Tag: Law

Michael Avenatti speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Michael Avenatti abuse accuser is Estonian actress two decades his junior

Kelly Cohen · November 20, 2018 8:40 pm

President Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, right, pardons "Peas" one the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in D.C. on Tuesday.

Trump pokes fun at Democratic recounts, 9th Circuit as he pardons Thanksgiving turkeys

Melissa Quinn · November 20, 2018 7:09 pm

Trump pardons turkeys, says he hasn’t considered human clemency for Thanksgiving

Steven Nelson · November 20, 2018 6:55 pm

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, questions witnesses at the House Committee on Education and Workforce on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Potential Pelosi challenger Marcia Fudge backed Ohio judge suspected of killing ex-wife

Laura Barrón-López · November 20, 2018 6:37 pm

In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo rapper Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, performs during the Philipp Plein women's 2019 Spring-Summer collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy. Federal authorities say Hernandez is in custody and awaiting a Manhattan court appearance. The Brooklyn-based rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, is among four people arrested on racketeering and firearms charges.

Beltway Confidential

When sex and abuse crime sentencing fails — and kills

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 20, 2018 5:22 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

Judge blocks Trump’s policy of denying asylum to migrants entering the US illegally

Katelyn Caralle · November 20, 2018 12:22 pm

Mike Lee and Tom Cotton

GOP fight over criminal justice bill spills onto Twitter

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2018 9:31 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.

I don’t support Trump, but don’t rely on sketchy Robert Mueller to boot him from office

Leonard Goodman · November 19, 2018 9:19 pm

Christine Jelinek, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, works alongside a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid in Baltimore on Aug. 10, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

HHS looks to end unnecessary fetal tissue research and protect the unborn

Nicole Russell · November 19, 2018 6:34 pm

Jim Acosta, chief White House correspondent for CNN, pauses while speaking to members of the media following a hearing outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. PresidentÂ Donald TrumpÂ must restore White House access to CNN reporter Acosta for now, a federal judge said.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Acosta is the White House’s dumbest hill to die on

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 19, 2018 6:23 pm

Donald Trump and Matthew Whitaker.

Senate Democrats sue Trump to block Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2018 4:49 pm

CNN's Jim Acosta enters the Brady press briefing room upon returning back to the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to immediately return Acostaâs credentials. He found that Acosta was âirreparably harmedâ and dismissed the governmentâs argument that CNN could send another reporter in Acostaâs place to cover the White House.

White House moves to strip CNN’s Jim Acosta of press credential after court order

Melissa Quinn · November 19, 2018 3:15 pm