Tag: Law

Actress Lori Loughlin arrives at federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.

Beltway Confidential

USC offered Lori Loughlin the perfectly legal way to buy Olivia Jade’s admission

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 17, 2020 10:07 pm

In this March 26, 2019 photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Jerry Nadler presses DOJ and FBI for FISA documents

Daniel Chaitin · January 17, 2020 9:40 pm

In photo taken Thursday Oct.19, 2017 Moroccan women fill up containers with water from a hose, in Zagora, southeastern Morocco. Experts blame poor choices in agriculture, growing populations and climate change for the water shortages in towns like Zagora, which has seen repeated protests for access to clean water in recent weeks. Since the summer, taps ran dry in Zagora.

Energy and Environment

Federal court dismisses teenagers’ climate change case against the government

Abby Smith · January 17, 2020 6:24 pm

Beltway Confidential

Florida taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay for transgender surgeries

Nicole Russell · January 17, 2020 6:15 pm

On Friday, Alan Dershowitz, the famed attorney, weighed in on President Trump's reported remarks calling Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations "shithole countries." (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Trump choosing Alan Dershowitz for his defense is a public relations nightmare

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 17, 2020 5:51 pm

Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captioning

Caitlin Yilek · January 17, 2020 2:36 pm

Beltway Confidential

Justice demanded for Argentina’s slain terrorism prosecutor

Toby Dershowitz · January 17, 2020 10:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Del (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Judge delays Flynn sentencing after he seeks to withdraw guilty plea

Caitlin Yilek · January 16, 2020 9:13 pm

Texas man charged after telling New Jersey teen that ‘all the black people’ at her school should be shot

Madison Dibble · January 16, 2020 7:43 pm

Harvey Weinstein, center, accompanied by attorney Arthur Aidala, right, arrives at court for his rape trial, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020.

Potential juror faces a month in jail for tweeting joke about Weinstein trial

Zach Halaschak · January 16, 2020 6:30 pm

Seven dead and 14 tortured in exorcism ritual by religious sect

Zach Halaschak · January 16, 2020 5:23 pm

Man named James Bond and two others allegedly held children in ‘cages’ at Alabama home

Zach Halaschak · January 16, 2020 4:34 pm