Tag: Law

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the First Step Act, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Gulfport, Miss.

Beltway Confidential

Compassionate First Step Act helps nonviolent prisoners die with dignity

Mark Vargas · May 6, 2019 12:00 pm

In this July 20, 2014 photo, shooters practice with pistols at the gun range at Dragonman's, a gun dealer east of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Gun rights backers scoff at proposed change to rules at heart of Supreme Court case

Melissa Quinn · May 6, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump looks at his watch near the end of a campaign rally Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Trump gambles he can stall Democratic tax returns demand past 2020 election

Colin Wilhelm · May 5, 2019 4:00 am

Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, closes on his sponsored felon voting rights bill during a session on April 24 in Tallahassee, Fla.

Florida passes bill mandating felons pay outstanding fines before they can vote

Julio Rosas · May 4, 2019 12:04 am

Ted Lieu, William Barr, and Kathleen Rice are shown.

Disbar Barr: House Democrats call for ethics probe of attorney general

John Gage · May 3, 2019 11:32 pm

In this April 12, 2017, photo, the Cadet Chapel towers over the U.S. Air Force Academy campus outside Colorado Springs, Colo.

Jury convicts former Air Force Academy student of raping fellow cadet in dorm room

Diana Stancy Correll · May 3, 2019 10:01 pm

John Kapoor.

Lap dances, rap videos, deception: Pharma execs guilty of racketeering in first opioid epidemic conviction

Cassidy Morrison · May 3, 2019 7:32 pm

David Niven, a professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, holds a map displaying the wide disparity of Ohio congressional district office locations, with orange locations representing areas whose office are found outside its own district's bounds, Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Cincinnati.

Federal court tosses out Ohio’s congressional map

Melissa Quinn · May 3, 2019 7:13 pm

Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, where Attorney General William Barr will testify on the Mueller report.

Graham invites Mueller to testify about testy phone call with Barr

Susan Ferrechio · May 3, 2019 6:00 pm

A Broward County Sheriff's Office vehicle is parked outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.

National Security

‘Coward of Broward’ Scot Peterson says he did nothing wrong during Parkland shooting

Julio Rosas · May 3, 2019 5:59 pm

Attorney General nominee William Barr looks speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Barr will face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee including his views on executive powers. Barr served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats are wrong: Barr’s recalcitrance is not criminal contempt

Quin Hillyer · May 3, 2019 5:23 pm

In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Najibullah Zazi leaves his apartment in Aurora, Colo., for a meeting with his attorney.

Beltway Confidential

Be grateful a federal judge just freed a former terrorist

Tom Rogan · May 3, 2019 5:14 pm