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A precinct worker walks outside a voting location during the state’s primary election, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Sun City West, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

August 22, 2024 at 2:33 p.m.

But in a 5-4 order, the high court allowed some enforcement of regulations barring people from voting if they don’t provide proof of citizenship when they .

Supreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it with a sizable case backlog

June 13, 2024 at 3:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with nearly half of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything...

FILE - of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book payments

June 7, 2024 at 7:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday belatedly acknowledged more travel paid by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals.Thomas, who has faced criticism...

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court sides with Native American tribes in health care funding dispute with government

June 6, 2024 at 8:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with Native American tribes Thursday in a dispute with the federal government over the cost of health care when tribes run programs in their own communities....

NRA can sue ex-NY official it says tried to blacklist it after Parkland shooting, Supreme Court says

May 30, 2024 at 6:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it...

FILE - Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, speaks during a news conference outside the Capitol, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden is pushing for a delay in his federal gun trial, asking an appeals court to pause the Delaware trial set to begin next month. Defense attorneys argued Monday, May 20, 2024, there isn't an urgent need to start the trial on June 3, shortly before the scheduled start of another trial on tax charges in California. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Hunter Biden’s bid to halt his trial on federal gun charges rejected by appeals court

May 21, 2024 at 9:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON — An appeals court refused Tuesday to halt Hunter Biden's federal gun trial set to begin in two weeks, during his father’s reelection campaign.The full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

ARCHIVO - Hunter Biden, hijo del presidente Joe Biden, habla durante una conferencia de prensa afuera del Capitolio, en Washington, el 13 de diciembre de 2023. (AP Foto/Mariam Zuhaib, Archivo)

Hunter Biden pide que se aplace su juicio por posesion de armas

May 20, 2024 at 4:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden pidió el lunes un aplazamiento en su caso federal por posesión de armas, solicitando a un tribunal de apelaciones que suspenda el juicio en Delaware previsto para el...

Hunter Biden presses for delay in federal gun trial set to begin next month

May 20, 2024 at 3:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden pressed for a delay in his federal gun case on Monday, asking an appeals court to pause the Delaware trial set to begin next month. Defense attorneys for...

Supreme Court is seen as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons

May 20, 2024 at 6:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons.The court did not elaborate...

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 28, 2018. An upside-down American flag was displayed outside of Alito's home Jan. 17, 2021, days after former President Donald Trump ers stormed the U.S. Capitol, The New York Times reports. It's a symbol associated with Trump's false claims of election fraud. "It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs," Alito said in an emailed statement to the newspaper. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Justice Alito’s home flew a U.S. flag upside down after Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ claims, a report says

May 17, 2024 at 6:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON — An upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, was displayed outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January...

ARCHIVO - Clones de cannabis se exhiben para los clientes en Home Grown Apothecary, el 19 de abril de 2024, en Portland, Oregon. (AP Foto/Jenny Kane, archivo)

Dpto. de Justicia de EEUU propone formalmente reclasificar la marihuana como droga menos peligrosa

May 16, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El Departamento de Justicia gestionó formalmente el jueves reclasificar a la marihuana como una droga menos peligrosa, en un histórico cambio de la política antinarcóticos estadounidense.Una norma propuesta enviada al...

FILE - Cannabis clones are displayed for customers at Home Grown Apothecary, April 19, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift to generations of drug policy in the United States. A proposed rule sent Thursday to the federal recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift

May 16, 2024 at 7:58 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent to the...

FILE - Hunter Biden arrives at the O'Neill House Office Building for a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 28, 2024. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday, May 9, that Biden's case on firearms charges should move forward. The ruling sets the stage for the trial to begin next month in Delaware. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Court rejects Hunter Biden’s appeal in gun case, setting stage for trial to begin next month

May 9, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden's federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the president's son to stand trial on criminal charges next month in Delaware....

ARCHIVO - En esta foto sin fecha, proporcionada por la Oficina del Alguacil del condado de Van Buren en Paw Paw, Michigan, se muestran armas, cuchillos y municiones robadas y recuperadas el 12 de septiembre de 2015, en Antwerp Township, Michigan. (Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Van Buren vía AP)

Se hurtan 3 veces mas armas de fuego de autos en EEUU que hace 10 anos, segun informe

May 9, 2024 at 5:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El índice de armas de fuego robadas de autos en Estados Unidos se ha triplicado en la última década, convirtiendo a este hecho en la fuente más grande de armas...

Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hit

May 9, 2024 at 10:51 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with a music producer in a copyright case Thursday, allowing him to seek more than a decade's worth of damages over a sample used in a...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office in Paw Paw, Mich., shows stolen guns, ammunition and knives that were recovered Sept. 12, 2015, in Antwerp Township, Mich. The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, a new analysis of FBI data by the gun-safety group Everytown found. (Van Buren County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Guns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, a report finds

May 9, 2024 at 1:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of...

Stormy Daniels testifies in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York, about the encounter in former President Donald Trump's hotel penthouse, showing how she found Trump in his bedroom lying on his bed. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Here is what Stormy Daniels testified happened between her and Donald Trump

May 7, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

NEW YORK — Porn actor Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money case against Donald Trump, who looked on as she detailed their alleged sexual encounter and the...

FILE - The sun flares in the camera lens as it rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, June 25, 2017. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, Calif., CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely d as being free from the active ingredient in marijuana.(AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired

April 30, 2024 at 4:51 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil maker fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a...

Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

April 24, 2024 at 2:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects...

ARCHIVO - Esta fotografía muestra la Corte Suprema en Washington, el viernes 21 de abril de 2023. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)

Corte Suprema de EEUU sopesa permitir abortos de emergencia en estados con prohibiciones

April 23, 2024 at 7:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Casi dos años después de anular el derecho constitucional al aborto, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos considerará el miércoles hasta qué punto pueden extenderse las prohibiciones de los estados...

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

April 23, 2024 at 9:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. The justices are...

Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors

April 22, 2024 at 8:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is...

ARCHIVO - Una mujer recoge sus pertenencias antes de las tareas de retiro de un campamento de desamparados en San Francisco, el 29 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu, archivo)

EEUU registra cifras record de indigentes. Pueden ser multados por dormir en parques y aceras?

April 20, 2024 at 6:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El caso más importante en décadas sobre indigencia ha llegado a la Corte Suprema cuando un número récord de personas en Estados Unidos carecen de un lugar permanente para vivir.El...

FILE - A woman gathers possessions to take before a homeless encampment was cleaned up in San Francisco, Aug. 29, 2023. The Supreme Court will hear its most significant case on homelessness in decades Monday, April 22, 2024, as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based federal appeals court that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?

April 20, 2024 at 2:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live.The justices on Monday...

Tracy Toulou, the outgoing Director of the Office of Tribal Justice, stands in a hallway lined with flags of tribal nations at the Department of Justice, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Washington. For more than two decades, Toulou has confronted the serious public safety challenges facing Indian Country by working to expand the power of tribal justice systems. Today, tribal law enforcement finally has a seat at the table when federal authorities coordinate with state and local police, according to the Justice Department’s point person on Native American tribes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says

April 14, 2024 at 11:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON — A quarter-century ago, the Justice Department had few meaningful relationships with Native American tribes. While the federal government worked with state and local police and courts, tribal justice systems did...

First lady Jill Biden waves as she walks with son Hunter Biden, to board Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Friday, March 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden’s gun case, rejecting claim it’s politically motivated

April 13, 2024 at 12:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president's son's claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes...

Un agente de seguridad camina frente a la entrada de la oficina central de la Agencia de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos de Estados Unidos, el 23 de enero de 2014, en Washington. (AP Foto/Charles Dharapak, Archivo)

Reporte: 68.000 armas de fuego fueron traficadas en establecimientos sin licencia en EEUU en 5 anos

April 5, 2024 at 1:27 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Más de 68.000 armas de fuego que fueron traficadas en Estados Unidos entre 2017 y 2021 fueron vendidas por establecimientos sin licencia que no están obligados a realizar revisiones de...

FILE - A security official walks in front of the entrance to the national headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Jan. 23, 2014, in Washington. New data from the bureau shows that 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren't required to perform background checks over a five year report that was released Thursday, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years

April 5, 2024 at 1:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday...

Hunter Biden and is wife Melissa, arrive with President Biden on Air Force One, Friday, March 29, 2024, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President Biden is returning from New York after a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge refuses to toss out tax case against Hunter Biden

April 2, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A judge refused Monday to toss out a tax case against Hunter Biden, moving the case closer to the possible spectacle of a trial as his father campaigns for another...

