Tag: Law

A transgender pride flag is shown.

Beltway Confidential

Women’s rights are not the same as transgender rights

Nicole Russell · September 15, 2019 4:00 am

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

New York Times deletes tweet stating that Brett Kavanaugh thrust his penis in face of Yale student

Carlin Becker · September 15, 2019 3:18 am

Border Patrol agent injured in Texas traffic stop shooting

Carlin Becker · September 15, 2019 1:12 am

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.

New sexual misconduct accusation against Kavanaugh emerges, echoing previous Yale allegation

Carlin Becker · September 14, 2019 11:55 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defends Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s.

Lindsey Graham warns FISA court to 'take corrective action' after being 'misled' by Steele dossier

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · September 14, 2019 6:27 pm

Energy and Environment

Three border wall projects reportedly canceled due to lack of funding amid environmental lawsuit against Trump

Ellie Bufkin · September 14, 2019 6:00 pm

Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court with her husband William H. Macy for sentencing in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Boston.

Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for college bribery scandal

Ellie Bufkin · September 13, 2019 7:41 pm

Dennis Williams, president of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), speaks during the start of labor negotiations with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA), at the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. With negotiations kicking off this month between U.S. carmakers and their main domestic labor union, talks involving Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are poised to be the most contentious.

Feds investigating current and former UAW union bosses for yearslong embezzlement scheme

Tim Pearce · September 13, 2019 6:25 pm

Donald Trump, accompanied by, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Trump, Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump and Ivanka Trump, holds up a ribbon during the grand opening ceremony of the Trump International Hotel- Old Post Office, in Washington.

Federal appeals court revives Trump emoluments lawsuit

Melissa Quinn · September 13, 2019 2:41 pm

U.S. Marshals are searching for Andrew Kristovich, 38, who escaped prison in Oregon.

Beltway Confidential

The DC Council reopens the wounds of violent crime

Glenn Kirschner · September 13, 2019 10:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Stay in school, kids

Madeline Fry Schultz · September 13, 2019 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Humble justice

Kyle Sammin · September 13, 2019 3:00 am