Tag: Law

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said during his Senate confirmation hearings that while the Obama administration went too far, the overtime rule needed to be updated. That has policy advocates on both sides wondering what the White House will eventually replace it with. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Justice Department to investigate Labor Secretary Acosta’s actions as US attorney

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2019 5:23 pm

In this photo taken on April 21, 2013, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Butina, a 29-year-old gun-rights activist, served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday, July 16, 2018.

Russian spy Maria Butina’s Republican boyfriend indicted for wire fraud and money laundering

Naomi Lim · February 7, 2019 12:59 am

Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears in court.

O.J. Simpson: Roger Stone should ‘man up, stop crying’

Caitlin Yilek · February 6, 2019 6:20 pm

FILE - In this April 12, 2016, file photo, containers for used needles and drug use information are provided at each of the injecting cubicles at Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Sydney, Australia. Some lawmakers, activists and medical groups in Massachusetts are pushing for the creation of "supervised injection sites" where drug users can shoot up illegal substances under the watchful eye of staff trained in countering the effect of potentially fatal overdoses. Injection sites are already legal in a number of countries including Australia, Canada, France and Spain.

Trump administration sues to block supervised injection site in Philadelphia

Kimberly Leonard · February 6, 2019 5:51 pm

Fans walk in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta.

Beltway Confidential

The human trafficking Trump didn’t talk about in his SOTU speech

Madeline Fry Schultz · February 6, 2019 2:51 am

Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, appears for a hearing in D.C.

Dwarf tossing and date rape: Left uses Kavanaugh tactics to take Neomi Rao down

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2019 10:00 pm

This undated photo provided by the Chesterfield County Police Department shows Frank X. Altimari, who was arrested Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, in Richmond, Va., and charged in connection with the slaying of his father, Nicholas Altimari.

Virginia man who struck federal prosecutor father 43 times with ax gets 30 years in prison

Diana Stancy Correll · February 5, 2019 7:37 pm

Christine Blasey Ford and her attorneys Debra Katz, foreground left, and Michael Bromwich, foreground right, take a break during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington.

Justin Fairfax accuser hires law firm that represented Christine Blasey Ford

Caitlin Yilek · February 5, 2019 1:21 pm

Justice Alito blocks Louisiana abortion law, citing need for more time

Kimberly Leonard · February 1, 2019 11:50 pm

Goldman Sachs is joining a Republican-backed group promoting a carbon tax to address climate change.

1MDB scandal prompts Goldman to delay bonus for longtime CEO Blankfein

James Langford · February 1, 2019 11:14 pm

Former President Bill Clinton wipes his eye as his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, concedes her defeat to Republican Donald Trump on Nov. 9, 2016.

19 indicted for ring that brought ‘thousands’ to give birth in US

Anna Giaritelli · February 1, 2019 4:51 pm

Lindsey Graham, Christopher Wray, and Roger Stone are pictured.

Graham is right to put FBI between a Stone and a hard place

Quin Hillyer · January 31, 2019 8:55 pm