What happened: On October 8, Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling announced that the Department of Labor was suspending eight employers from the Permanent Labor Certification Program, known as PERM: Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini. Sonderling said the department would not accept new or process pending PERM applications involving the…
Published October 8, 2026 · Court WatchDecision and opinion publication: October 7, 2026. California’s Second District Court of Appeal affirmed judgment for Burbank Unified School District in Smith v. Burbank Unified School District (B347288). Christian chemistry teacher Douglas Smith received a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination but was placed on unpaid leave. Smith sought alternatives…
An October 6 opinion column by The Athletic’s Candace Buckner urged the Indiana Fever to part ways with guard Sophie Cunningham, saying her views were “too turbulent” to pair with Caitlin Clark. Buckner connected her argument to the public debate over Cunningham’s comments on transgender athletes in women’s sports and the attention surrounding Fever games….
A Dearborn resident’s federal lawsuit alleges unequal treatment in city-sponsored religious displays. The city denies favoritism. No court ruling on the claims has been reported.
The Democratic National Committee filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Trump administration’s use of taxpayer funds for television advertisements featuring President Donald Trump. The DNC alleges that the ads violate federal restrictions on the use of appropriated money for publicity or propaganda and asks…
October 7, 2026 — Current Issues / Election Integrity / Breaking News. The NAACP says it has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about the Justice Department’s plan to deploy federal personnel as election monitors during the 2026 midterms. The organization filed its FOIA request on September 1 and says the department…
October 7, 2026 — Court Watch / Education and Title IX / Breaking News. The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and other respondents to answer an emergency application filed by a Washington student identified in the docket as K.M.K. The application seeks an injunction while the case continues in the…
October 7, 2026 — Court Watch / Free Speech / Breaking News. A federal judge heard arguments October 6 on ABC parent company Disney’s request to block the Federal Communications Commission’s early review of licenses for eight ABC-owned television stations. The licenses are not scheduled for routine renewal until 2028 through 2031. Disney argues the…
Publication date: October 6, 2026Report release: October 5, 2026Underlying memorandum: October 4, 2021 The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group released a report reviewing Attorney General Merrick Garland’s October 4, 2021 memorandum directing federal law-enforcement agencies to address threats against school officials. DOJ says the FBI opened 25 “Guardian assessments” involving parents after the memorandum. The…
October 6, 2026 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement added a question about past voting to its detainee booking intake in August, according to a Washington Post report based on a former official and an internal email reviewed by the newspaper. What is reported: The October 1 email said detainees who acknowledged voting illegally would be…
