Tag: Law

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

Beltway Confidential

Rudy Giuliani’s timeline on the Robert Mueller investigation: True or false, it’s cold and calculated

Emily Jashinsky · May 22, 2018 5:56 pm

A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states.

Alabama sues federal government for counting illegal immigrants in Census

Melissa Quinn · May 22, 2018 5:23 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra responds to a question during a news conference in Sacramento, California.

California attorney general appeals ruling overturning medically assisted suicide law

Kimberly Leonard · May 22, 2018 2:29 pm

Emergency responders from multiple agencies work at the scene in front of Santa Fe High School in response to a shooting on Friday, in Santa Fe, Texas.

Guns found, violent threats made at schools near Texas school shooting

Katelyn Caralle · May 22, 2018 11:59 am

Since early December, Department of Justice prosecutors have been asking FBI agents who investigated the case about their findings on the Uranium One deal, as well as any attempt to thwart the prosecution of any allegedly involved parties. (Richard Sheinwald / Bloomberg News)

Second special counsel needed because DOJ can’t ‘investigate themselves’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 22, 2018 7:39 am

President Donald Trump poses for members of the media with White House Communications Director Hope Hicks on her last day before he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2018.

RNC paid $450K to legal firm representing Hope Hicks in Russia probe

Melissa Quinn · May 21, 2018 5:43 pm

The "Authority of Law" statue sits at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S.

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Supreme Court rules that contracts mean what they say

Jenna Ellis · May 21, 2018 4:24 pm

Supreme Court says companies can force workers to settle disputes through arbitration

Melissa Quinn · May 21, 2018 3:02 pm

Alan Dershowitz: Mueller, Comey made the Trump investigation a ‘partisan issue’

Katelyn Caralle · May 21, 2018 12:08 pm

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks to the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Md., during its 2018 annual meeting and Law Day celebration in Rockville, Md., Friday, May 4, 2018.

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Rod Rosenstein throws a spanner in the Democratic message machine

Tom Rogan · May 21, 2018 8:39 am

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Does the Justice Department have to tell Congress what Mueller is doing?

Byron York · May 21, 2018 6:02 am

The next question facing Republicans: Can Trump actually win the general election?

Trump’s stealth victory: Reshaping the courts

Melissa Quinn · May 21, 2018 4:00 am