Tag: Law

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, Rhode Island, as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 census.

Supreme Court to hear dispute over citizenship question on census

Melissa Quinn · November 16, 2018 7:38 pm

President Trump answers a reporters question about the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller during a signing ceremony at the White House in D.C.

Trump says he ‘just finished’ writing answers for Robert Mueller

Steven Nelson · November 16, 2018 6:18 pm

In this photo provided by Melissa Smith, a train fire is seen from her farm in East Palestine, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.

Beltway Confidential

Radical environmental groups weaponize the courts and aggravate wildfire threats

William Perry Pendley · November 16, 2018 4:52 pm

Ken Starr, the independent counsel during the Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater scandals under former President Bill Clinton, predicted Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 elections would end in indictments.

Ken Starr defends Robert Mueller: ‘He is Mr. Honesty’

David M. Drucker · November 15, 2018 10:33 pm

President Donald Trump takes a question from CNN's Jim Acosta during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in New York.

Conservative news outlet backs White House in CNN lawsuit

Melissa Quinn · November 15, 2018 8:21 pm

Employees run ballots through a machine before resuming a recount at the Palm Beach County Supervisor Of Elections office, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Florida judge upholds 3 pm recount deadline that one county is likely to miss

Susan Ferrechio · November 15, 2018 8:05 pm

David and Marianne Trujillo exit the Vetaran Affairs facility in El Paso, Texas, Monday, June 9, 2014. Some Veterans Affairs facilities in Texas have among the longest wait-times in the nation for those trying to see a doctor for the first time, according to federal data released Monday. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)

VA rule banning union activity during the day challenged in lawsuit

Maria Biery · November 15, 2018 7:11 pm

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, qualify for Combat Marksmanship Program tables 3-6 during Integrated Training Exercise 1-19 on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 17, 2018. CLB-4 Marines worked to qualify for the CMP tables in order to ensure combat readiness. ITX 1-19 is a large-scale Marine Air-Ground Task Force integration exercise in which CLB-4 Marines and Sailors train to respond quickly to any contingency by fully integrating with ground and air combat elements of the MAGTF.

Two Navy SEALs and two Marines charged with murdering Green Beret in Mali

Diana Stancy Correll · November 15, 2018 7:08 pm

CNN's Jim Acosta walks into federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, to attend a hearing on legal challenge against President Donald Trump's administration. Trump's administration contends it has "broad discretion" to regulate press access to the White House as it fends off a legal challenge from CNN and other outlets over the revocation of Acosta's "hard pass."

Judge in CNN lawsuit extends delay on ruling until Friday

Eddie Scarry · November 15, 2018 6:52 pm

A Fulton County election worker counts provisional ballots, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Atlanta. Malfunctioning voting machines, missing power cords, and hours-long lines at the polls are being scrutinized in Georgia, where the governor's race is still undecided as votes are still being tallied.

Judge rules Georgia counties must count absentee ballots with missing or incorrect date of birth

Katelyn Caralle · November 15, 2018 6:36 pm

Reporter Eliot Kleinberg with the Palm Beach Post and reporter Andy Craine with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune look at a Broward County undervoted ballot during a manual recount at the Broward County elections department warehouse in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday Dec. 19, 2000.

Marco Rubio: Incompetence undermines Florida’s elections

Sen. Marco Rubio · November 15, 2018 5:23 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during a signing ceremony for H. R. 5682, First Step Act, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. TrumpÂ endorsed proposed legislation that would change criminal sentencing rules and provide new assistance to some ex-cons, in a bid to build momentum for a bill that top Senate Republicans say is unlikely to pass this year.

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President Trump, criminal justice reformer

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 15, 2018 4:56 pm