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Roger Stone, a sometime adviser to President Donald Trump, faces a Nov. 5 trial on charges he lied to Congress about communications with WikiLeaks, tampered with witnesses and obstructed an investigation. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson set the date ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for a Philadelphia-based appeals court won Senate confirmation Tuesday, despite opposition from the two senators representing his home state of New Jersey. The Senate voted 54-45 to approve Paul Matey to the 3rd U.S. ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on a high-profile appeals court. Senators voted 53-46 to confirm White House official Neomi Rao for a seat on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for ...

MADISON, Wis. — Republican lawmakers distrustful of Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul’s willingness to defend abortion restrictions in state law want to intervene and hire their own attorneys at taxpayer expense to represent the Legislature in a lawsuit filed by ...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court in New Orleans heard arguments Wednesday on a 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native American children. A federal district judge in Texas last ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration will try to persuade a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to block California laws aimed at protecting immigrants, seeking a win in one of numerous lawsuits between the White House and the Democratic-dominated state. ...

ATLANTA — A civil liberties group is demanding that police on the Georgia Capitol grounds allow demonstrators to wear Planned Parenthood buttons that include profanity. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union says two women who ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million to cover the cost of his defense. The ...

By Nicole Black BridgeTower Media Newswires DETROIT — A decade ago, smartphones were in their infancy. The iPhone was new and widespread adoption had not yet occurred. Many were suspicious of the touch screen interface, and lawyers in particular clung ...