As Trump Politicizes the US Justice Department, Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries. Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents. | #law #courts | www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

One in five people arrested over 2024 UK riots have since been reported for domestic abuse. Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Pope Leo XIV makes a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”

Google, Meta, TikTok hit by EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scams reut.rs/4uZxXT4

EXCLUSIVE: NATO has no viable alternative to Palantir’s battlefield AI technology, a top alliance commander told POLITICO, warning that Europe must move much faster if it wants to reduce its dependence on U.S. defense tech.

A French Soccer Star Faces Off Against a Surging Foe: The Far Right. #KylianMbappé, the captain of France’s national team, set off a storm a month before the World Cup by suggesting that the National Rally party was a threat to France. | www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

How Trump’s New #Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk. The Intercept @theintercept.com annotated the White House document to show how the U.S. government is bringing its #WarOnTerror home. | #terrorism #law | theintercept.com/2026/05/15/t...

Over 100,000 Family Separations in US #Deportation Push, Report Estimates. The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children. | #immigration #law | www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

Federal prosecutors will try to make the case this week that three activists who protested immigration enforcement last summer crossed the line from political dissent into criminal conspiracy.

“Across the tech industry, the people who understand A.I. most intimately — the ones who write its code, train its models and watch its capabilities expand in real time — are increasingly alarmed by what they are building and for whom,” Kate Andrias writes.

Hundreds of children affected by UK’s halting of refugee family reunion, says Red Cross

About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are "a lot" higher, according to a survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF. https://to.pbs.org/47HpDOI

The US Supreme Court extended a temporary order that lets medical providers keep dispensing a widely used abortion pill by mail while the justices debate privately how to handle the issue.

Tennessee will ban employee noncompetes for workers earning less than $70,000 annually, or the hourly equivalent, under legislation that Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed into law.

New York is set to ban law enforcement from wearing masks while on duty, Governor Kathy Hochul said on May 7. The move is likely to be challenged by the Trump administration reut.rs/4duGTKh

The U.S. will start revoking passports this week for parents who owe $100,000 or more in child support and soon will expand the policy.

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a second-majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, at least four other Southern states—Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina—are considering passing new redistricting maps before the midterms.

UK #police expand use of #FacialRecognition apps for quick checks. The Home Office has no plans to release the #technology nationally but many forces are already adopting it for instant ID searches | #privacy #law | www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

@60minutes.bsky.social: Some white nationalists swoop in after natural disasters, trying to soften their image while offering help | www.cbsnews.com/news/some-wh...

The U.K.’s generational tobacco ban will lead to an outright prohibition on smoking cigarettes—and this tactic could have implications for addictive products, like social-media and gambling apps, in the U.S., Charles Fain Lehman argues.

Insiders portray defense secretary as increasingly isolated after officers with impeccable reputations forced out

US Magistrate Judge Peter Kang in San Francisco sanctioned the manager of a California law firm over a junior attorney's AI-assisted court brief that contained a false case citation, saying the responsibility for such errors extends to supervising lawyers reut.rs/4n2bqCF

President Donald Trump's back and forth tariff orders led some to say TACO. Now with ongoing closures to the Strait of Hormuz, some are saying NACHO.

The US Air Force agreed to buy an undisclosed number of interceptor drones from a company backed by Trump’s sons, according to the firm, deepening the military’s ties to defense contractors linked to the first family .

SCOTUS's April 29 decision weakening a landmark voting rights law opens the door for Republican lawmakers to dismantle Democratic-held US House districts with majority Black or Latino populations across the South, potentially giving Republicans an electoral advantage reut.rs/4t8ebDU

Louisiana's congressional primaries won't be going forward as scheduled in May, as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a majority Black congressional district, the state's top elected officials said Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/4w0SRCT

Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim. Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights views | www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Enough family reference samples collected to identify at least 60% of disinterred USS Arizona crew members

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday over whether law enforcement's use of a "geofence" warrant to nab data from cellphones near the scene of a Virginia armed robbery violated the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment bar on unreasonable searches.

US Violence Has Fallen, but So Has Funding for Prevention. Homicides and assaults have declined in many cities, but programs credited with helping keep the peace are losing federal support. | www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

A Professor #Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump. The American Association of University Professors @aaup.org is drawing new members. The group’s critics say its political stances hurt its cause. | #professors #HigherEducation #academics www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...

‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

Scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges

When DOGE arrived at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the operatives had no real background in nuclear issues. They boxed out experienced hands, forcing resignations and massive exodus of talent. Over 400 people have since left or been forced out. Our full story: https://propub.li/3OBQMwk

New #TUC report finds UK Black and ethnic minority #employees facing ‘appalling’ levels of #racism in the workplace. The TUC said its study revealed a “shocking increase” in explicit racism at work over the past six years | www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president, to Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity at The International Criminal Court. #ICC found there was enough evidence to try him for killings carried out during his crackdown on drugs. | #WarOnDrugs #HumanRights #law | www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/w...

Number of billionaires globally could reach 4,000 in next five years. There are now 3,110 billionaires but analysis shows ‘deep | #wealth #TaxTheRich #inequality | www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap... |

#London Met #Police in talks to buy #Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations. Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#Black #children in England & Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers. Demographic also overrepresented when #police officers use force such as handcuffs, firearms or Tasers, says new report by England's children’s commissioner | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Sullivan & Cromwell apologises to New York federal judge for string of errors in documents for Prince Group case

Apple’s Tim Cook leaves behind complicated legacy on privacy

BREAKING: The Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values

#Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity, “the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism,” and "regressive and harmful” cultures and subcultures. | techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Proposes Pied-À-Terre Tax on #NewYorkCity Second Homes Worth $5 Million Or More, which largely targets the ultrawealthy who primarily live outside NYC | #TaxTheRich #inequality #law | www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/n...

Global leftist leaders gather in Spain to mobilise against far right reut.rs/4sB6rKl

More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project - Experts say scheme will help repair damaged marine ecosystems while sequestering large amounts of carbon www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rare rebuke of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, enabled by small group of Republican defectors, to last three years

US District Judge Helen Gillmor on April 15 dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies in state court over ‌climate change, citing a 'longstanding' policy against federal intervention in state court processes reut.rs/4mv0op0

Hochul backs law enforcement mask ban