The State Department Is Denying Citizenship To Some Kids Born To Same-Sex Couples Overseas. Judges Aren't Happy.
A federal judge in DC denied the government's effort to get a lawsuit tossed out brought by a lesbian couple — one woman is a US citizen, one not — whose son born overseas was denied citizenship.
The ACLU Is Suing Over Ohio’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
Courts have struck down similar laws in Iowa, Kentucky, and North Dakota, and legal challenges are pending or expected in several states. No such ban has taken effect so far.
Trump's Lawyers Argue Congress Has Little Power To Investigate A Sitting President's Personal Affairs
Trump's strategy to keep Democrats from digging into his finances: Buy time, go big, and prepare to lose.
A Coast Guard Lieutenant Accused Of Plotting A White Supremacist Attack Will Be Held Pending Trial
A federal judge in Maryland ordered Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson detained, reversing a magistrate judge who had ruled that Hasson could be released while he waits for trial.
Omarosa Wants To Join A Lawsuit Accusing The Trump Campaign Of Gender Pay Discrimination
Newman said in a declaration filed in court that she believed the Trump campaign paid her and other women less than men performing the same jobs.
Rod Rosenstein Has Left The Building
Rosenstein oversaw special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation for a year and a half, outlasting the president’s ire.
The House Judiciary Committee Voted To Hold Bill Barr In Contempt
The full House will now have to vote to hold the attorney general in contempt. The committee’s move comes shortly after President Trump asserted executive privilege to prevent Democrats from obtaining the full report.
The Court Fight Over Trump’s Travel Ban Isn’t Over
A federal judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision that allowed the ban to take effect didn’t actually end things.
The Trump Administration's Fight With Democrats Is Unusual, And It's Escalating
The Trump administration isn't the first to clash with Congress, but the number of fights already playing out on multiple fronts is a sign of the long political and legal slugfest to come.
Attorney General Bill Barr Defended His Decision Not To Tell Congress About A Letter He Got From Robert Mueller
Congressional Democrats released Mueller’s March 27 letter to Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday, minutes before Barr was set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Roy Moore Is Still Fighting In Court With Sacha Baron Cohen As He Eyes Another Senate Run
Moore is suing Cohen for defamation over a prank interview in which the comedian waved a wand over Moore that Cohen said could detect sex offenders. Moore lost in court Monday over where the case should be heard.
Maria Butina Was Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Act As An Unregistered Russian Agent
Butina pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent in the United States for the Russian government. She'll get credit for the nine months she's already served.
The Supreme Court Will Decide If The Trump Administration Can Ask If You’re A Citizen On The 2020 Census
The Trump administration argues the question will help enforce voting rights. The challengers argue the Census Bureau’s own experts concluded the question would hurt the accuracy of the count.
Julian Assange Was Arrested. So Why Is Chelsea Manning Still In Jail?
Manning has been in jail since early March for refusing to testify before a grand jury about Assange and WikiLeaks.
Trump Is Suing House Democrats To Stop A Subpoena To His Accountant
This is the first lawsuit Trump has filed to block Democrats from exercising their subpoena power to look into his business affairs.
Mueller Said He Would Have Exonerated Trump On Obstruction If The Evidence Supported It, But He Couldn’t
Mueller and his team declined to make a “prosecutorial judgment” about whether Trump committed obstruction. Attorney General Bill Barr later concluded that the evidence didn’t support that.
Here’s The Mueller Report. Read The Document, Not The Spin.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which was released with redactions, said President Trump didn’t commit a crime of obstruction — but that his report “also does not exonerate him.”
It Could Be Years Before Julian Assange Steps Foot In The United States
Extradition cases between the UK and the US can take years to sort out.