Law Headlines

FBI arrests suspect in investigation into pipe bombs planted near DNC, RNC before Jan. 6 attack
Thu Dec 04 9:50 am
The FBI has spent years searching for the person who put bombs near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters, hours before the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Did the Trump administration commit a war crime in its attack on a Venezuelan boat?
Wed Dec 03 12:54 pm
Washington Post reporter Alex Horton talks about the Sept. 2 U.S. military strike on a boat with alleged "narco terrorists," in which a second strike was ordered to kill two survivors in the water.
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Dems seek to limit who can be immigration judges. And, the GOP wins House election
Wed Dec 03 7:22 am
Democrats seek to limit who can serve as immigration judges amid layoffs from the administration. And, Republican Matt Van Epps narrowly wins a special House election in Tennessee.
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Missouri's redistricting drama renews focus on direct democracy … and 'Air Bud'
Wed Dec 03 5:00 am
The road to redistricting in Missouri has been wild and winding, but its tie to a 1997 kids' movie starring a basketball-playing golden retriever might be the most unexpected development of all.
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50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
Wed Dec 03 5:00 am
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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Retired major general on the legalities of the Trump administration's boat strikes
Wed Dec 03 4:42 am
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General Steven Lepper about the legalities of the strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
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Disqualification of New Jersey's top federal prosecutor could upend dozens of cases
Tue Dec 02 4:43 am
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer who was tapped to be New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, was disqualified by a federal appeals court Monday, potentially upending dozens of cases.
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Ex-federal prosecutor on the ruling disqualifying New Jersey's U.S. attorney
Tue Dec 02 4:43 am
A federal appeals court disqualified Alina Habba, President Trump's appointee for U.S. Attorney of New Jersey, Monday. A former federal prosecutor weighs in on the ruling.
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Abortion opponents coming before the Supreme Court on Tuesday
Tue Dec 02 1:21 am
A faith-based center will challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The facilities known as "crisis pregnancy centers" have been on the rise in the U.S.
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Fired worker sues government in a case that could upend civil rights laws
Mon Dec 01 12:02 pm
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
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