Tag: Federal Courts

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington Thursday night. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Neil Gorsuch: Scalia’s views on the Constitution aren’t ‘going anywhere on my watch’

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2017 4:53 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has scheduled hearings on 8th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee David Stras and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Kyle Duncan, despite the lack of senators returning positive blue slips on their nominations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Grassley schedules hearings for appeals court nominees slowed by ‘blue slip’ tradition

Ryan Lovelace · November 16, 2017 11:29 pm

Mistrial for Bob Menendez

Andrew Egger · November 16, 2017 7:28 pm

Judge in Manafort Trial Issues Gag Order

Andrew Egger · November 9, 2017 12:20 am

Although President Trump has sought to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the move is in the proposed rule stage and has not been been implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency. Until it is a final regulation, courts may not have room to rule on the litigation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Children sue Trump over climate change

John Siciliano · November 7, 2017 12:26 am

Experts say the indictment of former Trump campaign associates has made the lobbying firms of Washington, D.C.'s K Street "very nervous." There is evidence, they say, that firms on both sides of the political spectrum have been violating federal regulations for years.

Why Robert Mueller is making K Street Republicans and Democrats sweat

Sarah Bedford · November 4, 2017 4:01 am

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is now the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller's investigation led to the indictment of multiple Trump campaign associates Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beltway Confidential

Shut up about Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and Paul Manafort

Quin Hillyer · November 2, 2017 4:10 am

In this photo provided by the New York City Police Department, officers respond to a report of gunfire along West Street near the pedestrian bridge at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Martin Speechley/NYPD via AP)

Prosecutors file terrorism charges against suspect in Manhattan attack

Diana Stancy Correll · November 1, 2017 9:33 pm

A number of Democrats have called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to return to Capitol Hill, under oath, to testify, after documents unsealed this week appear to dispute his prior testimony in which he denied knowing about a proposed meeting with Russians and former Trump campaign staff. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions is confident Trump’s travel ban will win in Supreme Court

Todd Shepherd · October 18, 2017 3:23 pm

A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect. On Wednesday, a Maryland judge blocked the the president's new travel policy. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

National Security

Second judge blocks Trump travel ban

Anna Giaritelli · October 18, 2017 12:49 pm

The 29-year-old resident of Elizabeth, N.J., was found guilty of using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place, among other charges. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

National Security

Ahmad Khan Rahimi convicted on all charges in 2016 New York City bombing

Anna Giaritelli · October 16, 2017 4:07 pm

How Al Franken’s Blue-Slip ‘Veto’ Could Backfire

Barry Casselman · October 6, 2017 2:40 pm