Tag: Law

The federal lawsuit filed Friday against the Trump administration focuses on the work of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

HHS sued over Seema Verma conflict of interest concerns

Robert King · March 9, 2018 6:14 pm

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the Stormy Daniels' lawsuit could fall under special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

Mazie Hirono thinks Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation should include Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit against Trump

Katelyn Caralle · March 9, 2018 5:25 pm

Stormy Daniels filed a lawsuit against the president Tuesday, saying a nondisclosure agreement she signed related to the alleged encounter with Trump in 2006 is void because he never signed it. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer: ‘Cover-ups matter’

Melissa Quinn · March 9, 2018 5:12 pm

Conservatives on Twitter are already salivating at the idea of solidifying their judicial majority and overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Anthony Kennedy retirement rumors, true or false, just boosted Dean Heller’s re-election

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2018 4:41 pm

Stormy Daniels was paid $130,000 weeks before the 2016 presidential election for her silence about an affair she claims she had with President Trump during the early days of his marriage to Melania.

Trump’s legal team hires ‘pit bull’ NY lawyer to fight Stormy Daniels: Report

Caitlin Yilek · March 9, 2018 4:09 pm

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, will have to wear two GPS monitoring bracelets during his home confinement. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Paul Manafort now has to wear two GPS monitoring bracelets

Caitlin Yilek · March 9, 2018 3:33 pm

Anthony Kennedy was nominated by former President Ronald Reagan and confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1988. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dean Heller predicts Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire around ‘early summer’

Melissa Quinn · March 9, 2018 2:57 pm

Libby Schaaf said she's grateful to live in a country where everyone is allowed to criticize elected officials. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland mayor defends move to warn immigrants of ICE raids after Trump called her a ‘disgrace’

Katelyn Caralle · March 9, 2018 12:57 pm

On Feb. 25, Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf took to Twitter to warn followers of an imminent immigration raid in Northern California targeting about 1,000 illegal immigrants deemed "public safety threats." (screenshot via Twitter)

Don’t make a martyr of Oakland’s mayor, but be sure to enforce the law in her city

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2018 5:01 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was asked Thursday if the head of the Office of Refugee Settlement was following the law when he tried to stop illegal immigrant minors from getting abortions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS’ Alex Azar defends refugee office that is being sued

Robert King · March 8, 2018 9:38 pm

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, is pleading not guilty to a 32-count indictment that was unveiled against him and his longtime business associate, Rick Gates, late last month. The indictment includes charges of filing false income tax returns, failing to report foreign financial accounts, and bank fraud. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Paul Manafort pleads not guilty to special counsel charges in Virginia

Kelly Cohen · March 8, 2018 7:17 pm

Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ Oakland mayor over ICE crackdown warning

Steven Nelson · March 8, 2018 6:22 pm