HUD announced the decision in a letter closing its civil rights investigation into the Texas General Land Office, stating that earlier findings alleging discrimination were “fatally flawed — legally and factually.”

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo administered the oath of office to the newly elected national officers, deputies, presidential assistants, and presidential advisers of the Philippine Judges Association (PJA) on January 15, 2026, at the Supreme Court (SC) Session Hall in Manila.