Nov 26 How an SUV will test the limits of the 8th Amendment, and more cases to watch By Marcia Coyle A $42,000 Land Rover SUV is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court battle this week over whether one of our rights protects us from certain actions by state and local governments. Continue reading
Nov 26 House Democrats staying away from impeachment for the moment By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press As House Democrats begin laying out the vision for their new majority, trying to impeach the president is noticeably missing from the to-do list and firmly on the margins. Continue reading
Nov 26 Senate GOP take up judicial nominee some lawmakers call ‘the worst’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Senate Republicans are working to soon fill the nation's longest judicial vacancy with a North Carolina lawyer whose nomination has raised objections from black lawmakers and civil rights groups concerned about his work defending state laws found to have discriminated… Continue reading
Nov 26 AP fact check: Trump’s myths on oil prices, cold snaps By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press Here's a closer look at his recent rhetoric, covering the courts, midterm elections and the president's statements on global warming. Continue reading
Nov 26 Mississippi senator banks on boost from Trump rallies By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press The final chapter of the 2018 midterms is nearing a close in Mississippi, where the prevalent themes of President Donald Trump and race have combined for a much closer contest than anyone expected in one of the country's most deeply… Continue reading
Nov 26 Ex-Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to report to prison By Hope Yen, Associated Press A federal judge ordered former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to report to prison as scheduled, rejecting his last-minute bid to delay his two-week sentence. Continue reading
Nov 25 US agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Hundreds of migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after several tried to make it past fencing and wire separating the two countries. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 3:56 Trump ‘has no legal authority’ to make asylum-seekers stay in Mexico By PBS News Hour With various updates from Mexico and the U.S. about asylum seekers approaching the border, lawyer and journalist Jami Floyd says Trump does not have the ability to rewrite immigration law. Floyd joins Megan Thompson for more on the U.S.’s legal… Continue watching
Nov 25 Ex-Trump campaign adviser loses bid to delay prison sentence By Associated Press A judge has rejected a bid by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to delay his two-week prison term and says Papadopoulos must surrender Monday as scheduled. Continue reading
Nov 25 Incoming Mexico gov’t: No deal to host US asylum-seekers By Amy Guthrie, Associated Press Mexico’s incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months. Continue reading