Tag: Law

California No. 1 ‘Judicial Hellhole,’ national lawsuit payments $429B, 2.3 percent GDP

Paul Bedard · December 4, 2018 1:45 pm

In 2016, evangelicals faced a dilemma that had no moral or easy way out.

Trump seeks $800K from Stormy Daniels in legal fees, penalties for failed defamation suit

Caitlin Yilek · December 4, 2018 1:04 pm

Nate Silver sits on the stairs at Allegro hotel in downtown Chicago.

Nate Silver moves seat GOP ‘won’ in North Carolina back to toss-up

Diana Stancy Correll · December 4, 2018 4:23 am

Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, was charged with conspiracy against the U.S., one of the first people charged in the broad investigation into Russian meddling with the U.S. election. (Victor Blue/Bloomberg)

Paul Manafort may not be saved by Supreme Court ruling against ‘double jeopardy’

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2018 12:03 am

Then-Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, center, and her husband, George Conway, right, greet guests on the South Lawn of the White House.

Kellyanne Conway’s husband suggests Trump is tampering with witnesses

Caitlin Yilek · December 3, 2018 6:06 pm

Honduran migrants who traveled through Mexico as part of a caravan of thousands of Central Americans practice scaling the U.S. border wall, in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Authorities and residents in Tijuana are concerned that some of the more than 6,000 Central American migrants being asked to move from a shelter within sight of the U.S. border to one further out might try to make a mass rush across the border.

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court rejects request to hear environmental challenge to Trump’s border wall construction

Melissa Quinn · December 3, 2018 5:15 pm

Michael Cohen plea a ‘significant development’ that puts Trump at risk

Kelly Cohen · December 3, 2018 12:00 am

Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt walks off the field prior to an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, in Los Angeles.

NFL expands investigation into Kareem Hunt after video surfaces of him shoving, kicking woman

Claude Thompson · December 2, 2018 9:57 pm

Mark Warner: Senate Intelligence Committee has ‘made a number of referrals’ to Mueller

Naomi Lim · December 2, 2018 7:02 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, his wife Sara Netanyahu and Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius, sit during their visit to the synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.

Israeli police recommend bribery charges against Benjamin Netanyahu

Melissa Quinn · December 2, 2018 6:50 pm

Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes listens to reports Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, at the Broward Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla. Broward County reported their recount results with 52 minutes to spare Sunday.

Brenda Snipes rescinds resignation as Broward County elections chief

Naomi Lim · December 2, 2018 5:30 pm

Former FBI director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington.

Comey backs off legal challenge to subpoena, says he’ll testify to House in private

Melissa Quinn · December 2, 2018 4:35 pm