Courts & Law
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FBI arrests former CIA official over $40 million worth of gold bars stashed at Virginia home
The official, identified as David Rush, was charged with criminal theft of public money in a complaint filed last week in the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Missouri Supreme Court upholds special legislative session that created GOP-friendly districts
The Missouri Constitution states that on extraordinary occasions, the governor may convene the General Assembly by proclamation, where he must state specific actions for lawmakers to consider.
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NC court rules state violated law by allowing nonresidents to vote in federal elections
The Wake County Superior Court sided with the RNC in the ruling Tuesday after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled last year that people who have never lived in the state cannot vote in state elections.
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New Jersey judges tap Robert Frazer as Alina Habba's replacement as US attorney
The Justice Department also confirmed Frazer's appointment in court filings Monday, stating it was made with consultation from the Trump administration.
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Bill Cosby loses sexual assault lawsuit, ordered to pay $59.25 million, including punitive damages
Bill Cosby was ordered by the civil jury to pay the victim $19.25 million in damages. Later in the day, the jury deliberated for another couple hours and added another $40 million in punitive damages, bringing the total to $59.25 million.
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DHS asks judge to lift Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation block, says ready to deport him to Liberia
DHS indicated that Liberia's government remains willing to accept Kilmar Abrego Garcia and that ICE could arrange a charter plane to send him there in about five days
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear asylum case Tuesday
The case, Noem v. Al Otro Lado, focuses on a dispute between the Trump administration and an immigration advocacy group.
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear mail-in ballots case Monday
The case, Watson v. RNC, challenges a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be received up to five days after Election Day, as long as the ballot is postmarked by Election Day. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia also allow mail-in ballots to be received after Election Day.
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Federal judge rules Kennedy overstepped legal authority on care for transgender minors
A coalition of 21 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration over the declaration, claiming it interfered with their power to regulate the practice of medicine within their own borders in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Judge determines Pentagon restrictions on media are unconstitutional
The judge ruled that some of the guidelines, such as one that restricted where reporters are allowed to go in the Pentagon without an escort, could remain, but the portion that barred reporters from "soliciting" sensitive information from officials was dismissed.
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DOJ seeks to end criminal case against former police officers charged in Breonna Taylor's death
The filing seeks to drop outstanding criminal charges against former officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany with prejudice. They were charged with unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses.
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U.S. citizen takes helm of Mexico’s fiercest cartel, exposing ugly truth on birthright citizenship
The new cartel boss Juan Carlos Valencia González possession of dual citizenship presents challenges for U.S. intelligence surveillance, which led the Mexican government to his predecessor.
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Trump admin, supporters furious over federal judges' rulings but face uphill battle to remove them
Under the Constitution, federal judges can be removed from office only through impeachment by a House majority vote, then conviction by a two-thirds Senate vote for “Treason, Bribery or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”