TOI Correspondent from Washington: Students from India typically embrace a lifestyle in US that is said to revolve around “apartment and department.” Older graduate students may be a little more adventurous, shuttling between “Advisor and Budweiser.” The rare ones who are audacious enough to dabble in political activism got a salutary warning this week with…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing government lawyers to request that plaintiffs post bonds when suing to block his policies, potentially imposing steep financial barriers for challengers, Reuters reported.The order mandates that US Justice Department attorneys ask judges to require plaintiffs to cover the government’s costs and damages if a policy…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday criticised a federal judge’s decision to reinstate government web pages removed under President Donald Trump’s executive order on gender ideology, calling it “truly absurd.”The ruling, issued by US District Judge John Bates, granted a temporary restraining order sought by the nonprofit group Doctors for America, which argued that the…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order late on Tuesday limiting gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19. This follows his inauguration speech, where he had said that his administration would only recognize two genders, male and female. The order says, “Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing…
A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, labelling the move as “blatantly unconstitutional.” US District Judge John Coughenour made the ruling during a hearing on Thursday, saying that the order was a clear violation of the Constitution. His comments came as part of an…
