U.S. Supreme Court endorses gay, transgender worker protections
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights, ruling that a landmark federal law forbidding workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees.
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Trump on challenge to California ‘sanctuary’ laws
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the most-populous U.S. state, declining to hear his administration’s challenge to “sanctuary” laws in California that protect immigrants from deportation…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects cases over ‘qualified immunity’
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a number of cases involving a legal defense called qualified immunity that can be used to shield government officials from lawsuits including police officers accused of excessive force.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of new cases seeking to expand gun rights.
Goldman Sachs increases COVID-19 federal aid commitment by $250 million
Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Monday pledged an additional $250 million to fund the federal aid program to help businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rayshard Brooks should have been allowed to walk home instead of being shot by police, say family lawyers
Police officers involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a black man whose death reignited protests in Atlanta over the weekend, should have let him walk home or found other ways to de-escalate the situation, his family’s lawyers said on Monday.
Russia jails ex-U.S. marine for 16 years on spying charges
A Russian court convicted former U.S. marine Paul Whelan of spying for the United States on Monday and sentenced him to 16 years in jail, a ruling that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said outraged Washington.
U.S. outraged by American’s espionage conviction in Russia: Pompeo
The United States on Monday called for the immediate release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russia, saying it was outraged by his conviction on spying charges and calling Moscow’s treatment of him appalling.
KBR wins $570 million contract for NASA spaceflight operations
Houston-based engineering company KBR Inc said on Monday it was awarded a $570.3 million contract by NASA to develop and execute spaceflight operations at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
For U.S. blacks, Latinos, no sign of a broadly rising tide
The protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police have opened a broader discussion about racial inequality in the United States.
