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Lawsuits against Trump over Jan. 6 riot can move forward, appeals court rules
WASHINGTON — Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president’s bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit court knocked down Trump’s sweeping […]
House expels New York Rep. George Santos after scathing ethics report
The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, just the sixth member in the chamber's history to be ousted by colleagues.
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said in a news release. Chief Justice […]
Appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after the former president repeatedly disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial. The one-sentence decision from a four-judge panel came two weeks after an individual appellate judge put the […]
Inspector general launches probe of decision to move FBI HQ to Maryland
A federal watchdog will investigate how the Biden administration chose a site in Greenbelt for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition.
Baltimore residents asked to help test pipes as cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan
Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like the ones in Flint, Michigan and Washington, D.C.
Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows
JACKSON, Miss. — Most people in Mississippi’s county jails have been locked up at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on trial. Some have longer wait times because two-thirds of the counties only convene grand juries two or three times a year, according to a survey released Thursday by a group that […]
Deutsche Bank was keen to land a ‘whale’ of a client in Trump, documents at fraud trial show
Deutsche Bank viewed Donald Trump as a “whale” of a client and was eager to land him , according to documents presented at Trump's civil fraud trial.
Couple to remove references to ex-Raven Michael Oher being adopted as part of legal battle
A lawyer for the Memphis couple who took in former Raven Michael Oher said references to Oher being their adopted son will be removed.
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to attack on SEC
Conservative Supreme Court justices seemed open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud.
Trump embraces Jan. 6 rioters on campaign trail; his lawyers hope to distance him from them
Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol. In his election interference case in Washington, his lawyers are taking a different tack.
Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
Black survivors have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community.
