Legal challenge

A legal challenge to a law taking effect this week has doubled loan limits for certain graduate students, including those in nursing. The change allows these students to borrow more from the federal government.

The Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook in a 5-4 vote, allowing her to remain in her position while her legal challenge continues.

A legal challenge is emerging in the debate over Mark Carney's climate agenda. Carney referenced Edmund Burke's concept of society as a partnership between living, dead, and future generations during a speech at Trinity College in Ireland.

Police chiefs are facing a legal challenge over trans guidance that permits biological men to request strip searches conducted by female officers. The policy has sparked controversy and legal action.

A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money into a $1.8bn Anti-Weaponization Fund while a legal challenge proceeds. The order prevents the government from taking further action on the fund to avoid irreversible disbursement of funds.

Judges ruled that Scotland Yard can continue using live facial recognition technology in London, allowing the Metropolitan Police Service to proceed with its expansion of the system. The decision came after a legal challenge argued the technology violated human rights laws.

Former Army commanders claim public money is being used to 'punish' SAS veterans following a judge's dismissal of a legal challenge from the family of an IRA man killed 35 years ago. The legal case, which sought to challenge the circumstances of the IRA member's death, was rejected by a court.

Families in a Welsh seaside town have raised £6,000 to launch a legal challenge against the construction of 30 affordable homes, citing fears that residents from Birmingham may relocate to the area. The community's concerns center on potential demographic changes and local impact.