Tag: Law

President Trump warned legislators not to include any language that would automatically allow relatives of immigrants to be admitted to the U.S. in an immigration bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump: Chain migration ‘cannot be allowed’ in immigration legislation

Anna Giaritelli · September 15, 2017 1:33 pm

The 10-day ad campaign takes aim at Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin for their questioning of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judicial Crisis Network targets Democrats it says ‘attack a woman for her Catholic faith’

Ryan Lovelace · September 15, 2017 10:00 am

On Jan. 20, police arrested 234 people during violent protests in Washington, D.C. Court filings indicate more than $100,000 in property damage took place. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge won’t drop criminal charges against alleged inauguration rioters

Diana Stancy Correll · September 14, 2017 11:47 pm

Attendees of the bipartisan roundtable included representatives from Congress, faith-based organizations and criminal justice reform groups, among others. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jared Kushner convenes bipartisan group to discuss prisoner re-entry

Kelly Cohen · September 14, 2017 9:47 pm

"We're reviewing it to determine if it's appropriate to make any other changes," Rosenstein said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justice Department still reviewing media subpoena policy

Kelly Cohen · September 14, 2017 5:37 pm

Graham didn't specify whether that testimony needed to be public or in private. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lindsey Graham: James Comey must testify again

Todd Shepherd · September 14, 2017 5:26 pm

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed Thursday what she would do if she ever voluntarily quit the high court. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Sonia Sotomayor ponders life after the Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · September 14, 2017 4:51 pm

"@realDonaldTrump Morn news says u made deal w Schumer on DACA/hv ur staff brief me/ I know u undercut JudiCimm effort 4 biparty agreement," Grassley tweeted Thursday morning. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Grassley asks Trump to brief Senate Judiciary Committee on DACA deal

Meghana Kurup · September 14, 2017 3:40 pm

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin appear in court in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The couple asked a New York City judge to ask for privacy in their divorce case. (Jefferson Siegel/The Daily News via AP, Pool)

Anthony Weiner: My actions ‘crushed the aspirations of my wife’

Sean Langille · September 14, 2017 3:04 pm

The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act passed in a 233-175 vote, and was backed largely by GOP lawmakers, and opposed by most Democrats. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

House votes to deport illegal immigrant gang members over Democratic objections

Al Weaver · September 14, 2017 3:03 pm

Ralph Erickson, President Trump's nominee to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 20-0 vote Thursday. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump appeals court nominee easily advances through committee

Ryan Lovelace · September 14, 2017 2:32 pm

President Trump said that House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are "on board" with a tentative bipartisan plan to pass the Dream Act, as he boards Air Force One for a trip to Florida to meet with first responders and people impacted by Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell ‘on board’ with deal on Dream Act, border security

Anna Giaritelli · September 14, 2017 12:55 pm