Tag: Law

Green Party nominee Jill Stein was a few hours late to a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, Friday evening after a staff member mistakenly booked her on a commercial flight to Cincinnati, 100 miles away. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Jill Stein scores legal win against ‘gag rule’ for inspection of Wisconsin voting machines

Daniel Chaitin · January 11, 2019 1:41 am

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Group asks court to pull the curtain from mystery grand jury case linked to Mueller

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2019 12:32 am

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at an event.

Ginsburg can stay on the Supreme Court and vote, no matter how sick or disabled she becomes

Melissa Quinn · January 9, 2019 5:00 am

A federal agency appears to be concealing whether a judge spent time at work browsing pornography.

Our out-of-date laws can’t stop foreign spies and saboteurs

Kevin Carroll · January 9, 2019 5:00 am

President Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell are pictured.

Beltway Confidential

How a Trump ‘national emergency’ declaration to build border wall could put Mitch McConnell in a bind

Philip Klein · January 8, 2019 10:16 pm

In this June 26, 2018, file photo, Mitt Romney, former GOP presidential nominee, addresses supporters at during an election night party in Orem, Utah.

Beltway Confidential

On Trump, Mitt Romney needs to represent Utah, not Massachusetts

William Perry Pendley · January 8, 2019 9:28 pm

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Supreme Court won’t intervene in grand jury battle thought to be linked to Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2019 8:50 pm

Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits the District Courthouse after a motion hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., on Friday, May 4, 2018. Manafort this week asked a judge to dismiss one of several tax counts against him in a Virginia indictment seeking a dismissal of a count accusing him with failing to file a foreign bank and financial accounts report for 2011.

Manafort shared 2016 campaign data with ties to Russian intelligence

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2019 8:35 pm

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Public may finally learn more about the mystery company behind a secretive Robert Mueller subpoena

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2019 7:02 pm

"There are so many things that might have been decisive," Ginsburg said. "But that was a major, major factor." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg absent from Supreme Court arguments for second day in a row

Melissa Quinn · January 8, 2019 3:16 pm

Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, walks to his vehicle outside the U.S. Courthouse after a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2017.

Did Paul Manafort’s defense team miss a major court deadline?

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2019 3:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

Protecting religious and expressive liberty should be a piece of cake

Quin Hillyer · January 7, 2019 11:10 pm