Tag: Law

This undated file photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows a police mug shot of Vernon Madison, who is scheduled to be executed for the 1985 murder of Mobile police officer Julius Schulte. (Alabama Department of Corrections, via AP, File)

Supreme Court says cop killer who doesn’t remember murder can be executed

Ryan Lovelace · November 6, 2017 3:42 pm

John Oliver said President Trump is "playing 'The Trump Card.' What I mean by that is, he's using his own incompetence as a defense." (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

National Security

John Oliver: Trump using ‘incompetence as a defense’ in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation

Caitlin Yilek · November 6, 2017 2:30 pm

Local police have not confirmed Devin Patrick Kelley's name, but said the suspect behind the attack was a white male in his 20s. Kelley's former high school classmates described him as a depressed atheist. (KSAT via AP)

High school classmates say Texas church shooter preached atheism online

Anna Giaritelli · November 6, 2017 1:50 pm

President Trump said the Texas church shooting was not a "guns" issue, it was a "mental health" issue. "I think that mental health is your problem here. This was a very, based on preliminary reports, very deranged individual," he said. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Trump: Texas church shooting was about ‘mental health,’ not guns

Anna Giaritelli · November 6, 2017 1:16 pm

The faster pace followed intense pressure from conservative groups, including one that threatening to launch an expensive and unflattering advertising campaign about the glacial pace of confirmations under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After threats, Mitch McConnell wins praise on confirmations

Susan Ferrechio · November 6, 2017 5:01 am

Law enforcement officials work the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Sutherland Springs church shooting is ‘heartbreaking,’ ‘devastating’: Lawmakers

Naomi Lim · November 5, 2017 9:25 pm

Saddled with structural disadvantages, Gillespie has surged into a virtual tie with Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam down the stretch with an advertising campaign that has stoked anxiety about Hispanic gangs and illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ed Gillespie cribs from Trump’s culture war in Virginia, and reshapes 2018 midterms

David M. Drucker · November 5, 2017 7:44 pm

"Bob Mueller needs to be able to finish his investigation," Lankford said. "The challenge of any investigation like this is how long it could go on and how broad it could be." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

James Lankford: Robert Mueller needs to be allowed to do his job

Kyle Feldscher · November 5, 2017 4:25 pm

Mike Flynn is being investigated for possibly orchestrating the removal of a Turkish politician who is hated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the United States to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Robert Mueller could be close to charging Mike Flynn and his son: Report

Kyle Feldscher · November 5, 2017 4:00 pm

"I think he needs to look at his own house before he tries to clean up someone else's house," she said on ABC's "This Week." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Donna Brazile tells Trump to ‘look at his own house’ before criticizing Hillary Clinton’s DNC arrangement

Kyle Feldscher · November 5, 2017 3:25 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined at left by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, leads a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inside Republicans’ plot to ensure Trump’s federal judge victories

Ryan Lovelace · November 5, 2017 4:01 am

These "independent organizations" are in reality part of a larger network of wolves in sheep's clothing, beholden to extreme viewpoints. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

The troubling links between environmentalists and population control extremists

Craig Richardson · November 4, 2017 4:01 am