Tag: Law

The ACLU filed the suit against two psychologists who designed and implemented the CIA's interrogation program used in the war on terror. (CIA.gov)

National Security

ACLU settles torture case with CIA-contracted psychologists

Ryan Lovelace · August 17, 2017 6:28 pm

San Antonio police arrested James Bradley Jr. in July after discovering his tractor-trailer full of 39 illegal immigrants outside a Walmart store. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Truck driver indicted on smuggling illegal immigrants who died, could face death penalty

Ryan Lovelace · August 17, 2017 3:40 pm

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., announced he will introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump following the president's comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Va.

Rep. Steve Cohen to introduce articles of impeachment against Trump over Charlottesville comments

Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2017 3:28 pm

Five transgender troops will soon ask a federal court for an injunction to temporarily halt President Trump from moving forward with any ban on their service, according to an attorney working on the case.

National Security

Transgender troops will seek injunction on Trump ban

Travis J. Tritten · August 17, 2017 2:49 pm

Russia's Supreme Court judge Yuri Ivanenko reads the decision in a court room in Moscow, Russia. Russia's Supreme Court has banned the Jehovah's Witnesses from operating in the country. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia officially outlaws Jehovah’s Witnesses

Pete Kasperowicz · August 17, 2017 12:21 pm

Bloomberg Philanthropies will donate $6 million to the new project. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg charity to fund center assisting state attorneys general targeting Trump’s environmental regulatory rollback

Josh Siegel · August 17, 2017 5:10 am

Comcast is unwilling to pay TiVo for a license to use this technology, but it is nevertheless continuing to use TiVo's technology in its cable boxes that it imported from abroad. (AP)

The Comcast-TiVo dispute isn’t close enough for instant replay

Gregory Dolin · August 17, 2017 4:01 am

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., aimed to defund Planned Parenthood in 2015 after a series of undercover videos were released by anti-abortion activists. The videos showed employees discussing the harvesting of fetal tissue, and Republicans charged that Planned Parenthood profited from the sale of tissue, which is illegal. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Appeals court rules Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood funding

Robert King · August 16, 2017 5:26 pm

The districts represented by Blake Farenthold and Lloyd Doggett violated federal law, a three-judge panel found. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Federal court scraps two Texas congressional districts

Ryan Lovelace · August 16, 2017 5:15 pm

A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments for later this year on a soldier's lawsuit that claims the war against Islamic State is illegal. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

National Security

Trump’s war powers go before federal appeals court

Steven Nelson · August 16, 2017 3:32 pm

He allegedly said he would "use his political connections and clout to shut down all building and work and make your life a nightmare with an expensive and extended lawsuit." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Corey Lewandowski sued for threatening to use ‘political clout’ in land dispute with neighbors

Naomi Lim · August 16, 2017 1:18 am

Justice Department Demands Internet Records Connected to Inauguration Protest Group

Andrew Egger · August 15, 2017 9:32 pm