Tag: Law

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walks to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

Chuck Schumer will meet with Brett Kavanaugh next week

Susan Ferrechio · August 16, 2018 7:08 pm

President Trump signed the Waters of the United States executive order on Feb. 28, 2017, which directs the EPA to withdraw the rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act.

Energy and Environment

Federal judge orders Trump to reinstate Obama’s Waters of the US rule

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2018 6:58 pm

President Trump this week slammed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for asking the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General to investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump urges federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

Melissa Quinn · August 16, 2018 5:16 pm

Cardinal Donald Wuerl gives a homily.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl ‘has no plans to resign’ amid Catholic church sex abuse scandal

Caitlin Yilek · August 16, 2018 2:50 pm

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, during campaign event for Eddie Edwards, who is running for the U.S. Congress in New Hampshire, in Portsmouth, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

Rudy Giuliani: We’ll fight a Mueller subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court

Caitlin Yilek · August 16, 2018 12:34 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, the Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb. Hacked emails show Hillary Clintonâs campaign wrestled with how to announce her opposition to construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline without losing the support of labor unions that supported to project. Emails published this week by WikiLeaks show debate and confusion within the Clinton camp as it faced down the unexpectedly strong primary challenge by liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders, who opposed the pipeline.

Federal judge orders longer environmental review for Keystone XL pipeline

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2018 8:47 am

Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 26, 2018.

Bob Casey calls for examination of statute of limitations after Pennsylvania Catholic Church abuse scandal

Robert King · August 16, 2018 12:28 am

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington on Feb. 14, 2018.

Manafort’s lawyers blame Rick Gates in closing argument

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · August 15, 2018 9:26 pm

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Chicago. The Obama Foundation unveiled plans for the former president's lakefront presidential center, showcasing renderings and a model at an event where former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were expected to give more details.

Federal judge hands Obama Presidential Center opponents a win

Anna Giaritelli · August 15, 2018 6:56 pm

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, talks during an interview.

Washington archbishop defends himself after release of report on Catholic sexual abuse investigation

Caitlin Yilek · August 15, 2018 6:07 pm

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort standing with his lawyers in front of U.S. district Judge T.S. Ellis III at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on July 31, 2018.

Prosecution blasts Paul Manafort’s ‘lies’ in closing remarks to federal jury

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · August 15, 2018 5:05 pm

The justices in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission will look to decide the constitutionality of Colorado's public accommodations law forcing cake baker Jack Phillips to create speech that defies his religious beliefs by making a cake for a same-sex wedding. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner sues Colorado governor, claims religious persecution

Sydney Fazio · August 15, 2018 5:05 pm