Tag: Law

Judge blocks Obama’s transgender mandate

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 31, 2016 10:45 pm

Planned Parenthood has asked a federal judge to block Texas from cutting its Medicaid funding. Above, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Planned Parenthood asks court to preserve its Medicaid funds in Texas

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 31, 2016 7:40 pm

President-elect Trump is considering appointing the husband of his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, to serve as U.S. solicitor general, according to a report. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Report: Trump considering naming Kellyanne Conway’s husband solicitor general

Alex Pappas · December 30, 2016 10:58 pm

North Carolina's Gov.-elect Roy Cooper holds a press conference to criticize efforts by Republicans to cut the power of the governor's office during the special session of the General Assembly that is going on a few blocks away in Raleigh, N.C. (Chris Seward /The News & Observer via AP, File)

Judge blocks new North Carolina law limiting Dem governor’s power

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 8:50 pm

President Obama will reportedly meet with congressional Democrats next week to discuss efforts to preserve portions of his signature healthcare law despite the incoming administration's promise to repeal it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to plot Obamacare defense with top Democrats

Gabby Morrongiello, Robert King · December 30, 2016 4:32 pm

The difficulty of this is that Obamacare still is the source of health coverage for millions of people. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

House GOP wants court to reject new opponents to Obamacare lawsuit

Robert King · December 29, 2016 5:33 pm

Fourteen attorneys general asked Trump to defend the Clean Power Plan instead of getting rid of it. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Energy and Environment

Dem attorneys general threaten lawsuits if Trump repeals climate plan

John Siciliano · December 29, 2016 5:19 pm

President-elect Trump will enter the Oval Office with the ability to re-establish the Supreme Court's conservative tilt and the chance to cement it for the long term. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Spicer: Expect Supreme Court announcement after inauguration

Sarah Bedford · December 29, 2016 4:30 pm

At the end of 2015, there were an estimated 6,741,000 persons supervised by adult correctional systems in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Report: US incarcerated population at lowest level since 2002

Kelly Cohen · December 29, 2016 4:04 pm

When Donald Trump enters the White House on Inauguration Day, he will be able to fill more seats on the courts of appeals than President Obama did when he took office eight years ago, which could give him the chance to transform the judiciary into a more conservative branch of government. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Appeals court vacancies could give Trump the chance to transform judiciary

Ryan Lovelace · December 29, 2016 5:01 am

The trial for Dylann Roof has been scheduled to start Nov. 7. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)

Dylann Roof won’t call witnesses, present evidence in death penalty trial

Kelly Cohen · December 28, 2016 5:28 pm

So far, more than 300,000 segments of footage have been recorded since the beginning of 2015 when the body-worn camera program first began. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

National Security

Chicago: All police to have body-worn cameras by end of 2017

Kelly Cohen · December 28, 2016 4:55 pm