Kavanaugh avoids major missteps, closing 2 days of testimony

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats worked into the night in a last, ferocious attempt to paint Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a foe of abortion rights and a likely defender of President Donald Trump. But after two marathon days in the witness chair in a Senate hearing room, Kavanaugh appeared to be on a... Read More

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Brett Kavanaugh

September 4, 2018

NYC fines unpaid by Kushner Cos.: Over $500K and counting

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kushner family real estate firm has amassed over half a million dollars in unpaid fines for various New York City sanitation and building violations, with much of that bill incurred while President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner was running the company. City figures compiled for The Associated Press... Read More

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Jared Kushner

August 14, 2018

The Latest: All 4 West Virginia justices impeached

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on an impeachment hearing in the West Virginia House of Delegates concerning members of the state Supreme Court (all times local): 11:50 p.m. The West Virginia House of Delegates has impeached all four of the state’s Supreme Court justices. The Republican-led House on Monday night impeached Justice Beth Walker... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

August 13, 2018

Kobach’s take-no-prisoners style at forefront in Kansas race

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — At a parade this summer, candidate for governor Kris Kobach rode a jeep with a replica machine gun mounted on it. When some people complained the stunt scared children, Kobach, Kansas’ secretary of state, mockingly called the reaction a “snowflake meltdown.” And he kept on riding the vehicle in other parades,... Read More

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Kris Kobach

August 13, 2018

Memo shows Kavanaugh resisted indicting a sitting president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton reveal his resistance to issuing an indictment of a sitting president. The memo, tucked toward the end of nearly 10,000 pages released Friday, provides greater insight into Kavanaugh’s views on executive power that are... Read More

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Brett Kavanaugh

August 2, 2018

Court strikes down Trump push to cut ‘sanctuary city’ funds

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a key part of President Donald Trump’s contentious effort to crack down on cities and states that limit cooperation with immigration officials, saying an executive order threatening to cut funding for “sanctuary cities” was unconstitutional. In a 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S.... Read More

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Immigration, Sanctuary City

July 30, 2018

Trump willing to shut down government over border security

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider shutting down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, are playing down the chance of a shutdown as the November election nears. Trump, however, isn’t... Read More

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Immigration

July 26, 2018

ACLU spends $720K in opposition to Joe Arpaio’s Senate bid

PHOENIX (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is spending $720,000 in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona to send people into neighborhoods to hand out fliers and run a TV commercial critical of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s treatment of immigrants. The legal advocacy group normally stays out of political races, but it is getting... Read More

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ACLU, Joe Arpaio

July 24, 2018

12 audio files sent to prosecutors in Michael Cohen probe

NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen audio recordings seized by the FBI from President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, were forwarded to federal prosecutors after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds, a former judge revealed Monday. The recordings were among millions of files taken from Cohen in April as part of a criminal... Read More

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

July 19, 2018

Voters won’t decide in November whether to split California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A measure that would divide California into three parts won’t appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday, marking the latest defeat for a long-shot push to reimagine the nation’s most populous state. The justices ordered the secretary of state not to put the ballot initiative before voters,... Read More

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California

July 10, 2018

Trump picks Kavanaugh, a GOP favorite, for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. A favorite of the Republican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former... Read More

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Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court

July 9, 2018

Trump enjoys ‘suspense’ ahead of Supreme Court announcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is going down to the wire as he makes his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but he says with his final four options “you can’t go wrong.” Trump spoke to reporters Sunday afternoon before returning to Washington from a weekend at his private... Read More

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Supreme Court

July 6, 2018

Trump says he’s narrowed Supreme Court nominees to 2 or 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — The list of contenders to fill a Supreme Court vacancy by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy is narrowing, with President Donald Trump telling reporters that he’s focused on two or three people ahead of his Monday announcement. “I think I have it down to four people. And I think of the four people... Read More

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Supreme Court

June 28, 2018

Retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy often the man in the middle

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s decisive man in the middle on abortion, gay rights and other contentious issues, announced his retirement, giving President Donald Trump a golden chance to cement conservative control of the nation’s highest court. The 81-year-old Kennedy, often a voice of moderation over three decades on the court,... Read More

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Anthony Kennedy

Kavanaugh avoids major missteps, closing 2 days of testimony

NYC fines unpaid by Kushner Cos.: Over $500K and counting

The Latest: All 4 West Virginia justices impeached

Kobach’s take-no-prisoners style at forefront in Kansas race

Memo shows Kavanaugh resisted indicting a sitting president

Court strikes down Trump push to cut ‘sanctuary city’ funds

Trump willing to shut down government over border security

ACLU spends $720K in opposition to Joe Arpaio’s Senate bid

12 audio files sent to prosecutors in Michael Cohen probe

Voters won’t decide in November whether to split California

Trump picks Kavanaugh, a GOP favorite, for Supreme Court

Trump enjoys ‘suspense’ ahead of Supreme Court announcement

Trump says he’s narrowed Supreme Court nominees to 2 or 3

Retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy often the man in the middle

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