Politics Mar 19 Key questions as Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty The law empowers police in Texas to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Once in custody, migrants could either agree to a judge's order to leave the U.S. or be prosecuted on misdemeanor charges of illegal entry.
Politics Mar 19 Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants A divided Supreme Court has lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out.
Politics Mar 18 Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill 4, the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since an Arizona law more than a decade ago, portions of which were struck down by the Supreme Court.
Politics Mar 14 Trump White House official convicted of contempt must report to prison, appeals court finds Navarro has been ordered to report to a federal prison by March 19. He argued he should stay free as he appeals his conviction for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the…
Nation Mar 08 Former police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says The Justice Department says a former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
Politics Mar 04 Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants Justice Samuel Alito on Monday issued an order that temporarily halts Texas' immigration law from going into effect until next week so the full court can decide what steps to take next.
Politics Mar 01 House Republicans send new Justice Department subpoenas in Biden impeachment inquiry, drawing pushback The Justice Department is pushing back against a new set of subpoenas quietly sent out by House Republicans related the Hunter Biden criminal investigation in another brewing faceoff in the impeachment inquiry.
Politics Feb 25 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers ban on gun bump stocks The Supreme Court agreed in November to decide whether a Trump era-ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, violates federal law.
Politics Feb 20 Hunter Biden’s lawyers suggest his case is tainted by claims of former FBI informant charged with lying The gun and tax charges against Hunter Biden are separate from the claims made by informant Alexander Smirnov, who has been charged with making up a bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son and a Ukrainian energy company.
Politics Feb 15 FBI informant charged for making up allegations about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said Thursday.