Gabriel Tynes

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Gabriel Tynes

(CN) — The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard a Voting Rights Act case on Thursday concerning the legality of an Arkansas voter assistance provision prohibiting anyone other than an election official from assisting more than six voters per election. The state claims the provision was passed in 2009 as part of a “commonsense” package of bills designed to make voting easier and cheating more difficult.

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Gabriel Tynes

(CN) — Arkansas Senior Assistant Solicitor General Asher Steinberg on Thursday urged the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to release the state from an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of a 2023 state law aiming to protect public school students from indoctrination in social subjects such as critical race theory. The student and teacher plaintiffs won the injunction last year as part of a lawsuit arguing the statute violates their First Amendment rights.

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Gabriel Tynes

A group of American defense contractors conducting surveillance for the U.S. military in 2003 say they were kidnapped and held hostage for five years by terror organizations linked to Maduro, who recently claimed victory in a contested 2024 election.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Gabriel Tynes

After experiencing a 10-year low in 2023, the cost to live in a home or apartment saw four quarters of growth. (CN) — House prices in the European Union jumped 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, continuing a growth trend that began a year ago when the annual rate of change was just 0.2%. Afterward, it jumped to 1.5% in the first quarter of 2024, 3% in the second quarter and 3.9% in the third quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by Eurostat.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Gabriel Tynes

Claiming federal judges have exceeded their authority by preventing President Trump from enacting certain executive orders, Republican lawmakers are seeking to balance the judicial scale. (CN) — A coalition of Republican senators filed a bill on Tuesday targeting “woke, activist judges” who are issuing injunctions against some of President Donald Trump’s key executive orders.