Federal Courts

Wild Earth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity entered into an agreement in 2011 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to settle ESA litigation on 1,008 species the groups claimed were threatened with extinction. The agreement provided that the two groups would initiate fewer such actions. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Energy group claims enviros suing more often, not less, despite 2011 deal

Mark Tapscott -

September 30, 2014 9:00 am

The department's anti-trust division paid $8.4 million hiring expert witnesses when none was necessary. (iStock)

Feds paid millions for unneeded expert witnesses

Richard Pollock -

September 25, 2014 10:00 am

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Crime

Fed used tax dollars to build dream house

Mark Flatten -

September 15, 2014 6:58 pm

The best part about the truth is that it usually wins, contrary to what many people think. (iStock)

Opinion

First Amendment wins in Ohio; still vulnerable on Capitol Hill

Washington Examiner -

September 15, 2014 9:00 am

Guam is subject to the United States Constitution, and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments come down pretty hard against the idea of preventing some people to vote because of their race. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Will the Ninth Circuit allow racial discrimination in voting in Guam?

Michael Barone -

August 31, 2014 7:45 pm

NY foster agencies settle suit by kids for $17.5M

Kelli Kennedy -

August 29, 2014 7:23 pm

Kody Brown poses in 2013 with his wives at one of their homes in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerry Henkel, File)

Campaigns

Utah governor distances himself from pro-polygamy court ruling

Betsy Woodruff -

August 29, 2014 9:00 am

Northeastern Illinois facing federal gun charges

Washington Examiner -

August 2, 2014 9:01 am

Supreme Court poised to revisit gay marriage issue

Sean Lengell -

July 29, 2014 3:36 pm

Lauren Weiner, left, a former Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee staffer, leaves federal court in Washington in March 2006. Weiner pleaded guilty to snooping on then-Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)

Beltway Confidential

Wendy Davis staffer previously pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining an opponent’s credit report

Ashe Schow -

July 17, 2014 10:17 pm

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