Tag: Law

Ted Cruz says he has no desire to join Supreme Court despite inclusion on Trump list

Madison Dibble · September 13, 2020 7:30 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Gov. Newsom signs controversial bill into law reducing penalties for sexual relations with minors

Andrew Mark Miller · September 12, 2020 9:03 pm

USPIS offering $50K reward after postal carrier critically injured in shooting

Zach Halaschak · September 12, 2020 8:13 pm

UFC fighter Conor McGregor with his fists up.

MMA superstar Conor McGregor arrested on suspicion of attempted sexual assault

Spencer Neale · September 12, 2020 6:03 pm

Former special counsel Robert Mueller returns to the witness table following a break in his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Top GOP investigator presses DOJ and FBI on Mueller team phones being ‘wiped’ before watchdog review

Jerry Dunleavy · September 11, 2020 4:55 pm

Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, arrives for the Virginia Senate Special Session in the temporary Senate chambers at the Science Museum of Virginia Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Authorities say Lucas has been charged with two felonies for her alleged involvement in the damaging of a large Confederate monument during protests in the city of Portsmouth.

Virginia Democrat wants charges against her thrown out in monument destruction case

Spencer Neale · September 10, 2020 8:05 pm

The Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014, following various court decisions. The court ruled on birth control, union fees and other cases.

Beltway Confidential

Biden needs to release his Supreme Court shortlist

Kaylee McGhee White · September 10, 2020 5:01 pm

FILE - In this Friday, May 3, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya, left, competes to win the gold in the women's 800-meter final during the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar. Caster Semenya has signed for a South African soccer club and may be considering giving up track and field, it was announced Friday, Sept. 6. The Olympic 800-meter champion is currently in a legal battle with the IAAF over her right to compete without taking testosterone-suppressing medication.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, file)

Beltway Confidential

Swiss Supreme Court protects the integrity of women’s sports

Zachary Faria · September 10, 2020 3:52 pm

Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump rewards Josh Hawley’s near-torpedoing of a judicial victory by putting him on new Supreme Court shortlist

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 10, 2020 2:38 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington.

Trump: Biden will pick ‘revolutionary’ judges for Supreme Court

Anthony Leonardi · September 10, 2020 2:40 am

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, left, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, stand behind Trump.

Trump announces list of potential Supreme Court nominees

Anthony Leonardi · September 9, 2020 8:19 pm

Inventor admits to killing Swedish journalist aboard his submarine for first time

Zach Halaschak · September 9, 2020 5:50 pm