Tag: Law

Judge in Manafort trial says he has received ‘threats’

Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2018 6:36 pm

Travelers walk to their terminal at the Fort LauderdaleâHollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Esteban Santiago-Ruiz, who was responsible for a shooting there in 2017, has been sentenced to five life terms in prison.

Man who killed five at Florida airport in 2017 sentenced to five life terms in prison

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2018 5:57 pm

Joe Manchin hits his GOP opponent for Obamacare lawsuit

Kimberly Leonard · August 17, 2018 4:18 pm

Bruce Ohr of the Justice Department speaks at an event.

National Security

Trump ‘suspects’ he will revoke Bruce Ohr’s security clearance

Steven Nelson · August 17, 2018 3:59 pm

George Riegel, Jr., M.D., right, owner of Asbestos Removal Technologies Inc., helps prepare a personal air monitor on job forman Megan Eberhart before asbestos abatement in Howell, Mich., Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

Energy and Environment

Federal court kills EPA’s delay of chemical safety rule, in latest rebuke of Trump’s deregulatory agenda

Josh Siegel · August 17, 2018 3:53 pm

President Trump listens to a question from a member of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.

National Security

Trump refuses to discuss Paul Manafort pardon

Gabby Morrongiello · August 17, 2018 3:36 pm

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

Beltway Confidential

Americans increasingly want Brett Kavanaugh confirmed

Becket Adams · August 17, 2018 3:00 pm

Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits the District Courthouse after a motion hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., on Friday, May 4, 2018. Manafort this week asked a judge to dismiss one of several tax counts against him in a Virginia indictment seeking a dismissal of a count accusing him with failing to file a foreign bank and financial accounts report for 2011.

Manafort judge ‘optimistic’ case might finish soon

Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2018 2:52 pm

Guards walk down the corridor of a prison cell.

The Senate should take a leap of faith on justice reform

Timothy Head and Dean Nelson · August 17, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. (right) as Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., looks on. Heitkamp met with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last week. (Will Kincaid/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

Koch group pressures Heitkamp on Kavanaugh, but says it’s not helping Cramer

David M. Drucker · August 16, 2018 11:20 pm

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at the federal courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Manafort trial: Jury ends first day with no verdict, asks judge 4 questions

Kelly Cohen · August 16, 2018 10:03 pm

Cardinal Donald Wuerl arrives for a meeting at the Vatican.

For the church’s and the nation’s sake, Cardinal Wuerl must go

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2018 9:28 pm