Tag: Law

FILE - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice. Rosenstein is defending the prosecution of foreign agents who may never see the inside of a U.S. courtroom. He says the prosecutions of agents involved in efforts to sow dissent in the U.S. political system or in cyber-attacks serves as a deterrent even when they are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities.

Rod Rosenstein praises selection of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general

Daniel Chaitin · November 10, 2018 12:17 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Florida judge sides with Rick Scott, orders Broward County elections head to release vote counts

Melissa Quinn · November 9, 2018 10:17 pm

In this courtroom sketch, Cesar Sayoc, left, appears in federal court.

Cesar Sayoc indicted over alleged mail attacks on Democratic politicians

Diana Stancy Correll · November 9, 2018 8:36 pm

President Trump talks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in D.C.

Trump arranged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · November 9, 2018 7:07 pm

Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York, Thursday, March 2, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

You might get harassed like Tucker Carlson for giving to a cause you believe in

Eric Peterson · November 9, 2018 5:47 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg discharged from hospital

Melissa Quinn · November 9, 2018 4:41 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Trump: Birthright citizenship will ‘probably’ go to the Supreme Court

Robert Donachie · November 9, 2018 4:23 pm

Matt Whitaker speaks during a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

New acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker should recuse himself from the Russia investigation

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 8, 2018 8:49 pm

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo., speaks at a news conference Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. McKnight released a complete list of the names of 33 priests or religious brothers in the Jefferson City diocese have been "credibly accused" and/or removed from the ministry over sexual abuse of minor. This follows an internal investigation that began in February 2018.

33 priests, religious brothers identified in Missouri diocese sex abuse investigation

Diana Stancy Correll · November 8, 2018 8:44 pm

Then-state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks during a ceremony in Albany, N.Y.

Beltway Confidential

No charges for disgraced Democratic AG Eric Schneiderman, says prosecutor appointed by his Democratic successor

Becket Adams · November 8, 2018 7:38 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 photo, President-elect Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, center, accompanied by her husband, George, speaks with members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Union Station in Washington, the day before Trump's inauguration.

Kellyanne Conway’s husband calls Trump’s appointment of acting attorney general unconstitutional

Caitlin Yilek · November 8, 2018 7:12 pm

DACA recipients have seized on American millennials' ability to receive financial aid and college scholarships in multiple states. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

9th Circuit upholds order that blocked Trump from ending DACA

Melissa Quinn · November 8, 2018 6:44 pm