Politics

Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, seeking to end her civil investigation into his business practices. More

December 20, 2021

Michael Cohen claimed in a new lawsuit Thursday that Donald Trump retaliated against him for writing a tell-all memoir, saying his abrupt return to federal prison last year endangered his life and amounted to punishment for criticizing the president. More

December 16, 2021

Florida man arrested on charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection and attacking a police officer. Mason Joel Courson was arrested and charged with federal offenses including assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and inflicting bodily injury, civil disorder, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. More

December 15, 2021

The trial of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the latest bellwether in the U.S. Justice Department's controversial effort to crackdown on economic espionage by China. Jury selection started Tuesday in Boston federal court in the trial of Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology. More

December 14, 2021

Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday her office will review events that occurred before the mass shooting that left four students dead at Oxford High School, despite the district’s rejection of her offer to be its third-party investigator. More

December 7, 2021

Michael Cohen - Trump personal lawyer until 2018 arrest - said three-year prison sentence mostly spent in home confinement was over and vowed to continue cooperating with law enforcement. More

November 22, 2021

As a jury was deliberating over his fate, a Georgia district attorney on Monday pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from improper acts while in office and agreed to resign. More

November 16, 2021

Trump ally Steve Bannon indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied congressional subpoena from House committee investigating insurrection at U.S. Capitol. More

November 12, 2021

South Dakota House launched investigation into whether state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be impeached for conduct surrounding car crash last year that killed a pedestrian. More

November 9, 2021

Trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in killing of 12-year-old Colorado girl ended with jurors unable to reach verdicts on the most serious charges against him. More

November 4, 2021

N.Y. prosecutors urged judge to order Calif. lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term over a year after he was convicted of trying to extort $25 million from Nike. More

October 29, 2021

U.S. promises Julian Assange won't face harsh prison if extradited to the U.S. not enough to address concerns about fragile mental health and suicide risk lawyer argued. More

October 28, 2021

House voted to hold Steve Bannon -- longtime ally and aide to Donald Trump -- in contempt of Congress for defying subpoena from committee investigating violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. More

October 21, 2021

Congressional committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied subpoena. More

October 14, 2021

A potential plea deal that would have averted a criminal trial for an associate of Rudy Giuliani never materialized despite talks lawyers said. More

October 6, 2021

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer America had yet to really understand sexual harassment when Anita Hill testified against Clarence Thomas in front of an all-male Senate panel in October 1991. He was confirmed to the Supreme Court anyway, but Hill’s work was just beginning. Now, three decades later, what does 65-year-old Hill wish she […] More

September 27, 2021

Sen. Katrina Robinson was accused of stealing federal grant money awarded to The Healthcare Institute, which provides training in the health care field. More

September 27, 2021

A judge last week refused to delay the Oct. 12 trial of Lev Parnas and Andrey Kukushkin on charges that they made illegal campaign contributions to U.S. politicians. More

September 7, 2021

House committee investigating Jan. 6 insurrection U.S. Capitol asks social media + telecommunications companies to preserve phone or computer records More

August 30, 2021

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFK’s sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. The decision was a major victory for the 77-year-old prisoner, though it does not assure his release. The […] More

August 27, 2021

U.S. Capitol Police officers attacked beaten Capitol riot filed lawsuit against former President Donald Trump + allies + far-right extremist groups violent mob Jan. 6 disrupt certification. More

August 26, 2021

Ty Garbin cooperated within weeks of being arrested, willingly putting a “target on his back to begin his own redemption,” the government said in a court filing. More

August 25, 2021

A California judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. More

August 24, 2021

Owen Shroyer the host of a program for the right-wing website Infowars is in custody after being charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. More

August 23, 2021

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona state senator who resigned after being arrested early this month on child molestation charges has been indicted, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. The indictment charges Tony Navarrete with six felony counts related to sexual contact he’s accused of having with a boy. He’s charged with one count for […] More

August 19, 2021

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Bureau of Prisons Justice Department federal revamp government-run prison deposit accounts inmates shield selves from paying debt illegal activity More

August 19, 2021

Rudy Giuliani wants to limit what federal investigators can see on his electronic devices to dates specified on search warrants that resulted in raids on his residence and office. More

August 18, 2021

pardon + friend + Trump + "son-in-law" + "Jared Kushner" + editor + "Ken Kurson" + "New York Observer" + hacking + wife threatening + harassing + divorce + "state cyberstalking" + "New York" More

August 18, 2021

Arrested accused assaulting police officer mob stormed U.S. Capitol January 6. Logan Barnhart Lansing Michigan charged resisting with dangerous weapon civil disobedience disorderly conduct More

August 18, 2021

"Roberta Kaplan" + "stepping down" + "board of directors" + "Time's Up" + #MeToo + "Hollywood women" + "sexual harassment" + resigned + "Gov. Andrew Cuomo" + accusers More

August 9, 2021