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Trump takes aim at city and state climate laws in executive order
President orders justice department to stop enforcement of critical policies holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Donald Trump is taking aim and city- and state-led fossil fuel ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.The New York Times - 14h -
Sweeping semiautomatic gun restriction signed into law by Colorado governor
Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has signed a bill requiring people to pass a background check and complete a state-sanctioned safety course to buy most semiautomatic guns with detachable ...ABC News - 4h -
Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump’s Crackdown on Big Law
Steven Banks, who once ran New York’s social services department, said he wanted to return to helping the homeless. He leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.The New York Times - 1d -
House Votes to Require Proof of Citizenship in Federal Elections
Conservatives have long argued for stronger laws to combat voter fraud, something that election experts say is exceedingly rare.The New York Times - 17h -
Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes
A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.The New York Times - 13h -
China increases retaliatory tariffs on US imports to 125%
Beijing accuses Trump of violating ‘basic economic laws and common sense’ as it announces tit-for-tat rise in dutiesFinancial Times - 1h -
US against plan for levy on carbon emissions from ships, leak suggests
Document says levy would be ‘blatantly unfair’ and inconsistent with international law of the sea. Plans for a levy on the carbon produced by ships are being opposed by the US government, on the ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump administration to refer Maine to DoJ over transgender participation in sports
The deadline has arrived for Maine officials to reach a resolution with the U.S. Education Department over a finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing transgender athletes ...ABC News - 18m -
Taliban enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque: UN
The U.N. says more than half of people detained by the Taliban's morality police in the first 6 months of new laws regulating personal conduct were men who had noncompliant hairstyles or their barbersABC News - 1d -
French researcher jailed by Russia is sent to penal colony
Laurent Vinatier was sentenced to three years in prison in October for violating Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law. A French researcher who was sentenced by Russia to three years in prison, in a case ...The Guardian - 15h