Tag: Law

Jeff Sessions directs prosecutors to seek death penalty in certain drug cases

Kelly Cohen · March 21, 2018 3:35 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. China's Foreign Ministry has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he might use support of Taiwan as a bargaining chip in future negotiations between the two sides. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ex-Playboy model wants to ‘set the record straight’ on extramarital relationship with Trump and manipulation of AMI

Katelyn Caralle · March 21, 2018 2:48 pm

Republican Martha McSally called on the administration to âÅtake the gloves offâï¿½ in the fight against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Martha McSally jokes about need for wall between Arizona and California due to sanctuary policies

Melissa Quinn · March 21, 2018 1:53 pm

Zachary Cruz, center, the brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, is displayed in a monitor via closed circuit television from the main jail as he as he makes his first appearance on charges of trespassing on the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

New Florida law used to deny guns to brother of Parkland high school shooter

Katelyn Caralle · March 21, 2018 12:21 pm

President Donald Trump speaks about his plan to combat opioid drug addiction at Manchester Community College, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Manchester, N.H.

Beltway Confidential

Death penalty for drug dealers won’t solve the opioid crisis’ biggest problems

Capri Cafaro · March 21, 2018 4:00 am

Ted Olson was the former solicitor general under President George W. Bush.

Seasoned litigator Ted Olson won’t join Trump’s legal team

Melissa Quinn · March 20, 2018 6:52 pm

A few weeks before the 2016 election, former "The Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos alleged that Trump had tried to kiss and touch her inappropriately without her consent at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

Trump can face defamation lawsuit from former ‘Apprentice’ contestant who accused Trump of sexual assault

Tristan Justice · March 20, 2018 6:34 pm

Clinic escort Derenda Hancock, left, stands near anti-abortion sidewalk counselors as they stand outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization's clinic, the only facility in the state that performs abortions, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Jackson, Miss.

Judge blocks Mississippi abortion ban

Robert King · March 20, 2018 6:31 pm

President Donald Trump walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Ex-Playboy model becomes the second woman suing to break her silence regarding an alleged extramarital affair with Trump

Katelyn Caralle · March 20, 2018 6:10 pm

The Supreme Court on June 21 agreed that the SEIU Local 1000 in Sacramento acted illegally when it leveled a special assessment to support political activity without allowing nonmembers to opt out. (AP Photo)

Justices skeptical of California law challenged by anti-abortion pregnancy centers

Melissa Quinn · March 20, 2018 5:51 pm

Theodore Olson, the lawyer for New Jersey, attends a news conference after leaving the Supreme Court where a case on sports betting is being heard, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017.

National Security

Trump looking to add prominent white-collar attorney to legal team: Report

Gabby Morrongiello · March 20, 2018 4:08 pm

Anti-abortion demonstrators cheer during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, as the Supreme Court hears arguments in a free speech fight over California's attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.

Beltway Confidential

Abortion and free speech collide at the Supreme Court

Nicole Russell · March 20, 2018 3:40 pm