Dogs Seized from USDA-Licensed Breeder in Iowa

Can you be fined for pretending your pet is a service animal? New South Dakota law explained

A South Dakota law now classifies falsely claiming a pet as a service animal as a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Take The Kids To Meet Adorable Animals At Wisconsin Petting Farm

Take The Kids To Meet Adorable Animals At Wisconsin Petting Farm

Pet Study: The Most Popular Dog Names In Illinois And Nationally

Pet Study: The Most Popular Dog Names In Illinois And Nationally

Missouri Foster Mom Pleads Guilty After Trading Teen Girl For A Monkey In Texas

A long-time Missouri foster parent accused of attempting to exchange a teenager in her care for an exotic animal has entered a guilty plea in a Lincoln County court. Brenda Deutsch, 70, of Winfield, pleaded guilty on Monday, June 15, to one felony count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Under the terms [] Missouri Foster Mom Pleads Guilty After Trading Teen Girl For A Monkey In Texas

Justice Department sues Minnesota over refusal to turn over SNAP data

MINNEAPOLIS — The battle between Minnesota and the Trump administration over food assistance data has intensified after the Justice Department sued to compel the state to hand over its records, including beneficiary information. The lawsuit ...

Man and woman appear in court over pygmy goat theft

A man and a woman have appeared in court accused of stealing a three-week-old pygmy goat.

The SAVE America Act and the last line of defense for voter roll integrity

Two federal courts struck down separate Trump administration voter citizenship verification efforts within the same week this June, and the wins for plaintiffs came with an asterisk neither side has fully reckoned with. Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, sitting on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, vacated the administration’s overhaul of the SAVE database, []

Appeals Court Allows Ohio to Enforce Social Media Parental Consent Law

(NaturalNews) A federal appeals court on June 18 reversed a lower court ruling and allowed Ohio to enforce a law requiring parental consent for children under 16 to...

Judge Who Donated to Immigrant Legal Aid Group Blocks DOJ Immigration Probe of Walz, Ellison

A federal judge in Minnesota, who has donated to an immigrant legal aid group, quashed several federal grand jury subpoenas of documents from Gov. Tim Walz and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul over compliance with immigration enforcement. In a 29-page opinion issued Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of...

Animals seized in cruelty cases can be stuck in shelters for months. New bill aims to change that

A bill supported by L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman seeks to help place abused animals with a foster home or rescue group.

Illinois ‘reviewing’ DOJ’s threat to prosecute state election officials over noncitizen voting – Capitol News IL

In addition to Tuesday’s letter threatening prosecution, DOJ is also suing Illinois and dozens of other states for access to the state’s complete, unredacted voter registration list, including sensitive information such as voters’ dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. The federal government has not been successful in any of those lawsuits thus far.

[Photo] JUST IN: (Reuters) US judge blocks subpoenas to Minnesota officials in DOJ immigration [...]

JUST IN: (Reuters) US judge blocks subpoenas to Minnesota officials in DOJ immigration probe.

Wayne Hsiung’s Landmark Animal Rescue Appeal Wins Some, Loses Some: What It Means for the Right to Rescue

Animal law attorney and activist Wayne Hsiung joins host Mariann Sullivan along with attorneys Chris Carraway and Steffen Seitz of the University of Denver’s Animal Activist Legal Defense Project to break down the California Court of Appeals decision in Hsiung’s criminal case—a pivotal ruling that overturned two of three trespass convictions stemming from actions at Sunrise Farms and Reichardt Duck Farm,

Supreme Court Protects Girls, Upholds Reality

The Supreme Court decision on Little v. Hecox out of Idaho and West Virginia v. B.P.J. allows states to do what's right.

Egg producers pay millions in price-fixing settlement

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year. The states and federal government accused Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman’s Egg Ranch of a []...Click to read more

Judge delivers legal setback to Trump admin on green card applications

A federal judge in Ohio has ordered the Trump administration to resume processing certain immigration benefit applications, delivering another legal setback to efforts by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to freeze or delay immigration cases. U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley of the Southern District of Ohio granted a preliminary injunction Monday in a...

