WASHINGTON — After a two-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court resumes oral arguments Monday, using 20th century technology to help resolve a 21st century legal issue. The justices will not gather in their marble courtroom but will instead participate in a telephone conference call, with lawyers involved in the case […]

Oliver, now 22, headed to the polls for the very first time in 2014. The Maryland resident said he was excited to cast his ballot and perform his civic duty, but the excitement was short-lived. Oliver, who identifies as trans masculine, said he was met with resistance when he presented his identification — which is […]

A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed a major win to the Trump administration in its fight against “sanctuary” jurisdictions, ruling that it can deny grant money to states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned a lower court ruling that stopped the administration’s […]

The judge overseeing the trial of Roger Stone, the Republican campaign veteran and longtime Trump friend, said Tuesday that she will not delay the sentencing, scheduled for Thursday morning. In open court, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson spoke by phone with prosecutors and Stone’s lawyers about a recently filed defense motion for a […]

More than 1,110 former Justice Department officials who served in Republican as well as Democratic administrations posted a statement Sunday calling on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign. “Mr. Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words. Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of […]

Attorney General William Barr told ABC News in an interview aired Thursday that President Trump had never asked him to do anything in a criminal case but advised the president to stop tweeting about the Justice Department, saying it makes it “impossible for me to do my job.” The remarks are a significant and rare […]

A federal judge on Thursday once again pushed back the sentencing date for President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn after his legal team moved to withdraw his guilty plea for lying to the FBI in the Russia probe. Flynn originally was scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 28 in a D.C. federal court, but […]

A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift an injunction on the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule that would restrict green cards for immigrants deemed likely to be reliant on welfare. A nationwide injunction that stopped the rule from taking effect was imposed by a federal judge in New York in October. The Trump […]

The Justice Department is recommending that former national security adviser Michael Flynn be sentenced to up to six months in prison for lying to the FBI, telling a court that the former Trump adviser has been uncooperative in recent months. “The sentence should adequately deter the defendant from violating the law, and to promote respect […]

President Trump asked a New York judge to dismiss an allegation from a woman who claimed he raped her in a department store dressing room 20 years ago. Trump’s lawyer said in a court filing Friday that E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist, cannot sue the president in New York because the statements at issue […]

A judge has temporarily halted a North Carolina law requiring people to show a photo ID at the ballot box. This means that voters will not be subject to the photo ID requirement when they go to cast ballots in the March 2020 presidential primaries, Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, president of the state’s chapter of […]