Nation Jul 14 U.S. carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades.
Nation Jul 13 Trump administration appeals judge’s order to delay federal execution A U.S. district judge has ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana. The Trump administration immediately appealed, asking a higher court to…
Nation Jul 10 Judge halts first federal execution in 17 years, citing virus A federal judge in Indiana is halting the first federal execution in 17 years, citing concerns over the coronavirus. Daniel Lee had been scheduled to die by lethal injection on Monday.
Nation Jul 06 Ghislaine Maxwell moved to New York for sex abuse charges Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred to New York to face charges she recruited women and girls for him to sexually abuse.
Nation Jun 25 NYC judge rejects effort to halt publication of tell-all book by Trump’s niece A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece.
Politics Jun 23 Trump’s brother seeks to halt family tell-all book President Donald Trump's brother is asking a New York City judge to prevent the president's niece from publishing a tell-all book, which is expected to be released later this month.
Nation Jun 20 Top prosecutor in NYC resigns after feud with administration U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York said in a statement that Attorney General William Barr’s decision “to respect the normal operation of law and have Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss become Acting U.S. Attorney”…
Politics Jun 17 Trump proposes measure rolling back tech company protections The Justice Department is proposing that Congress roll back legal protections for online platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter that generally could not be held legally responsible for what people post on the sites.
Nation Jun 10 U.S. police officers’ personal info leaked online The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning police departments across the country that the personal information of officers is being leaked online amid demonstrations across the U.S. over the death of George Floyd and others.
Nation Jun 10 Former federal judge says push to dismiss Flynn case is abuse of power A former federal judge appointed to review the Justice Department's motion to dismiss criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn said there was evidence of a "gross abuse" of prosecutorial power and that the request…