Lawyers for James Comey tried to persuade a federal judge Friday that the Trump administration’s third attempt to prosecute the former FBI director for allegedly disclosing national defense information should be stopped because the Department of Justice (DOJ) waited too long to bring the charges.   U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of President Trump, is weighing whether the…

Lawyers for James Comey tried to persuade a federal judge Friday that the Trump administration’s third attempt to prosecute the former FBI director for allegedly disclosing national defense information should be stopped because the Department of Justice (DOJ) waited too long to bring the charges.   U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of President Trump, is weighing whether the…

Federal prosecutors asked a judge Tuesday to reject a request from more than a dozen news organizations to immediately unseal the search warrant for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) Washington, D.C., home, saying it could jeopardize the ongoing criminal investigation. A heavily redacted filing signed by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia,…

Federal prosecutors asked a judge Tuesday to reject a request from more than a dozen news organizations to immediately unseal the search warrant for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) Washington, D.C., home, saying it could jeopardize the ongoing criminal investigation. A heavily redacted filing signed by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia,…

A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 election.   “Why today on…

A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 election.   “Why today on…

Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged again by the Justice Department (DOJ) for allegedly disclosing sensitive national defense information in 2016, according to newly unsealed court documents. Comey was charged with two counts of transmitting information and conspiring to transmit information related to national defense matters on Oct. 5, but a federal judge…

An Illinois man is facing federal charges related to mailing letters containing a white substance to four members of Congress this month in an act inspired by reports of suspicious packages being sent to dozens of lawmakers and election officials across the country. Matthew Unglesbee, 37, is charged with one count of false information and…

Advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration over three policies they say have left refugees in “legal limbo” by blocking them from obtaining green cards and speeding up the process for terminating their lawful status. The class action lawsuit, filed Monday in Massachusetts, accuses the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…

The midterms are not just about Congress.  While high-profile contests that will determine the balance of power in Washington have dominated news cycles, judicial elections are also happening in half of the country on Nov. 3.   State Supreme Court races are on the ballot in 24 states, with half of those being retention elections in which voters decide whether an incumbent judge should remain…

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly broke with her Supreme Court colleagues in a Thursday ruling allowing New Hampshire to fully block voters from using student IDs in the upcoming midterms. Jackson, the high court’s most junior liberal justice, wrote in a short dissent that she would have left in place a lower court decision that…