Tag: Law

The two-man boat was beached on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. (Axel Heimken/dpa via AP)

Border Patrol finds $16 million in cocaine on abandoned boat

Anna Giaritelli · June 8, 2017 10:28 pm

Senators have proposed multiple bills about adding cameras to federal courts and the Supreme Court, with companion legislation moving through the House. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Justice Stephen Breyer: Adding cameras to Supreme Court a ‘risk’

Ryan Lovelace · June 8, 2017 9:49 pm

Any cyber weapons reviewed for legality under international law or approved for use would also require a notification to lawmakers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Bill requires Pentagon to report cyber operations outside of war zones

Travis J. Tritten · June 8, 2017 7:23 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Thursday it's not clear whether President Trump obstructed justice, after more than two hours of testimony from Former FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Wyden: Trump’s obstruction of justice still a ‘technical’ question

Todd Shepherd · June 8, 2017 5:57 pm

Red Alert Politics

Meet the 26-year-old conservative lesbian suing UC Berkeley, Nancy Pelosi, and George Soros

Ryan Girdusky · June 8, 2017 3:25 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch asked him to downplay the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails by not calling it an investigation. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

James Comey: Loretta Lynch told me not to call Clinton email probe an ‘investigation’

Kelly Cohen · June 8, 2017 3:06 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley said he and the committee's top-ranking Democrat, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, were pushing to get answers from James Comey. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

National Security

Chuck Grassley resents ‘stone wall’ keeping James Comey from the Judiciary Committee

Ryan Lovelace · June 8, 2017 2:56 pm

"When the federal government settles a case against a corporate wrongdoer, any settlement funds should go first to the victims and then to the American people -- not to bankroll third-party special interest groups or the political friends of whoever is in power," Sessions said. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Justice Department ends ‘slush fund’ backing for nonprofits

Sean Higgins · June 8, 2017 2:19 pm

As solicitor general, Noel Francisco would have the responsibility of conducting and supervising the government's litigation at the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump solicitor general nominee Noel Francisco advances through Senate Judiciary Committee

Ryan Lovelace · June 8, 2017 2:18 pm

"Trump will monitor Comey in a [White House] dining room with his legal team and some of his closest advisers," a senior White House aide told NBC News. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

National Security

Trump to ‘monitor’ James Comey testimony with legal team, close advisers: Report

Meghana Kurup · June 8, 2017 1:22 pm

Sanctuary church resident Ingrid Encalada Latorre, right, sits with Jennifer Piper of the American Friends Service Committee outside a courtroom during a recess at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden, Colo., Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Latorre, an immigrant who has been living in a Denver church to avoid deportation, feared being arrested by federal immigration agents as she ventured out of her sanctuary to a court hearing Wednesday to try to stay in the United States.

GAO: 437,000 deportation cases backlogged, hearings delayed to 2022

Paul Bedard · June 8, 2017 12:06 pm

Marc Kasowitz, Trump's attorney, told reporters in a statement that the president "is pleased Mr. Comey has finally publicly confirmed his private reports. (AP Photo/Andrew Theodorakis, POOL)

National Security

Trump ‘feels completely and totally vindicated’ by Comey’s planned testimony: Lawyer

Josh Siegel · June 7, 2017 10:04 pm