The fate of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee will turn on a handful of Senate outliers in both parties — Republicans who support abortion ...
Read More »Trump loses effort to block 2 California sanctuary laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a request by the Trump administration to block two California laws that protect immigrants in the ...
Read More »I scream, you scream: Jury to settle dessert dispute
BOSTON — A battle between two dessert companies — Mister Cookie Face and 600 lb Gorillas — is heating up in Boston’s federal courthouse. And ...
Read More »Judge tosses DNC lawsuit, suggests lack of jurisdiction
Donald Trump’s campaign won the technical knockout of a lawsuit filed by two Democratic National Committee donors and a DNC staffer who accused it of ...
Read More »Mueller taps more prosecutors for probe
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the ...
Read More »Judge’s suit over execution protest dismissed
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court on Monday dismissed an Arkansas judge’s lawsuit challenging his disqualification from execution-related cases over his participation in an ...
Read More »Memo details groping claims against Indiana AG
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was investigated this year after four women claimed he touched them inappropriately at a bar. The Indianapolis Star ...
Read More »Unassuming figure with big voice on high court
WASHINGTON — Leonard Leo had barely finished briefing Senate Republicans about the just-concluded Supreme Court term when he heard the news that Justice Anthony Kennedy ...
Read More »Judges thrust into immigration debate
LOS ANGELES — Inside a small courtroom, a half-dozen immigrant teens and their families sat anxiously on wooden benches awaiting their immigration court hearing. An ...
Read More »Cohen signals he might cooperate with inquiry
Michael Cohen says he wants his life back. That could spell trouble for the president. Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer and fixer to Donald Trump ...
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