Tag: Law

FILE - This Tuesday, June 12, 2018, file photo shows the Uber app on a phone in New York. On Monday, July 9, 2018, Uber said it is getting into the scooter-rental business, and is investing in Lime, a startup based in San Mateo, California.

Beltway Confidential

What is Uber? The definition matters and Uber Works might just give it a leg up in court

Erin Dunne · October 22, 2018 1:46 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Beltway Confidential

Impeaching Kavanaugh: Why it shouldn’t (and won’t) happen even if Democrats win the House

Adam Carrington · October 22, 2018 12:55 pm

The filing comes days after Justice Department officials said the special counsel investigation has cost American taxpayers at least $3.2 million so far. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Robert Mueller could end Russia probe after midterm elections

Kelly Cohen · October 22, 2018 12:00 am

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bob Goodlatte rejects Rod Rosenstein ‘double standard’ complaints

Daniel Chaitin · October 21, 2018 2:45 pm

Alan Dershowitz predicts: Mueller investigation wraps by Christmas

Daniel Chaitin · October 21, 2018 1:21 pm

Florida storeowner who shot shoplifter carrying ax is arrested for murder

Katelyn Caralle · October 20, 2018 6:30 pm

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks to a crowd that gathered at a rally at the McAllen Convention Center on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.

Beto campaign sued for alleged spam texts

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 20, 2018 3:05 pm

The Supreme Court ended its 2013-14 term with the most unanimous rulings and fewest split decisions in decades, suggesting at first glance an easing of the sharp and often bitter ideological divisions between the justices in recent years.

Beltway Confidential

This ‘hate group’ keeps winning First Amendment cases

Nicole Russell · October 19, 2018 6:42 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. If confirmed, Kavanaugh would fortify the high court's conservative majority, and spotlight the rightward march of the federal judiciary under Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate.

New York man arrested for murder threats against two senators over Kavanaugh confirmation

Melissa Quinn · October 19, 2018 6:32 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and state Attorney General Josh Hawley, her Republican opponent, are pictured.

McCaskill demands Hawley name special prosecutor to probe hidden camera controversy

Naomi Lim · October 18, 2018 11:21 pm

President Trump delivers a statement on Pastor Andrew Brunson after landing at an airport.

National Security

DOJ: Former Navy sailor threatened Trump, 5 other top administration officials with ricin

Anna Giaritelli · October 18, 2018 10:59 pm

Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

With Justice Brett Kavanaugh confirmed, the media has completely lost interest in his accusers’ stories

Becket Adams · October 18, 2018 8:03 pm