Tag: Law

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's views on affirmative action, along with voting rights and discrimination, are coming under scrutiny by civil rights organizations as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to begin confirmation hearings Tuesday.

Kavanaugh charades

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to reporters as she arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Kavanaugh’s four-day slog through the Senate

Melissa Quinn · September 3, 2018 4:00 am

Manafort is being probed as part of congressional and FBI investigations into the Trump camp's ties to Russia.

Paul Manafort’s daughter files court documents to legally change her last name

Naomi Lim · September 2, 2018 7:27 pm

Carter Page, an adviser to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, has dropped off items subpoenaed by the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Page is a former investment banker who previously worked in Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Lack of FISA court hearings on Carter Page warrants sparks fierce debate

Daniel Chaitin · September 2, 2018 6:45 pm

Republican Party's midterm election prospects could hang in the balance with Brett Kavanaugh.

Trump administration won’t release 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents

Laura Barrón-López · September 1, 2018 5:05 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill during a meeting on July 11, 2018.

Brett Kavanaugh will be very good for property rights

Dick Patten · September 1, 2018 4:00 am

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill during a meeting on July 11, 2018.

Brett Kavanaugh won’t say whether he’ll recuse himself from Trump-Mueller investigation cases: Report

Naomi Lim · September 1, 2018 1:18 am

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, makes comments during a news conference.

Federal judge rejects Texas request to stop DACA

Melissa Quinn · August 31, 2018 8:19 pm

In this March 7, 2017 file photo, rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Beltway Confidential

‘Never Trumpers’ eat crow as Trump’s Justice Department opposes Harvard’s racist admission policies

Ying Ma · August 31, 2018 5:55 pm

Republican Party's midterm election prospects could hang in the balance with Brett Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh rated well-qualified by American Bar Association

Melissa Quinn · August 31, 2018 5:50 pm

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington on Nov. 6, 2017.

Former Paul Manafort associate Sam Patten charged with failing to register as foreign agent

Kelly Cohen · August 31, 2018 2:49 pm

James Clapper, former director of National Intelligence, listens to testimony during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

National Security

James Clapper doesn’t know if he still has a security clearance

Katelyn Caralle · August 31, 2018 12:45 pm