Tag: Law

In this 2014 file photo, former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten enters a taxi cab as he leaves federal court in Washington, after the start of his trial.

Blackwater security guard convicted of 2007 civilian massacre in Iraq

Caitlin Yilek · December 19, 2018 7:42 pm

Honduran migrants walk away after failing to cross over the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California, from Playas in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.

Federal judge strikes down Trump administration’s asylum rules for victims of domestic, gang violence

Melissa Quinn · December 19, 2018 7:12 pm

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron after the "Tech for Good" Summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

DC sues Facebook, alleging it violated consumer protection laws

Joe Williams · December 19, 2018 6:57 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left is interviewed by a reporter as he arrives for a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Democrats press Republicans to intercede on Obamacare lawsuit

Kimberly Leonard · December 19, 2018 6:17 pm

California woman charged with posing as firefighter’s wife in ploy to get donations

Diana Stancy Correll · December 19, 2018 5:44 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Committee on Intelligence, speaks during a media availability after a closed-door meeting of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018.

Adam Schiff: If Michael Cohen is going to prison, why shouldn’t Trump?

Caitlin Yilek · December 19, 2018 5:23 pm

President Donald Trump pauses as he takes questions from members of the media about Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Standing behind Trump are U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, left, and White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, right.

Beltway Confidential

Appeals to pathos work on President Trump

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 19, 2018 3:50 pm

President Donald Trump speaks the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Trump claims ‘total double standard of justice’ after agreeing to shut down charity

Caitlin Yilek · December 19, 2018 3:50 pm

President-elect Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.

Trump signed letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow project, though Rudy Giuliani claims otherwise

Caitlin Yilek · December 19, 2018 3:34 pm

A glass of ginger ale is pictured on the left; a freshly cut wheel of Swiss cheese is pictured on the right.

Beltway Confidential

Lawsuits against cheese and ginger ale highlight list of ridiculous court cases

Quin Hillyer · December 19, 2018 1:00 am

Robert Mueller sits at a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Mystery foreign company possibly tied to Mueller investigation subpoenaed

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2018 11:45 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice.

Federal judicial panel dismisses ethics complaints against Kavanaugh

Melissa Quinn · December 18, 2018 9:35 pm