A Brooklyn, New York, man agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in what’s believed to be the first such case involving ...
Read More »Former Justice Page, six others receive Medal of Freedom
President Donald Trump on Friday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page and six other “extraordinary Americans.”
Read More »Judge: White House must return CNN’s Jim Acosta’s credential
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta. U.S. ...
Read More »Census witnesses complete testimony
A U.S. judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s plan to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census finished hearing from ...
Read More »Trump backs 1st major rewrite of sentencing laws in decades
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his support for the first major rewrite of the nation’s criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation, ...
Read More »Census scientist: Citizenship question ill-advised
Breaking with the Trump administration, the chief scientist at the U.S. Census Bureau testified that there is “reliable, quantitative evidence” the response to the 2020 ...
Read More »College admissions: Experts weigh Harvard case
Lawyers fighting to make Harvard drop race as an admissions factor and those battling to protect the college’s diversity system have their marching orders. Tell ...
Read More »Wisconsin’s Evers faces tough sell on prison changes
MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers has some big ideas about how to change Wisconsin’s overcrowded prison system. The questions now are: How will ...
Read More »Justice legal opinion backs Whitaker appointment
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday released an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general. The 20-page ...
Read More »Trump: White House access for reporters not guaranteed
The Trump Administration defended its decision to revoke CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass, arguing reporters don’t have a Constitutional right to access the White ...
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