/publicpolicy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Public Policy Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:20:34 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350329 A split Fourth Circuit panel blocked a South Carolina federal judge's order directing the federal government to restore 32 Congressionally-funded grants that were frozen by the Trump administration, and cast doubt on nonprofits' and cities' legal challenge. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:49:51 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350372 Spain's competition watchdog opened an investigation into European soccer's governing body on Friday, focusing on a series of agreements it struck with top flight clubs to prevent them from joining the so-called "Super League" project backed by promoter A22 Sports Management. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:49:40 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2343509?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2343509 The U.S. Department of Justice’s new rules, making it easier for law enforcement investigating leaks to compel members of the media and third parties to disclose information, could have wide-ranging impacts, from reduced protections for journalists and organizations, to an expanded focus on nonclassified material, say attorneys at WilmerHale. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:06:03 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350287 In this week's Off The Bench, an appeals court says Michael Jordan's auto racing team cannot compete amid an antitrust suit against NASCAR, the Chicago White Sox start a long ownership transfer process, and the woman who accused a college football coach of sexual harassment sues the university over its handling of the complaint. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:16:31 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349564?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349564 The longstanding framework for protecting children from online privacy harms is no longer working as Congress intended, the head of the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday, in urging federal lawmakers to take steps to empower both the agency and parents to more effectively tackle these growing risks.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:50:13 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350149?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350149 Harvard University on Thursday expanded its lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's efforts to block international students from studying at the nation's oldest college to attack a presidential proclamation that restricts Harvard's foreign students based on supposed national security concerns. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:27:37 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349903?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349903 President Donald Trump's travel ban, which suffered multiple court losses during his first term before the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately upheld it, may be on more solid legal footing in its renewed form, with lessons evidently applied from those losses. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:25:40 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349988?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349988 The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled taxi permits that weren't recognized by a county jurisdiction after a special district was dissolved don't constitute an unconstitutional taking by the government without compensation, saying the state Legislature repealed the licenses' property rights in 2017. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:24:09 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350096 A group of environmental and food sustainability nonprofits hit the U.S. Department of Agriculture with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court Thursday, accusing the Trump administration of unconstitutionally exceeding its authority by abruptly rescinding nearly 600 grants via "minimally edited form letters" that had errors and lacked detailed explanations. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:18:49 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349847?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349847 More than a dozen Republican attorneys general challenging a Biden-era rule that protected gender-affirming care under the Affordable Care Act said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can't keep the rule on the books just because the new administration is unlikely to enforce it. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:55:28 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349520 A company that manufactures infant support cushions has told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission overstepped its authority by issuing a rule regulating the products as "durable" and thus skirting congressional limits on its ability to issue mandatory product safety standards. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:45:39 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350011 Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was accused in court Wednesday of forcing government employees to violate a state law by requesting they honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests for information about 35 sponsors of unauthorized immigrant children. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:43:15 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350054?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350054 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked the Eighth Circuit on Thursday to send a $12 million case it won against Carebourn Capital back to the district court in light of its recent decision to take a less expansive approach to the definition of "securities dealer." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:33:02 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349757?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349757 The D.C. Circuit isn't going to touch a Federal Communications Commission decision denying LTD Broadband LLC $1.3 billion in rural network deployment funds after the company failed to convince the agency that it could connect the half-million locations that came with the money. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:21:16 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349577 The derivatives platform owned by Crypto.com on Thursday urged a Nevada federal judge to block the state's gaming regulators from taking action over its sports event contracts, arguing the federal court has already granted similar relief to trading platform Kalshi. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:11:42 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349239?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349239 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could see its lowest level of enforcement attorneys since the first Obama administration if Congress approves the agency's requested budget, with the proposal indicating that even more workers could leave the SEC in the next fiscal year.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:05:40 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349855 A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has reintroduced legislation that would reduce what the lawmakers called barriers to accessing lower-cost versions of biologic drugs, making an adjustment to how biosimilars are deemed interchangeable with their name-brand equivalents. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:04:51 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349928?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349928 Healthcare solutions company Owens & Minor said Thursday that it's abandoning its $1.36 billion plan to buy home-based care business Rotech Healthcare Holdings after the Federal Trade Commission's scrutiny proved too much to bear. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:57:05 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2350027?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2350027 A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups and criminal defense lawyers sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Thursday, alleging its agreement with El Salvador to imprison deported noncitizens for as much as $20,000 per person violates federal law. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:49:44 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2349957?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2349957 Attorneys general from California, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey on Thursday urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lift restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone, saying they aren't necessary under statutory requirements for an FDA drug safety program.