Tag: Law

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National Security

Paul Ryan backs Trey Gowdy: FBI acted properly by using informant with Trump campaign

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2018 2:51 pm

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago.

Trump assessing ‘many different’ pardon requests, seriously looking at Rod Blagojevich

Gabby Morrongiello · June 6, 2018 2:02 pm

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

Rudy Giuliani: Robert Mueller is trying ‘very hard’ to frame Trump

Caitlin Yilek · June 6, 2018 1:07 pm

Reggie Barnett, left, fights Travis Thompson at 135 pounds during the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on Saturday, June 2, 2018, in Cheyenne, Wyo. The night was promoted as the first sanctioned bare-knuckle fighting in more than a century.

Beltway Confidential

Bare-knuckle boxing is safer than using gloves, so why is it widely illegal?

Tom Joyce · June 6, 2018 11:41 am

Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch joins other justices of the U.S. Supreme Court for an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

Masterpiece highlights the fighter in Justice Gorsuch

Kristi Burton Brown · June 6, 2018 4:00 am

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Special counsel: Ryan Zinke did not violate law in mixing business with politics

John Siciliano · June 5, 2018 10:36 pm

President Donald Trump stands next to the podium after speaking about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Justice Department appeals ruling that Trump can’t block critics on Twitter

Melissa Quinn · June 5, 2018 8:29 pm

Two crosses and hundreds of shoes in memory of those killed by Hurricane Maria are displayed in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol, in San Juan, Friday, June 1, 2018. Puerto Rico's Institute of Statistics announced that it has sued the U.S. territory's health department and demographic registry seeking to obtain data on the number of deaths following Hurricane Maria as a growing number of critics accuse the government of lacking transparency.

Puerto Rico judge orders government to turn over death records to reporters

Melissa Quinn · June 5, 2018 7:08 pm

Beltway Confidential

If you call the cops to shut down a lemonade stand, you’re the worst

Angela Morabito · June 5, 2018 6:21 pm

Nikki Haley: UN can’t ‘dictate’ US immigration policy

Joel Gehrke · June 5, 2018 6:19 pm

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Paul Manafort has until Friday to respond to accusations of witness tampering

Kelly Cohen · June 5, 2018 4:45 pm

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from West Virginia, speaks during a campaign event in Huntington, West Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Morrisey sent his GOP primary opponent, Representative Evan Jenkins, a cease and desist letter regarding supposedly "false and defamatory information in his TV ads," according to the Washington Examiner.

Beltway Confidential

Patrick Morrisey backs death penalty for drug dealers: ‘Put me down for a resolute yes’

Philip Wegmann · June 5, 2018 4:18 pm