The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to attempt to obtain private information on journalists, non-profit organizations, and labor unions, raising concerns about government overreach and surveillance.
The U.S. Department of Justice is abandoning its appeal of a federal court decision that rejected its subpoena seeking medical records of young people who received gender-affirming care at UPMC. Advocates are celebrating the move as a victory for patient privacy.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned public demonstrations and mass gatherings in Kinshasa and other areas far from the country's Ebola outbreak, prompting opposition and civil society groups to protest that the measure is being used to limit political dissent rather than contain the disease.
