The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled against the standard adopted by the Trump administration National Labor Relations Board specifying when an on-site contractor's workers can picket. In 2019, the NLRB held that employees can picket only if they work "regularly and exclusively" at a job site, but the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the standard is arbitrary and has remanded the matter to the NLRB.

US District Judge Sharon Gleason of the District of Alaska on Wednesday canceled Trump-era permits for ConocoPhillips' Willow oil development on Alaska's North Slope, citing problems with the project's environmental review and a lack of mitigation measures for polar bears. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy blasted the decision, saying the ruling "from a federal judge trying to shelve a major oil project on American soil does one thing: outsources production to dictatorships & terrorist organizations."

US District Court Judge Trevor McFadden is allowing former President Donald Trump to respond by Wednesday to a Justice Department opinion requiring the IRS to provide Trump's tax returns to Congress. The opinion, by the department's Office of Legal Counsel, says the House Ways and Means Committee's effort to obtain Trump's tax returns was based on a legitimate legislative reason.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., has been chosen to join the select committee that will conduct an inquiry into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Kinzinger, a critic of former President Donald Trump, is one of two Republicans nominated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for the nine-person committee, which also includes Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.