compliance from combative individuals.
apnews.com
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani barred the Postal Service from implementing President Donald Trump’s election order for this year’s midterms, adding another legal obstacle as the administration asks the Supreme Court to intervene.
apnews.com
The Republican-led Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 to stop collecting EEO-1 workforce data, drawing opposition from civil rights groups and researchers at a public hearing.
justice.gov
Continental Aerospace Technologies Inc. agreed to pay $11,772,680.14 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for a Paycheck Protection Program loan it was not eligible to receive.
apnews.com
President Donald Trump secretly transferred from a Qatar-gifted aircraft to a smaller government plane after a NATO summit in Turkey, while Air Force One flew as a decoy amid a reported threat from Iran. The White House has not confirmed or
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The policy, set to take effect Oct. 13, would end Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors and bar CHIP coverage for those under 19.
