Tag: Law

Paul Ryan told reporters Thursday that conservatives can't always get what they want because of Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate's unelected parliamentarian. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Is this little Senate lawyer scaring Trump’s Republicans away from Obamacare repeal?

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2017 11:16 pm

The "Marines United 2.0" (MU2.0) was created to replace the original page that was recently shut down. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

National Security

The Marines’ nude photo scandal isn’t over, it just found a new home on Facebook

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2017 10:41 pm

The building was cleared as police conducted a floor-by-floor extensive search of the building that lasted nearly four hours. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn evacuated after bomb threat hoax

Kelly Cohen · March 9, 2017 8:50 pm

Four states — Washington, New York, Oregon and Minnesota — sue over President Trump's newest travel ban actions. The state of Hawaii was the first to go to court against Trump's new immigration ban, in a suit on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Four states sue over Trump’s newest travel ban actions

Ryan Lovelace · March 9, 2017 7:36 pm

The trove given to the Senate Judiciary Committee includes more than 100,000 pages of documents. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Justice turns over documents on Gorsuch’s department tenure to Congress

Ryan Lovelace · March 9, 2017 7:08 pm

The Washington Post editorial board said deputy attorney general nominee Rod Rosenstein made the right decision by not committing to appointing a special prosecutor to look into the Trump administration's alleged ties to Russia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Washington Post: Justice Department nominee correct to refuse Democrats’ demand for special prosecutor

Eddie Scarry · March 9, 2017 6:16 pm

Sessions issue a memo to the department's 94 U.S. Attorney's offices to "use every tool we have" to fight crime. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sessions directs federal prosecutors to focus on ‘most violent offenders’

Kelly Cohen · March 9, 2017 4:05 pm

"We are going to be dealing with Judge Gorsuch the week before the April recess," McConnell said before being pressed on the confirmation itself. "We're going to confirm him before the April recess." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: Gorsuch to be confirmed by April recess

Al Weaver · March 9, 2017 3:21 pm

Chilean billionaire Andrónico Luksic is suing the U.S. government over a Minnesota mine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ivanka Trump’s DC home owned by Chilean billionaire suing US government

Caitlin Yilek · March 8, 2017 10:27 pm

The alumni wrote about how Gorsuch distinguished himself as an undergraduate student in the letter senators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

More than 150 of Neil Gorsuch’s Columbia classmates wrote letter of support

Ryan Lovelace · March 8, 2017 8:49 pm

"You're stuck with me for another six and a half years." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

National Security

FBI Director James Comey says he’ll serve a full 10-year term

Daniel Chaitin · March 8, 2017 6:53 pm

The bill is one of a handful of animal rights legislation that has been proposed in the last few weeks. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.)

Eating cats and dogs banned under new House bill

Pete Kasperowicz · March 8, 2017 5:48 pm