Tag: Law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Trump says Gavin Newsom ‘defying voters’ by halting death penalty in California

Diana Stancy Correll · March 13, 2019 2:46 pm

An Iraqi soldier inspects a recently-discovered train tunnel, adorned with an Islamic State group flag, that belonged to the former Baghdad to Mosul line, that was turned it to a training camp for IS fighters, in western Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 1. 2017.

Georgia woman charged for alleged involvement in ISIS-allied group that distributed ‘kill lists’

Diana Stancy Correll · March 12, 2019 11:07 pm

Gov. Chris Christie's deputy chief counsel Paul Matey in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, March 22, 2012.

Trump flips federal appeals court with ‘Bridgegate’ attorney

Melissa Quinn · March 12, 2019 9:54 pm

Porn star Stormy Daniels stands with her lawyer Michael Avenatti as she speaks outside federal court, in New York.

Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti part ways

Caitlin Yilek · March 12, 2019 6:58 pm

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein poses for a photograph at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Watchdog sues for Rod Rosenstein’s comms in days leading up to Mueller’s appointment

Daniel Chaitin · March 12, 2019 5:14 pm

In this Monday, June 27, 2016 photo, traffic passes a Planned Parenthood sign in Dallas.

Federal appeals court upholds Ohio law restricting funds to Planned Parenthood

Melissa Quinn · March 12, 2019 4:46 pm

Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.

Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman charged in large-scale admissions bribery case

Caitlin Yilek · March 12, 2019 3:12 pm

In this Oct. 11, 2016 photo provided by Samuel Jessup, climate change activist Michael Foster, of Seattle, turns an emergency shut-off valve on an oil pipeline in northeastern North Dakota.

Energy and Environment

Companies decry ‘valve turners’ who shut down pipelines

Associated Press · March 10, 2019 3:00 am

In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, a teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos that show youths, possibly from the diocese's all-male Covington Catholic High School, mocking Native Americans at a rally in Washington.

Lawyer: Covington Catholic High School student will sue CNN for $250 million

Daniel Jativa · March 9, 2019 11:02 pm

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., listens as she is introduced during a campaign stop at The Village Trestle in Goffstown, N.H., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019.

Amy Klobuchar says US needs to be tougher on white-collar crime

Katelyn Caralle · March 9, 2019 6:35 pm

This 2016 booking photo released by the Sedgwick County, Kan., Jail shows Steven R. Henson.

Kansas doctor given life sentence after patient’s opioid overdose death

Daniel Jativa · March 9, 2019 6:05 pm

Former congressman William J. Jefferson, center, arrives for his sentencing hearing at Albert V. Bryan Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.

Lawyer for ‘Dollar Bill’ corrupt congressman brands judge as biased over Manafort leniency

Jerry Dunleavy · March 9, 2019 5:03 am