Tag: Law

Beltway Confidential

For the clubbers, a place of their own

Brad Polumbo · September 13, 2019 3:00 am

A customer uses the Uber Technologies Inc. Uber X smartphone app as skyscrapers stand in the 'Mainhattan' financial district beyond in Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday, April 12, 2019.

Uber faces uphill legal fight against California law

Sean Higgins · September 12, 2019 11:00 pm

In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, photo, a visitor eats lunch in front of a statue of Robert E. Lee that is surrounded by fencing and a No Trespassing sign in Charlottesville, Va., at the park that was the focus of the Unite the Right rally.

Virginia judge rules Confederate war monuments must remain

Tim Pearce · September 12, 2019 9:35 pm

Brooke "Skylar" Richardson steps out of the courtroom during a recess of proceedings, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Warren County Common Pleas Court in Lebanon, Ohio.

Ohio cheerleader acquitted of killing her baby, found guilty of abusing corpse

Tim Pearce · September 12, 2019 8:52 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, greets girls who he has coached in basketball, during a break in the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

‘I’m glad Brett was confirmed’: Blasey Ford’s father supported Kavanaugh confirmation

Ellie Bufkin · September 12, 2019 6:38 pm

Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe steps down. He will remain on leave until springtime when he can formally retire, according to a report. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DOJ rejects Andrew McCabe appeal to avoid criminal charges

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · September 12, 2019 5:43 pm

Saudi Princess Hassa bint Salman's bodyguard Rani Saidi, center, leaves the courthouse, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. The only daughter of Saudi Arabia's King Salman has been found guilty by a Paris court of charges that she ordered her bodyguard to detain and strike a plumber for taking photos at the Saudi royal family's apartment in the French capital.

‘You’re all the same, bastards’: Saudi princess found guilty of ordering bodyguard to beat up worker

Zach Halaschak · September 12, 2019 4:58 pm

Patti Davis, daughter of late U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, poses near artwork given to the resident at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

‘Indulged’: Ronald Reagan daughter slams judge considering case of would-be assassin Hinckley

Caitlin Yilek · September 12, 2019 3:10 pm

President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks at the 2019 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Yes, Trump can use executive authority on capital gains indexing

Ryan Ellis · September 12, 2019 10:30 am

In this Sunday, March 11, 2018, photo, barber Eric Muhammad, owner of A New You Barbershop cuts the hair of customer Marc M. Sims in Inglewood, California.

Occupational licensing reform is not a partisan issue

Adam Thierer and Trace Mitchell · September 12, 2019 9:54 am

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood was just forced to admit in court to harvesting aborted fetal parts

Samantha Kamman · September 12, 2019 4:00 am

‘I’m getting very angry’: Pelosi lashes out at reporter over gun control

Ellie Bufkin · September 11, 2019 10:17 pm