Ador reviews records after NewJeans’ ‘ETA’ named in US copyright lawsuit

Ador reviews records after NewJeans’ ‘ETA’ named in US copyright lawsuit

Judge convicted of deliberately violating law by sneaking a criminal illegal alien away from ICE gets hand-slap punishment

Source link Hannah Dugan (Courtroom sketch) A Wisconsin judge convicted in federal court of deliberately violating the law by interfering with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation to arrest and

US judge blocks subpoenas to Minnesota officials in DOJ immigration probe

US judge blocks subpoenas to Minnesota officials in DOJ immigration probe

This Ohio Prayer Permit Case Is Heading to SCOTUS

This Ohio Prayer Permit Case Is Heading to SCOTUS

Police nab two suspected kidnappers, recover 26 stolen goats in Yobe

Police operatives under Yobe State Command have arrested two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate and recovered 26 stolen goats during an operation in Gujba Local Government Area. According to a press statement issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the breakthrough followed the abduction of one Idi Musa of [] Police nab two suspected kidnappers, recover 26 stolen goats in Yobe

Trump administration hails Supreme Court immigration rulings as major victory

The Trump administration hailed a series of US Supreme Court immigration rulings on Thursday (local time), including a decision allowing officials to turn away migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border before they enter the country.

DOJ Sues Minnesota Over SNAP Data as Federal Fraud Fight Escalates

The Justice Department has sued Minnesota in federal court, asking a judge to force the state to turn over five years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicant data to the U.S.

Egg producers will pay $3.3M and donate 53M eggs in settlement over price fixing claims

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states have reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers over allegations that the companies illegally colluded in a multiyear scheme to raises prices. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

High courts backs fur trappers, coyote hunters over POW

In a decision issued June 12, the high court affirmed a lower court ruling rejecting challenges brought by several animal-rights organizations to rules adopted following legislation passed in 2022. The post High courts backs fur trappers, coyote hunters over POW first appeared on Vermont Daily Chronicle. The post High courts backs fur trappers, coyote hunters over POW appeared first on Vermont Daily Chronicle.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

But in a major win for the Trump administration, the court allowed states to bar transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports.

Evans Earned Just $345 From Livestock Sales Last Year. Will He Still Call Himself a Rancher?

Last month, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) filed what appears to be a corrected financial disclosure form, showing that he earned 345 in “livestock and beef sales” last year.

Colorado: Governor Jared Polis Fires Two Members of Clemency Board Who Opposed Release of Tina Peters

Tina Peters was a county clerk in western Colorado who was convicted of tampering with voting machines, as she tried to show that Trump had won the election. Although she certified that the election was fair, she allowed an unauthorized person to access Mesa County’s voting machines and copy their hard drives. In her conservative []

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump’s Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Registration Rule

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper permanently blocked Trump's proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule Wednesday, ruling the Constitution gives presidents no authority over elections and that the administration offered no credible evidence of the widespread fraud the order claimed.

Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz in immigration enforcement probe

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, calling it an effort to harass and retaliate against them.

Wyoming pols cheer as Supreme Court upholds laws banning transgender girls from athletic teams

The high court ruling comes three years after the Wyoming Legislature enacted a ban on transgender girls participating in middle and high school sports. The post Wyoming pols cheer as Supreme Court upholds laws banning transgender girls from athletic teams appeared first on WyoFile .

Trump Legal Goon’s Crackpot Election Threat Exposed

Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesOne of Donald Trump’s top prosecutorial attack dogs is threatening serious legal consequences for any official who participates in certain electoral violations that are vanishingly rare. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote to election officials across the country on Tuesday to remind them that allowing noncitizens to vote is illegal, CBS News reports. “Any election officer, including the chief election officer of the state, who knowingly retains noncitizens on the state’s [voter registration list] or facilitates noncitizens in receiving and casting ballots could be subject to criminal liability,” her letter reads. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Potchefstroom Stock Theft Arrests: Three Suspects Detained in North West Cattle Recovery

NORTH WEST — A targeted rural safety initiative has led to significant stock theft arrests in Potchefstroom after authorities intercepted three suspects and successfully recovered a portion of stolen cattle. The legal proceedings stem from an incident on June 27, 2026, when a livestock farmer reported the disappearance of 25 head of cattle to the []

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Using Database to Ensure Noncitizens Can’t Vote

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Using Database to Ensure Noncitizens Can’t Vote

10 Wild Animals You're Most Likely to See in Illinois

10 Wild Animals You're Most Likely to See in Illinois

Supreme Court Sides With Red States Over Bans on Trans Athletes

States can block transgender athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, handing the Trump administration a victory in its effort to enforce such restrictions. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative court said that West Virginia and Idaho did not break the law when they passed legislation prohibiting []

A Foreign-Born Judge Says States Cannot Verify Citizenship Before Elections

Washington D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago before later becoming a U.S. citizen, has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to expand the federal SAVE database so states could verify whether registered voters are American citizens. The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system was specifically designed to allow []

Judge blocks subpoenas of Minnesota officials

Judge blocks subpoenas of Minnesota officials