Tag: Law

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday that President Trump has the authority to pardon family and friends if anyone is found to have colluded with Russia in last November's election. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sarah Sanders: No ‘planned announcements’ on Trump pardons

Anna Giaritelli · July 21, 2017 7:26 pm

The sponsors of Kate's Law argue that it is the first step in preventing illegal immigrants from "preying" on American citizens. In reality, it responds with draconian punishments to address a drastically-overstated problem. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Beltway Confidential

Be wary of emotionally charged laws named after dead people

Noah Duell · July 21, 2017 4:57 pm

National Security

Trump team sees personnel shake-up as Russia investigation expands

Sarah Bedford · July 21, 2017 3:38 pm

The rise in concealed carry permits has led to a huge increase in training instruction for gun owners. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

Washington Secrets

Concealed gun permits hit record 16 million, 50% rate in Pa. county

Paul Bedard · July 21, 2017 1:31 pm

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., argued Friday that President Trump's effort to investigate special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team is a "standard" practice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican lawmaker: Probing Mueller’s team is ‘standard legal practice’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 21, 2017 12:22 pm

President Trump's legal team is looking for possible conflicts of interest among members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team of Russia investigators, according to reports. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Trump’s legal team investigating Mueller’s investigators: Report

Anna Giaritelli · July 21, 2017 11:33 am

We are living in an experiment right now set in motion by the Supreme Court in 2015, and we can make this observation two years in: Same-sex marriage is legal everywhere, and gays are still more likely to be married to someone of the opposite sex. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Two years after Obergefell, no land rush on gay marriage

Austin Ruse · July 21, 2017 4:01 am

Mark Corallo, a spokesman for President Trump's outside legal team, has resigned. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Marc Kasowitz spokesman Mark Corallo resigns

Kelly Cohen, Daniel Chaitin · July 21, 2017 1:13 am

It's cruel, it's unusual, and it literally meets the clinical definition of eugenics. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Eugenicist Tennessee judge cuts off jail time if inmates get vasectomies

Philip Wegmann · July 20, 2017 10:45 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's reminder clashes with Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of responsibility for the incident. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Energy and Environment

ExxonMobil sues Trump administration over Russia sanctions fine

Joel Gehrke · July 20, 2017 9:18 pm

"There is an ice cream story." (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool)

OJ Simpson attorney mentions Trump’s ‘two scoops of ice cream’ during parole hearing

Sean Langille · July 20, 2017 8:19 pm

Picture of an empty classroom.

Texas school district approves corporal punishment ‘by way of paddling’

Sean Langille · July 20, 2017 7:08 pm