Tag: Law

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Should it be illegal for a seminary to turn away gay students?

Nicole Russell · January 13, 2020 7:40 pm

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins arrives at Federal court, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in New York. Collins is expected to plead guilty in an insider trading case Tuesday, a day after saying he was quitting Congress.

DOJ pushing for nearly five-year prison sentence for former GOP Rep. Chris Collins

Zach Halaschak · January 13, 2020 6:53 pm

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, speaks.

Devin Nunes: ‘We can’t get rid of’ Obama lawyer overseeing FISA reforms

Daniel Chaitin · January 13, 2020 6:17 pm

WATCH LIVE: FBI and DOJ hold press conference about Pensacola shooting investigation

Washington Examiner Staff · January 13, 2020 6:00 pm

This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. The Oklahoma House has approved legislation Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to eliminate the electric chair as a method of execution, although it's been more than 50 years since the state's last electrocution. The bill lists which execution methods are allowed, including lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, which causes death by depleting oxygen in the blood, firing squad and any other form not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.

‘Unique request’: Death row inmate asks to be killed by firing squad

Zach Halaschak · January 13, 2020 4:57 pm

Eight hurt in Colorado stabbing spree

Zach Halaschak · January 13, 2020 3:37 pm

British ambassador detained in Iran during demonstrations

Rob Crilly · January 11, 2020 10:46 pm

Harvey Weinstein attorney: ‘I think it’s very dangerous to believe all women’

John Gage · January 11, 2020 10:22 pm

‘Bad wig bandit’ sought by FBI after string of bank robberies

Zach Halaschak · January 11, 2020 6:04 pm

Charlotte Charles, mother of Harry Dunn, who died after his motorbike was involved in an August 2019 accident in Britain with Anne Sacoolas, wife of an American diplomat, speaks at a news conference as she is joined by Dunn's father Tim Dunn, center right, and other family members and supporters Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in New York.

UK sends extradition notice for diplomat’s wife who killed teenager in summer car crash

Spencer Neale · January 10, 2020 10:02 pm

State Sen. Dave Marsden, D-Fairfax, gestures during a news conference by the Senate Democratic caucus at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016.

Democrat says Second Amendment supporters in Virginia have ‘mental issues’

Spencer Neale · January 10, 2020 9:19 pm

The Supreme Court on June 21 agreed that the SEIU Local 1000 in Sacramento acted illegally when it leveled a special assessment to support political activity without allowing nonmembers to opt out. (AP Photo)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court not to rule on Obamacare ahead of election

Kimberly Leonard · January 10, 2020 8:49 pm