Tag: Law

The Supreme Court is allowing Arkansas to put in effect restrictions on how abortion pills are administered. Critics of a challenged state law say it could effectively end medication abortions in the state.

Supreme Court says police need warrant to search vehicle located near home

Melissa Quinn · May 29, 2018 2:40 pm

A pro-abortion rights supporter holds a sign that reads "Expose Fake Clinics" during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Arkansas abortion law

Melissa Quinn · May 29, 2018 1:57 pm

Beltway Confidential

What the CIA and Britain’s MI6/SIS should learn from each other

Tom Rogan · May 29, 2018 1:48 pm

Beltway Confidential

President Trump, save Matthew Charles from being sent back to prison

Tom Rogan · May 29, 2018 1:35 pm

President Trump is questioning the independence of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of election interference by the Russians because it includes people who backed his Democratic opponent in the 2016 campaign.

National Security

Trump: Robert Mueller is meddling in the midterms by keeping Russia investigation alive

Katelyn Caralle · May 29, 2018 11:40 am

President Trump speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday in Arlington, Va.

Trump goes off on Democrats for sharing photos of immigrant kids detained under Obama

Caitlin Yilek · May 29, 2018 11:16 am

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

Rod Blagojevich: Politicians will end up in jail with me if they keep raising money

Pete Kasperowicz · May 29, 2018 7:47 am

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, center, signs a six-week abortion ban bill into law during a ceremony in her formal office on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa. The bill gives Iowa the strictest abortion restrictions in the nation, setting the state up for a lengthy court challenge.

Iowa Republicans target Roe v. Wade with new abortion law

Melissa Quinn · May 29, 2018 4:00 am

Counting of votes begins in the Irish referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution, in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday. Official counting began Saturday in Ireland's historic abortion rights referendum, with two exit polls predicting an overwhelming victory for those seeking to end the country's strict ban.

A victory for nihilism in Ireland

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2018 4:00 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who did not set a timeline for debate on the measure, told a group of reporters in the Capitol Monday that a procedural vote to begin debate on the measure could happen as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Cornyn downplays Supreme Court nomination chatter

Al Weaver · May 26, 2018 12:00 pm

Harvey Weinstein listens during a court proceeding in New York on Friday. Weinstein was arraigned Friday on rape and other charges in the first criminal prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him that sparked a national reckoning over sexual misconduct.

Beltway Confidential

Harvey Weinstein is in big trouble if this is his official defense

Becket Adams · May 25, 2018 5:59 pm

According to a new indictment against him, Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, "secretly retained a group of former senior European politicians to take positions favorable to Ukraine."

Paul Manafort trial in Virginia delayed two weeks

Kelly Cohen · May 25, 2018 5:36 pm