Tag: Law

"Attacks on government employees and the civil service in general may make for good politics, but they make for bad government," said the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Protests planned against Trump move to limit union work on government time

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2018 6:36 pm

Paul Manafort departs Federal District Court for a hearing, Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Washington.

Robert Mueller’s evidence list against Paul Manafort reveals a life of luxury

Kelly Cohen · July 19, 2018 3:59 pm

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

Senate Democrats push to intervene in lawsuit against Obamacare

Robert King · July 19, 2018 3:30 pm

Sens. Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch: Mens rea reform and the criminal justice reform constellation

Orrin Hatch, Sen. Chuck Grassley · July 19, 2018 12:00 am

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina had ties to Russian intelligence agency, jailed pending trial

Kelly Cohen · July 18, 2018 6:32 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak on Capitol Hill in Washington during a Wednesday meeting.

White House dismisses ‘laughable’ attacks on Kavanaugh’s views toward independent counsel

Gabby Morrongiello · July 18, 2018 6:26 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

Four Democratic states misrepresent conservative writer in lawsuit against tax reform

Becket Adams · July 18, 2018 5:55 pm

Inmate Adam Anderson sits in his cell playing the guitar while waiting for an inmate count Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute in Pendleton, Oregon. Anderson is serving a 25-year sentence for assault, robbery and kidnapping and will not be released until 2021.

Beltway Confidential

Time for bipartisan deal-making on criminal justice reform

Jason Pye, Sarah Anderson · July 18, 2018 4:21 pm

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is very qualified to take on additional responsibilities in the White House, according to his father. Charles Kushner said, "We didn't raise our children as typical children. They were taught if you have wealth, it is not something to be spoiled about, it is a lot of responsibility [...] So my children, they are more mature than their years and they were raised that way." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DNC can’t catch a break trying to serve Jared Kushner with lawsuit notice

Diana Stancy Correll · July 18, 2018 4:18 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives for a meeting with Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington.

Americans at odds over whether Senate should confirm Kavanaugh: Poll

Diana Stancy Correll · July 17, 2018 11:56 pm

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse after his hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Washington.

Judge denies Manafort’s request to move trial away from DC

Diana Stancy Correll · July 17, 2018 10:31 pm

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

Energy and Environment

Environmentalist: ‘Brett Kavanaugh is the new Scott Pruitt’

John Siciliano · July 17, 2018 9:50 pm