Tag: Law

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses while speaking during a meeting in Washington.

Justice Department creates religious liberty task force

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2018 2:08 pm

President Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va.

Beltway Confidential

Trump and Jeff Sessions prioritize religious liberty with new Justice Department task force

Jenna Ellis · July 30, 2018 1:45 pm

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, speaks in Washington.

National Security

Rudy Giuliani: ‘Collusion is not a crime’

Caitlin Yilek · July 30, 2018 10:02 am

A Trump hotel executive said President Trump is "definitely still involved" in his businesses. "I had a brief meeting with him a few weeks ago, and [...] he asked if his presidency hurt the businesses," the executive said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Frivolous or not, emoluments case is a reminder of Trump’s unacceptable conflicts

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2018 4:00 am

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee stands, in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2018, in Washington.

Gov. Jeff Colyer: Brett Kavanaugh, one of the brightest legal minds of our time

Gov. Jeff Colyer · July 30, 2018 4:00 am

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives at the office of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Brett Kavanaugh is no fan of increased executive power

Patrick Purtill · July 30, 2018 4:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington, D.C.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hopes to serve on Supreme Court for at least five more years

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2018 11:44 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with a staffer on Capitol Hill in Washington, after passage of a procedural vote aimed at reopening the government. Former coal executive Don Blankenship went from prison to politics after serving a one-year sentence related to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. His quest: To take down the man he blames for fueling public distrust of him, Democratic Manchin of West Virginia.

Joe Manchin to bring thousands of public comments to Brett Kavanaugh meeting

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2018 5:53 pm

The National Rifle Association indicated its support for the renewal of a law prohibiting hard-to-detect firearms, but made clear its opposition to expanding the law to cover "new technologies" like 3-D printed guns.ÃÂ (AP/Austin American Statesman, Jay Janner)

Beltway Confidential

3D-printed guns were always going to be legal

Tim Worstall · July 29, 2018 4:00 pm

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's lawyer, right, is seated before President Donald Trump announces Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for the Supreme Court, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.

Rudy Giuliani: Trump speaks in only one of 183 Michael Cohen tapes; mentioned in 12

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2018 3:25 pm

Christie and his state trooper security detail were directed away from the dignitary gate to normal Transportation Security Administration check point lines for general boarding.

Chris Christie: Trump-Cohen drama doesn’t merit level of media ‘hysteria’

Naomi Lim · July 29, 2018 3:18 pm

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives at Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in New York.

Rudy Giuliani: Deal to have Trump sit down with Robert Mueller could happen next week

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2018 2:57 pm