Tag: Law

President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif., Friday April 5, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump wants a DHS chief willing to break the law. Lawmakers must block a nominee who would

Erin Dunne · April 8, 2019 5:23 pm

"Pro-life" advocates outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

On abortion, the judicial ‘umpires’ picked a team

Matt Lamb · April 8, 2019 4:00 am

Lydia Macy, 17, left, and Mira Gottlieb, 16, both of Berkeley, Calif., rally outside of the Supreme Court as it hears the 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission' case on Dec. 5, 2017, in D.C.

The intolerant Left thirsts for blood

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2019 4:00 am

Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler appears at a state Capitol news conference on Friday, April 5, 2019, ahead of a floor debate on his bill to allow all Minnesota residents to obtain driver's licenses regardless of their immigration status. Winkler said immigrants, whether they're documented or undocumented, are Minnesotans. He pointed out that all Minnesota residents could get licenses until 2003.

Minnesota lawmakers vote to give illegal immigrants driver’s licenses

Daniel Jativa · April 6, 2019 7:11 pm

FILE - In this June 27, 2017 photo, a semi-automatic rifle is displayed with a 25 shot magazine, left, and a 10 shot magazine, right, at a gun store in Elk Grove, Calif. A federal judge on Friday, April 5, 2019, halted sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines in California, giving state officials a chance to appeal his order last week that allowed their sale for the first time in nearly 20 years. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez barred further sales until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers whether to reinstate the state's ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets.

Federal judge orders halt of high-capacity magazine sales in California

Daniel Jativa · April 6, 2019 6:46 pm

A mourner lights a candle during a vigil to commemorate victims of Friday's shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2019. Three days after Friday's attack, New Zealand's deadliest shooting in modern history, relatives were anxiously waiting for word on when they can bury their loved ones.

Australia can now jail social media chiefs for livestreaming violence

Joel Gehrke · April 6, 2019 4:13 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 5, 2019, in Washington.

Trump: I have not seen Mueller report

Daniel Jativa · April 6, 2019 4:03 pm

An armed guard walks by bundles of cocaine aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton in San Diego on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The Coast Guard seized around 47,000 pounds of cocaine in the Pacific since November. The drugs are worth more than $721 million.

National Security

Honduran drug cartel kingpin gets 37 years in prison for trafficking cocaine into US

Daniel Jativa · April 6, 2019 3:40 pm

The main WikiLeaks Twitter account noted there were "oddities" from the U.S. Navy and Twitter, but asserted that Julian Assange's "physical situation at the embassy remains unaltered." (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Ecuador calls claims it will revoke Julian Assange’s asylum ‘fake news’

Joel Gehrke · April 6, 2019 2:43 pm

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states.

Third judge blocks Trump administration from adding citizenship question to census

Melissa Quinn · April 5, 2019 10:33 pm

Director Woody Allen attends a special screening of "Wonder Wheel", hosted by Amazon Studios, at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Amazon, it’s too late to pretend to care about Woody Allen’s #MeToo problem

Madeline Fry Schultz · April 5, 2019 9:40 pm

Unrepentant Michigan man pleads guilty to throwing water balloons at Trump supporters: I’ll bring more next time

Daniel Jativa · April 5, 2019 9:09 pm