Tag: Law

Government lawyers asked a judge to deny CNN's request to force the FBI to disclose former FBI Director James Comey's memos. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Government wants to argue in secret why it doesn’t want to disclose the Comey memos

Daniel Chaitin · October 15, 2017 1:17 am

A group of 18 attorneys general, including Eric Schneiderman of New York, sued President Trump after he decided to halt cost-sharing reduction payments for Obamacare insurers.

18 states, DC file lawsuit against Trump over Obamacare insurer subsidies

Diana Stancy Correll · October 14, 2017 12:52 am

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman characterized President Trump's decision to block the payments to insurers as "unacceptable, cruel, and it's unlawful." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

More lawsuits expected to challenge Trump ending Obamacare insurer subsidies

Robert King · October 13, 2017 7:51 pm

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is reportedly in talks to return to academia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Hillary Clinton in talks to teach at Columbia University: Report

Anna Giaritelli · October 13, 2017 7:12 pm

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill that prohibits the Defense Department and Coast Guard from ruling out service based on gender identity. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

New House bill would block Trump’s rollback of transgender military service

Travis J. Tritten · October 13, 2017 3:57 pm

Land Shark

The Scrapbook · October 13, 2017 7:00 am

The bill was rewritten after recent reports brought the Weinstein scandal to light. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

New York lawmakers going after non-disclosure agreements amid Harvey Weinstein scandal

Katie Leach · October 13, 2017 3:07 am

Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle is wrong to say that Republicans politicized the judicial nomination process. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

Beltway Confidential

Tom Daschle rewrites history to defend Senate Democrats who are Borking Trump’s judicial nominees

Margot Cleveland · October 12, 2017 11:18 pm

The lawsuit names as defendants nearly two dozen private paramilitary organizations, white nationalist groups, and organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Lawsuit aims to prohibit white nationalist groups from returning to Charlottesville

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 6:04 pm

It is logically incoherent for conservatives who support the Citizens United v. FEC campaign finance regime to call for the return of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's money. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why Democrats shouldn’t have to return or give away Harvey Weinstein’s campaign contributions

Quin Hillyer · October 12, 2017 3:05 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said "rampant abuse and fraud" in the nation's asylum system has helped contribute to the illegal immigrant population of roughly 11 million people. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeff Sessions: Asylum system is ‘subject to rampant abuse and fraud’

Kelly Cohen · October 12, 2017 2:05 pm

Seventy-six businesses have filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, a case involving a Georgia security guard who says she was harassed at work because she is a lesbian. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Big companies push Supreme Court to say Civil Rights Act prevents anti-gay discrimination

Ryan Lovelace · October 12, 2017 1:54 pm