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US envoys to travel to Islamabad despite Iran ruling out direct negotiations with US

US envoys to travel to Islamabad despite Iran ruling out direct negotiations with US

Published by Sam Flores

US envoys are expected to travel to Pakistan on Saturday in a new bid to salvage ceasefire talks with Tehran, even as Iran ruled out direct negotiations with US representatives as its top diplomat arrived in Islamabad. The latest effort to broker a deal comes as an indefinite ceasefire has paused most fighting, but the economic fallout is still mounting with global energy shipments disrupted by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Keywords for this article Source link

Court reverses ruling blocking Ten Commandments displays in Texas

Court reverses ruling blocking Ten Commandments displays in Texas

Published by Sam Flores

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday to allow Texas to require posters of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.   In a 9-8 decision, the appeals court overruled a lower court decision that blocked a law saying schools need to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms if posters were donated to the district.   “This is a major… Source link

CBP To Begin First Phase Of Tariff Refunds Following Supreme Court Ruling

CBP To Begin First Phase Of Tariff Refunds Following Supreme Court Ruling

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is set to begin the first phase of its refund process for certain tariffs on April 20, following a ruling by the Supreme Court in February. CBP will deploy the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) through its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system, which would allow businesses to seek refunds for tariffs they paid that were imposed by President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 20 that the IEEPA does not clearly authorize the president to impose tariffs. The agency said the CAPE will be implemented in phases, with the first phase starting at 8 a.m. ET on April 20 and covering “certain unliquidated entries and certain entries within 80 days of liquidation.” The system is designed to “consolidate refunds of IEEPA duties including interest rather than processing refunds on an entry-by-entry basis,” according to CBP. It stated that importers and licensed customs brokers are required to set up an …

Arizona ruling enters Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation fight against Kalshi

Arizona ruling enters Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation fight against Kalshi

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A legal fight unfolding in Wisconsin over prediction market trading is now drawing in a fresh federal ruling from Arizona, as Kalshi presses its argument that federal regulators, not states or tribal governments, control the space. In a filing dated Monday (April 13), Kalshi and an affiliate pointed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to a recent Arizona decision they say strengthens their case. At the center of the dispute is whether federal law blocks local efforts to regulate trading on platforms known as designated contract markets. NEW: In the Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation case, Kalshi cites Arizona ruling backing CFTC authority, arguing federal law preempts state and tribal limits #PredictionMarkets @RWW pic.twitter.com/RRnmB3Fet2 — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) April 14, 2026 The Arizona case involved the Commodity Futures Trading Commission securing a temporary restraining order that halted state-level enforcement actions against those federally regulated platforms. It follows a push by federal regulators to assert authority over prediction markets, as similar disputes continue to surface across the country. Arizona ruling adds weight to …

LGBTQ faith leaders say Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling will harm youth

LGBTQ faith leaders say Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling will harm youth

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — As LGBTQ-affirming faith communities across the United States prepared to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday (March 31), their plans were interrupted by news the Supreme Court had ruled that morning against Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. A form of talk therapy that attempts to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of LGBTQ people, conversion therapy has been widely discredited by major medical organizations due to evidence it is ineffective and can lead to suicide. In a striking 8-1 ruling, the court sided with evangelical Christian therapist Kaley Chiles, who argued Colorado’s law violated her right to free speech by preventing her from working with young people “who have same-sex attractions or gender identity confusion” and are seeking to “live a life consistent with their faith.” As conservative groups celebrated the news as a win for free speech, LGBTQ and LGBTQ-affirming faith groups condemned the decision, saying it could threaten conversion-therapy bans in over 20 other states. “‘Conversion therapy’ is not only medically spurious, its history is inseparable from a …

Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man

Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that he was Native American, and therefore not an American citizen. Elk — believed to have been a member of what is now known as the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska — objected, saying he had severed all ties with his tribe and had willingly subjected himself to the authority of the United States. He launched a legal challenge, arguing among other things that he was a citizen at birth because he was born within United States territory. But the Supreme Court, in an 1884 case called Elk v. Wilkins, ruled against him, saying that Native Americans born within the territory of the United States did not have birthright citizenship. They had the same status as “the children of subjects of any foreign government born within the domain of that government,” the court said. President Donald Trump’s administration is now citing that …

Teach about non-religion and religions equally! Peer urges law change after Supreme Court ruling – Humanists UK

Teach about non-religion and religions equally! Peer urges law change after Supreme Court ruling – Humanists UK

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The future of Religious Education (RE) was raised in the House of Lords yesterday during a debate on the Government’s curriculum and assessment review, with peers highlighting longstanding concerns about the subject’s quality and status. RE is compulsory for all pupils in England but is not part of the national curriculum. This results in significant variation in what is taught. Humanists UK has long called for RE to be reformed into a subject that is consistent across all schools and fully inclusive of non-religious worldviews, in line with the law, and welcomed the curriculum and assessment review’s recommendation that RE be placed on the national curriculum. During the debate, All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group member, Baroness Burt of Solihull, highlighted the legal requirement for teaching about religion and belief to be ‘objective, critical and pluralistic’, and stressed the importance of including non-religious worldviews: ‘In England, the High Court in Fox v Secretary of State for Education drew attention to the importance of ensuring that pupils receive a balanced understanding of the diversity of beliefs present in …

Trump rages at Supreme Court for tariff ruling

Trump rages at Supreme Court for tariff ruling

Published by Sam Flores

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Read more CNBC politics coverage “The Supreme Court, that’s right, of the United States cost our country — all they needed was a sentence — our country hundreds of billions of dollars, and they couldn’t care less,” Trump fumed. “They couldn’t care less.” Referring to Gorsuch and Barrett, Trump said, “And they sicken me.” “They sicken me because they’re bad for our country,” Trump added. Trump’s other appointee to the high court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, dissented along with two fellow conservatives, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. The majority, in its decision in the case known as Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, said on Feb. 20 that a president does not have the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs on imports from most countries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as Trump had claimed. “Based on two words separated by 16 others in Section 1702(a)(1)(B) of IEEPA —’regulate’ and …