The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 against Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid payments, marking the court’s first major ruling on a legal challenge involving the former president. The decision upholds a lower court ruling requiring the Trump administration to honor contracts that have already been completed, ...

  More than 200,000 Canadians have signed a parliamentary petition calling for the government to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship, citing his ties to U.S. President Donald Trump and concerns over Canadian sovereignty. The petition, initiated by Qualia Reed from British Columbia and sponsored by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus, argues that Musk has acted ...

    A U.S. appeals court has upheld a ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents. On Wednesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency request from the Justice Department to enforce the executive order, which had been temporarily ...

  The Trump administration has filed its first Supreme Court appeal of the new term, seeking approval to remove Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC)—a federal agency that protects whistleblowers. The case marks a critical test in the administration’s broader effort to reshape the executive branch’s power over federal agencies. Dellinger, ...

  The US Army has announced an immediate ban on transgender individuals enlisting in the military, along with a suspension of all procedures related to gender transition for service members. In a statement shared on X, the Army confirmed that new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are now paused. Additionally, all ...

  Google has removed key cultural observances, including Black History Month and LGBTQ+ Pride Month, from its Calendar app, following executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. For years, Google Calendar marked these celebrations on February 1 and June 1, respectively. However, in 2025, both months are now blank, alongside the removal of Women’s History ...

  United States President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Elon Musk, head of the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have intensified their criticism of the judiciary, condemning judges who have blocked key policies in Trump’s second term. They argue that courts are overstepping their authority by interfering in executive decisions, framing ...

  In a significant move, U.S. President Donald Trump has disbanded the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, an elite Department of Justice (DOJ) team responsible for tracing and recovering billions of dollars looted by Nigeria’s late military ruler, Sani Abacha, and other international corruption cases. According to Peoples Gazette, the decision was quietly implemented earlier this ...

  US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of conducting “illegitimate and baseless” investigations targeting the United States and its ally Israel, the White House announced on Thursday, February 6, 2025. The executive order, signed by Trump, comes in response to the ICC’s issuance of an arrest ...

  Former U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that Elon Musk will play a key role in uncovering “hundreds of billions of dollars” in government fraud as part of his administration’s efforts to cut federal spending. In a Fox News interview aired before the Super Bowl, Trump said the American people want him to eliminate ...

  A U.S. District Judge has temporarily blocked federal prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men’s facility, halting a move authorized under an executive order issued by former President Donald Trump. The ruling also ensures the inmate will continue receiving gender-affirming medical care, her lawyers said Thursday. Judge George O’Toole, an appointee ...

  Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to former President Donald Trump to settle a federal lawsuit filed in 2021 over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts following the January 6 Capitol riots. The lawsuit accused Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of “impermissible censorship” and alleged First Amendment violations after Trump’s social ...

  The administration of United States President Donald Trump has dismissed over a dozen Justice Department lawyers who were involved in two high-profile criminal cases against him. The lawyers, who served under former Special Counsel Jack Smith, were investigating allegations of Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election ...

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has weighed in on a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block former President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizen migrants in the United States. On Monday, January 20, President Trump, shortly after his swearing-in, signed an executive order aiming to end ...

  New York Attorney General Letitia James, alongside a coalition of 18 states and the City of San Francisco, has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks to block the executive order, which the coalition argues ...

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged a strong response if U.S. President Donald Trump proceeds with a proposed 25% tariff on Canadian imports, which Trump has indicated could take effect as soon as February. Trudeau, speaking at a news conference during a cabinet retreat aimed at addressing economic threats from the new ...