Tag: Law

President Trump told family members of two girls who were killed by MS-13 that "everyone in this chamber is praying for you." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump to families of MS-13 victims: ‘Everyone in America is grieving for you’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 31, 2018 3:36 am

Trump's executive order could allow Jim Mattis to again send terror suspects aligned with the Islamic State and other groups to Guantanamo Bay, where their legal fate would remain uncertain and their detention indefinite. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

Travis J. Tritten · January 31, 2018 3:23 am

Congress has introduced several bills to revamp the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump wants to give ex-cons a fresh start

Jared Meyer · January 31, 2018 3:01 am

The Trump administration has declared the opioid crisis a "public health emergency" and created an advisory group that made a list of policy recommendations to the White House. (iStock photo)

Trump declines to cite dollar amount needed for the opioid crisis

Kimberly Leonard · January 31, 2018 2:50 am

The coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga., is one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists sue Trump over coal pollution ahead of State of the Union

John Siciliano · January 31, 2018 2:16 am

"We have a great federal judiciary," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said. "I hope we can keep it." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg laments partisan Washington: ‘I hope we will get back to the way it was’

Melissa Quinn · January 30, 2018 8:40 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Scott Pruitt in 2016: Trump ‘would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama’

John Siciliano · January 30, 2018 5:19 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said a memo authored by Democrats on the intelligence panel that is meant to serve as a rebuttal to the GOP memo will be released to the public after it is screened by the Department of Justice to ensure it does not contain information damaging to national security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Paul Ryan backs memo release, cites possible ‘malfeasance at the FBI’

Susan Ferrechio · January 30, 2018 3:42 pm

The regulators' action comes just days after top regulators warned investors that they are watching closely for the possibility of fraud and scams in the rush toward cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

SEC takes over assets of company claiming a $600 million ‘initial coin offering’

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2018 3:41 pm

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, "I don't think the President of the United States, unless there are credible allegations, which I don't believe there are, should be sitting across from a special counsel [Robert Mueller]." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

National Security

Chris Christie to White House: Don’t let Trump meet with Robert Mueller

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 1:40 pm

"Throughout my discussions with American job creators, they have conveyed a consistent message: They value clarity. The regulated public deserves to know how an agency interprets its regulations," U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told the House Education and Workforce Committee in November. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump’s new boost for business revives practice lost under Obama

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Though there are no open seats on the Supreme Court, there has been speculation surrounding Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy's futures. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity ramps up effort to boost Trump’s judicial nominees

Melissa Quinn · January 29, 2018 8:10 pm