Tag: Law

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing in Washington. Manafort, was handed a setback Friday as a judge in Washington rejected his attempt to throw out some of the criminal charges against him.

Paul Manafort to remain jailed

Kelly Cohen · July 12, 2018 7:29 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, right, walks past the press following a photo opportunity on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

Is Brett Kavanaugh ‘one of us?’

Timothy P. Carney · July 12, 2018 7:07 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Capitol Hill.

Inside the PR push for Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination

Melissa Quinn · July 12, 2018 6:52 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined at right by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member, prepares to open a meeting of his panel to consider a bipartisan effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job.

Senate plans to push ahead with Trump’s lower court nominees amid Supreme Court vacancy

Melissa Quinn · July 12, 2018 6:43 pm

Federal prosecutors are accusing James Wolfe, former director of security with the Senate Intelligence Committee, with lying to the FBI about contact he had with reporters who covered the committee.

Border Patrol agent under investigation after obtaining journalist’s private travel records

Caitlin Yilek · July 12, 2018 6:38 pm

West Hollywood Mayor John Duran, left, Stormy Daniels, center, and attorney Michael Avenatti attend a ceremony for Daniels receiving a City Proclamation and Key to the City on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in West Hollywood, Calif.

Charges dropped against Stormy Daniels for alleged touching during onstage performance

Katelyn Caralle · July 12, 2018 5:35 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill.

Anti-abortion group pressures red state Democrats to support Kavanaugh

Robert King · July 12, 2018 5:35 pm

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, appears with his family in the East Room of the White House on Monday in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination offers a chance to fight sexism against all women

Patrice Onwuka · July 12, 2018 5:00 pm

Here is Paul Manafort’s mug shot after being booked at new detention center

Naomi Lim · July 12, 2018 4:43 pm

Beltway Confidential

Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a strategic choice, but not the right choice

Kimberly Ross · July 12, 2018 4:39 pm

Young immigrants and arrive with their parents at the Catholic Charities RGV after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.

National Security

HHS couldn’t reunite 12 immigrant children because their deported parents left them behind in US

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2018 4:13 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI actions around the 2016 presidential election.

National Security

Republicans threaten Peter Strzok with contempt for refusing to answer first question in tense hearing

Kelly Cohen · July 12, 2018 3:26 pm