Tag: Law

Stephen Miller, the 32-year-old senior domestic policy adviser to President Trump, is said to be subverting the White House on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Building a wall between Stephen Miller and Trump

W. James Antle III · October 12, 2017 4:01 am

Gianforte pled guilty to misdemeanor assault for "body-slamming" Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian, on the eve of Montana's special election. (Gallatin County Detention Center via AP)

Rep. Greg Gianforte’s mugshot released

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 10:07 pm

"I am grateful that the People's House can continue to begin its work each day as we have for centuries: taking a moment to pray to God."
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Paul Ryan celebrates district court ruling saying House can open in prayer

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 9:22 pm

Wednesday's oral arguments were over the narrow issue of court jurisdiction for lawsuits opposing the Waters of the U.S. rule. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Energy and Environment

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: With Trump in office, isn’t the case over EPA water rule moot?

John Siciliano · October 11, 2017 7:25 pm

America Indians and their supporters protest outside of the White House, Friday, March 10, 2017, in Washington, to rally against the construction of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Energy and Environment

Judge rules Dakota Access pipeline can remain open during review

John Siciliano · October 11, 2017 6:55 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's office said Wednesday he is reviewing the chamber's "blue slip" tradition. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Grassley’s office says he’s in charge of judicial nominee ‘blue slip’ tool, after Mitch McConnell pledges to kill it

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 6:43 pm

House Speaker Ryan has called for increased regulation rather than new legislation to ban "bump stocks" like the kind the Las Vegas shooter used. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Siding with NRA, Paul Ryan says ATF, not Congress, should regulate ‘bump stocks’

Philip Wegmann · October 11, 2017 3:57 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called for a "regulatory fix" to end the sale of "bump stocks." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Paul Ryan calls for regulatory fix, not legislation, to ban ‘bump stocks’

Susan Ferrechio · October 11, 2017 3:48 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Senate Republicans will now view the blue slip "as simply notification of how you're going to vote, not as an opportunity to blackball" a judicial nominee. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mitch McConnell to scrap Senate’s ‘blue slip’ tool for obstructing judicial nominees

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 2:13 pm

A conservative seeking a better federal prison system

patrick-plein · October 11, 2017 4:01 am

The 90-day ban on foreign nationals entering the U.S. expired and has since been replaced by different guidance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court drops one of two cases challenging Trump’s travel ban

Ryan Lovelace, Mandy Mayfield · October 11, 2017 12:19 am

The advocates' request to the high court came soon after the Mississippi law went into effect Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

LGBT advocates ask Supreme Court to strike Mississippi law that lets people refuse service to gay couples

Ryan Lovelace · October 10, 2017 6:49 pm