Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to stay in place
SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to stay in place. The decision is a major win for the Biden administration, which had argued that the rule was integral to its efforts to maintain order along the U.S.-Mexico border. The new rule makes it extremely difficult المزيد
Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
PORTLAND, Ore. — Justice Elena Kagan publicly declared her support for an ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court but said there was no consensus among the justices on how to proceed, suggesting the high court is grappling with public concerns over its ethics practices. “It’s not a secret for المزيد
As Trump went to court, Biden went for a bike ride
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Almost as soon as Donald Trump was officially hit with a new federal indictment, Joe Biden was ready to go nuclear. Before he could catch a 6:30 p.m. showing of Oppenheimer, a blockbuster summer movie about the development of the first atomic bomb, the president and المزيد
Federal appeals court upholds ruling giving Indiana trans students key bathroom access
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of المزيد
Trump to appear in federal court to face 2020 election charges
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a Washington, D.C. courtroom Thursday afternoon to answer charges that he used “unlawful means” in an attempt to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election and hold on to power. Trump will be arraigned on an indictment charging him with المزيد
Lori Vallow receives multiple life sentences in murders of her 2 children and romantic rival, speaks of ‘spirit world’ in court
Lori Vallow received multiple life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole in the deaths of her two children and that of her husband’s previous wife, a case that drew national intrigue after her children disappeared nearly four years ago. Lori Vallow was convicted in May in the murders المزيد
Supreme Court temporarily blocks ghost gun ruling by federal judge
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision to strike down a regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms known as “ghost guns” that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. The action by Alito, who handles emergency matters arising from a group of المزيد
Alito says Congress lacks power to impose ethics code on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activities beyond the المزيد
Supreme Court allows work on contested natural gas pipeline to resume
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed work on a natural gas pipeline crossing federal land in Virginia to resume over the objections of environmental groups. The justices granted an emergency request filed by Mountain Valley Pipeline, meaning that final elements of the 303.5 mile pipeline running from the المزيد
Kevin Spacey not guilty of sexual assault, U.K. court finds
A jury in London on Wednesday found actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of sexually assaulting four men. The high-profile case has been running for almost four weeks in the British capital, with Spacey, 64, and all four of his accusers testifying. The actor, who wept after the verdict was delivered, المزيد