Tag: Law

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks during an event.

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Top female GOP senators just introduced a bill to fight the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation

Andi Bottner · June 28, 2019 6:12 pm

Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher arrives in court.

Marine and Iraqi general testify accused Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher did not stab ISIS fighter

Russ Read · June 28, 2019 5:57 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice-President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., spar during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is in the center.

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Radical Democrats seem to think it’s shameful to put bad guys in jail

Quin Hillyer · June 28, 2019 5:33 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers Hunter College's commencement address in New York.

Groups claim Clinton campaign broke campaign laws over Fusion GPS and Steele funding

Jerry Dunleavy · June 28, 2019 4:25 pm

Dispute over Montana scholarships for religious schools gets slot on Supreme Court docket

Melissa Quinn · June 28, 2019 3:51 pm

Bridget Kelly, left, leaving federal court after sentencing, and Bill Baroni, leaving federal court after sentencing in Newark, N.J.

Supreme Court will hear case of ex-Chris Christie aides convicted in ‘Bridgegate’ scandal

Melissa Quinn · June 28, 2019 2:38 pm

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, March 5, 2018.

Supreme Court agrees to take up Trump’s bid to end DACA

Melissa Quinn · June 28, 2019 1:34 pm

FILE - In this July 18, 2018 file photo, a Honduran man carries his 3-year-old son as his daughter and other son follow to a transport vehicle after being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in San Luis, Ariz. Border arrests figures for August 2018, are the latest reminder of how crossings have shifted over the last decade from predominantly Mexican men to Central American families and children. The number of family arrivals reached 15,955, a sharp increase from July that Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said was one of the highest on record.

Rep. Andy Biggs: To be a nation of laws, we must enforce those laws

Rep. Andy Biggs · June 28, 2019 4:00 am

The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto MartÃnez RamÃrez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter, Valeria, lie on the bank of the Rio Grande.

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Angie Valeria Martinez’s parents were reckless; so was Congress

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 27, 2019 10:44 pm

Harvard professor Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses an audience, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at a forum called "Perspectives on National Security," at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

‘Lord help us all’: Samantha Power emails in days after 2016 election revealed

Daniel Chaitin · June 27, 2019 9:43 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

GOP congressman says he will press charges against woman who threw drink at him

Ellie Bufkin · June 27, 2019 8:41 pm

People gather near the Supreme Court in Washington.

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The latest ruling from the Supreme Court just turned government bureaucrats into the walking dead

Adam Carrington · June 27, 2019 8:21 pm