• How court-ordered drug testing poses impossible choices

    How court-ordered drug testing poses impossible choices

    Dec 08, 2020 05:13 PM EST

    ... Dr. Jimmie L. Valentine, a Mississippi-based toxicologist who testifies in court cases in Alabama and across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCyZhqRSNG0 The reliability of the presumptive results from urine tests depends on the specific test that’s used and which drug is presumably detected, according ...

  • Supreme Court pick Barrett draws on faith, family for Senate

    Supreme Court pick Barrett draws on faith, family for Senate

    Oct 11, 2020 08:17 PM EST

    ... time to hear a high-profile challenge to the Affordable Care Act and any election-related challenges that may follow the voting. https://youtu.be/fCCxxAX6v8s Another reason for moving quickly: It’s unclear whether the election results would make it harder to confirm Barrett before the end of the ...

  • Amy Coney Barrett, high court pick, is Scalia’s heir

    Amy Coney Barrett, high court pick, is Scalia’s heir

    Sep 26, 2020 09:54 PM EST

    ... in Chicago, the Trump administration policy that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers. https://youtu.be/fCCxxAX6v8s Barrett would assume the court seat with already substantial wealth, and her financial disclosures show close ties to a number of conservative groups. Barrett ...

  • Incarcerated people look to U.S. Senate to cap prison phone rates

    Incarcerated people look to U.S. Senate to cap prison phone rates

    Jul 22, 2020 06:48 PM EST

    ... on Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai noted that the FCC recently capped rates for interstate calls — those that cross state lines, which the FCC does have authority to regulate — at 21 cents for prepaid calls and 25 cents for collect calls. And last week, the FCC proposed a ...

  • Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from U.S. prison

    Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from U.S. prison

    May 21, 2020 06:50 PM EST

    ... Wearing a surgical mask and a baseball cap, Cohen arrived at his Manhattan apartment building at around 10:40 a.m. after his release from FCI Otisville in New York. He removed boxes of legal documents from the trunk of a car. A uniformed doorman at the luxury residence, not ...

  • Paul Manafort released from prison due to virus concerns

    Paul Manafort released from prison due to virus concerns

    May 13, 2020 03:14 PM EST

    ... the rest of his sentence in home confinement due to concerns about the coronavirus, his lawyer said Wednesday. Manafort, 71, was released Wednesday morning from FCI Loretto, a low-security prison in Pennsylvania, according to his attorney Todd Blanche. Manafort had been serving more than seven years in prison following ...

  • TV broadcaster Sinclair fined $48 million over Tribune deal

    TV broadcaster Sinclair fined $48 million over Tribune deal

    May 06, 2020 10:41 PM EST

    ... FCC did not provide any further details on Wednesday.In a tweeted statement Wednesday, Sinclair, which is based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, said it was pleased with the resolution. The FCC said this is a record fine for a broadcaster. It has issued larger penalties to robocallers and phone companies.

  • Over 70 percent of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19

    Over 70 percent of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19

    Apr 30, 2020 12:19 AM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Fleming never got to say goodbye to his father. He didn't know his dad was fading away on a ventilator, diagnosed with coronavirus at the federal prison where he was serving time for a drug charge. His father, also named Michael, was held at FCI Terminal ...

  • Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to be released from prison

    Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to be released from prison

    Apr 17, 2020 02:57 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Cohen is currently locked up at FCI ...

  • Federal inmates to be locked in cells for 14 days amid virus

    Federal inmates to be locked in cells for 14 days amid virus

    Apr 01, 2020 09:53 PM EST

    ... the coronavirus, as the focus shifts to a Louisiana compound, where two inmates have died and nearly 20 others remain hospitalized. The compound, known as FCC Oakdale, has emerged as ground zero in the federal prison system's struggle to contain coronavirus behind bars. The situation there is so dire ...