Tag: Law

Leonard Leo, then-executive vice president of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy, takes questions from the Washington Examiner during an interview at his office in Washington, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

Leonard Leo: George Conway’s anti-Trump club for conservative lawyers is ‘offensive’

Naomi Lim · November 19, 2018 12:28 am

James Moriarty, 70, speaks during an interview about the death and trial of his son, fallen U.S. Green Beret 27-year-old Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty, in Amman, Jordan on Wed. June 21, 2017. Both Brian McEnroe and James Moriarty, fathers of two of the three American soldiers who were shot dead at a Jordanian military base, are attending the latest hearing in the trial here of the Jordanian serviceman accused of killing them. The families have expressed outrage over the Jordanian government's initial claim that the three American Green Berets triggered the shooting by misconduct at the gate of the al-Jafr air base in southern Jordan.

Fathers of slain US troops in Jordan see echoes of Jamal Khashoggi murder: ‘Lie after lie’

Travis J. Tritten · November 18, 2018 11:00 pm

Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul

Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul bullish on the Senate passing criminal justice reform

Kelly Cohen · November 18, 2018 5:53 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.

Betsy DeVos improves campus sexual misconduct rules. But why are colleges handling them anyway?

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2018 5:33 pm

Volunteers check under and over votes during an elections manual recount for three undecided races on Friday in Tampa, Fla.

Democratic judges overseeing Florida, Georgia recount efforts

Robert Donachie · November 18, 2018 5:00 am

Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at a civics event Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Seattle. The Civic Learning Initiative Summit is part of a statewide effort for students to learn about and engage in government.

Sotomayor says she will judge Kavanaugh on what he does on the court

Katelyn Caralle · November 17, 2018 7:50 pm

Discharged veterans with war-related mental illnesses can sue, judge rules

Maria Biery · November 17, 2018 6:28 pm

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Navy SEAL charged with murder of wounded ISIS fighter in Iraq

Vaishnavee Sharma · November 17, 2018 2:53 am

Michael Avenatti attends the "Stranger Than Fiction: A Conversation With Cast Members of The West Wing" panel at Politicon at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, in Los Angeles.

Michael Avenatti’s law firm getting evicted

Caitlin Yilek · November 17, 2018 1:08 am

Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who triggered the Russia investigation and pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI, leaves federal court after he was sentenced to 14 days in prison, Sept. 7, 2018.

George Papadopoulos doesn’t want to go to prison yet

Caitlin Yilek · November 17, 2018 12:08 am

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago.

Beltway Confidential

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, writing from prison, urges Mitch McConnell to move the criminal justice reform bill

Philip Wegmann · November 16, 2018 8:44 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during an event in Philadelphia.

Beltway Confidential

The flaw that survives in the new proposed Title IX Rule

Erin Dunne · November 16, 2018 8:19 pm