Tag: Law

The case in question has been brought by the the University of Iowa's Business Leaders in Christ student group. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Choosing religious bigotry, the University of Iowa is about to get a legal rebuke

Tom Rogan · December 20, 2017 8:41 pm

The overall crime rate in the 30 largest cities in 2017 will drop by about 2.7 percent from 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

30 largest US cities expected to see drop in violent crime numbers: Report

Kelly Cohen · December 20, 2017 5:21 pm

The Pentagon has said it will follow federal court orders requiring the start of recruiting next month, but the Justice Department is waging a last-minute legal challenge. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

National Security

Here’s the Pentagon’s guidance for processing transgender recruits

Travis J. Tritten · December 20, 2017 4:06 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said he is working with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to introduce reform bills in Congress that would give victims of sexual harassment more support.

Why Paul Ryan says the House won’t investigate sexual harassment allegations against Trump

Anna Giaritelli · December 20, 2017 12:54 pm

Plenty of other suspects will miss Christmas for significantly less serious crimes.

Beltway Confidential

No, Paul Manafort should not be allowed to go home for the holidays

Philip Wegmann · December 19, 2017 9:22 pm

In this courtroom sketch, David Wright, second from left, is depicted standing before Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell, left, with attorney Jessica Hedges, second from right, and Nicholas Rovinski, right, during a hearing in federal court in Boston. (Jane Flavell Collins via AP, File)

Man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger

Associated Press · December 19, 2017 8:44 pm

Judges presiding over a case no longer will need to vote on whether to livestream the oral arguments. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

DC Circuit Court of Appeals to begin livestreaming audio of oral arguments

Melissa Quinn · December 19, 2017 8:30 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House: Withdrawn Trump judicial nominee wasn’t ‘the right person for that position’

Melissa Quinn · December 19, 2017 8:08 pm

In this June 12, 2014 file photo, oil pumps and natural gas burn off in Watford City, N.D. The Obama administration finalized a rule to cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production by nearly half over the next decade. But the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management under President Trump this month announced a two-year delay in implementing the Obama administration's rule, and a coalition of environmental and tribal groups are suing the government. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmental, tribal groups sue Trump administration for halting Obama methane rule

Josh Siegel · December 19, 2017 7:13 pm

Beltway Confidential

A new lawsuit proves why British media outlets should move headquarters to America

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2017 3:59 pm

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates in an op-ed pointed to the handling of the Watergate scandal as an example of how an administration surrendered to the rule of law when it was at fault, a hint that she is unhappy with the Trump administration's handling of multiple probes into Russia. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

Sally Yates, fired by Trump, calls on the nation to honor the rule of law

Anna Giaritelli · December 19, 2017 2:20 pm

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has decided the Trump administration must allow two minors, in the country illegally, to obtain abortions, but has given the Justice Department time to appeal. (AgnosticPreachersKid via Wikimedia Commons)

Court orders Trump administration to allow 2 illegal immigrants to receive abortions

Diana Stancy Correll · December 19, 2017 5:44 am