Tag: Law

Aetna is facing a class action lawsuit after it inadvertently revealed that about 12,000 of its customers have HIV. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Aetna sued after inadvertently revealing HIV information

Robert King · August 29, 2017 2:29 pm

The decision by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito -- who manages emergency filings from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana -- delays a federal court hearing that was set to take place in San Antonio early in September until the higher court can consider the case. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Supreme Court temporarily blocks order directing Texas to redraw ‘racially discriminatory’ congressional districts

Naomi Lim · August 29, 2017 12:29 am

A liberal journalist is correct in concluding that President Trump's policies do not represent a radical change from his predecessors.

National Security

Appeals court takes up scope of Trump travel ban permitted by the Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · August 28, 2017 10:29 pm

Sending cops into neighborhoods strapped for battle can create a dangerous use-it-or-lose-it mentality. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)

Beltway Confidential

Does Barney Fife need a grenade launcher? Trump restores program that sends military surplus to local police

Philip Wegmann · August 28, 2017 7:28 pm

A free society should side with Lincoln, law and order, and government accountability, rather than doubling down on partisan barbarism. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Beltway Confidential

Beating leftist tyranny doesn’t mean embracing lawlessness

Philip Wegmann · August 28, 2017 4:45 pm

After receiving President Trump's first pardon, Joe Arpaio's plans have gone from possible prison to book-writing, speeches and potentially another run for office in Arizona. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Joe Arpaio may challenge Jeff Flake for Arizona Senate seat: Exclusive

Steven Nelson · August 28, 2017 4:01 pm

A Wisconsin school district is asking the Supreme Court to review an appeals court's decision allowing a transgender teenager to use the boys' bathroom while the student's lawsuit proceeds through the courts. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Transgender bathroom battle could be headed back to Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · August 28, 2017 3:32 pm

The program provides a surplus of Defense Department military style equipment and weapons to state and local law enforcement agencies for use in "counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism operations," as well as to "enhance officer safety." (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

National Security

Trump to lift ban on sending some military equipment to police

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2017 2:00 pm

Trump Organization pursued deal for Moscow Trump Tower during presidential campaign

Melissa Quinn · August 28, 2017 11:47 am

America's immigration courts haven't always been in dire straits.

How to cut the massive backlog in the immigration courts

Andrew Arthur · August 28, 2017 4:01 am

On Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, police tape and flowers mark the site where a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Man caught on video firing pistol into Charlottesville crowd arrested

Todd Shepherd · August 27, 2017 5:36 pm

"The president ... decided that the 80-something year old man with his history and record of service deserved clemency at this point," Bossert said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House aide Tom Bossert: Chuck Schumer ‘clearly wrong’ on timing of Arpaio pardon

Gabby Morrongiello · August 27, 2017 4:20 pm