Hunter Biden (izq) llega con su abogado Abbe Lowell a la sede del Congreso en Washington, el 28 de febrero de 2024. (Foto AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Audiencia sobre Hunter Biden en California por acusaciones de evadir impuestos

March 27, 2024 at 2:12 p.m.

LOS ÁNGELES — LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Los abogados de Hunter Biden asistirán el miércoles a una audiencia en Los Ángeles por acusaciones de que el hijo del presidente estadounidense elucubró una...

FILE - Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, speaks during a news conference outside the Capitol, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Hunter Biden’s lawyers push California judge to toss out tax charges

March 27, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for Hunter Biden asked a judge Wednesday to toss out the tax case accusing him of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living...

Teléfonos iPhone 15 exhibidos en el campus de Apple en Cupertino, California, el 12 de septiembre de 2023. (Foto AP/Jeff Chiu, archivo)

EEUU demanda a Apple, acusandola de monopolio en mercado de smartphones

March 21, 2024 at 3:54 p.m.

WASHINTON — El gobierno estadounidense demandó a Apple, acusando a la empresa tecnológica de tramar un monopolio ilegal de los smartphones que perjudica a la competencia e inhibe la innovación.El litigio, presentado...

Attorney General Merrick Garland accompanied by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

March 21, 2024 at 3:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and...

ARCHIVO - Vista del edificio J. Edgar Hoover del FBI el 9 de junio de 2023, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)

Delitos violentos en EEUU disminuyeron en 2023, de acuerdo con datos del FBI

March 20, 2024 at 9:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Nuevas estadísticas del FBI muestran que los delitos violentos en general en Estados Unidos disminuyeron nuevamente el año pasado, lo que mantiene una tendencia a la baja después del repunte...

FILE - The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. New FBI statistics show violent crime in the U.S. dropping again last year, continuing a downward trend after a pandemic-era spike. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US violent crime decreased in 2023, continuing to reverse pandemic-era spike, FBI data shows

March 20, 2024 at 7:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON — New FBI statistics show overall violent crime in the U.S. dropped again last year, continuing a downward trend after a pandemic-era spike. Murders dropped 13% in the last three months...

ARCHIVO - Migrantes que cruzaron el río Bravo (o Grande) e ingresaron a Estados Unidos desde México se forman para ser procesados por los agentes de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos, el 23 de septiembre de 2023, en Eagle , Texas. (AP Foto/Eric Gay, Archivo)

Accion judicial sobre ley de detencion de migrantes de Texas genera confusion en frontera con Mexico

March 20, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

McALLEN, Texas, EE.UU. — Una vertiginosa serie de maniobras judiciales en torno a una ley de Texas que permitiría al estado detener y deportar a las personas que entren ilegalmente en Estados...

National Guard and other law enforcement are stationed at a now closed off Shelby Park, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Eagle , Texas. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Court action on Texas’ migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border

March 21, 2024 at 1:01 a.m.

McALLEN, Texas — A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the...

Stefanie Lambert attends a rally for Republican candidates at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Oct. 1, 2022. The attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday, March 18, 2024 after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)

Pro-Trump attorney released from custody after promising to turn herself in on Michigan warrant

March 19, 2024 at 7:07 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A Michigan attorney who unsuccessfully sued to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 loss in that state was released from custody in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday after promising to drive...

Migrantes esperan a ser procesados por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza después de cruzar el río Bravo (o Grande) hacia Estados Unidos desde México, el 19 de octubre de 2023, en Eagle , Texas. (AP Foto/Eric Gay, Archivo)

Corte de apelaciones suspende nuevamente ley de Texas que faculta a policias a detener a migrantes

March 20, 2024 at 5:12 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Un tribunal federal de apelaciones emitió la noche del martes una orden que impide nuevamente a Texas arrestar a migrantes sospechosos de haber ingresado ilegalmente al país. El fallo se...

FILE - Migrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle , Texas. A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally, while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Court order puts Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants who cross illegally back on hold

March 20, 2024 at 4:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Tuesday issued an order that again prevents Texas from arresting migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the strict...

Agentes detienen a migrantes en la frontera entre Texas y México, en Eagle , Texas, el 3 de enero de 2024. (AP Foto/Eric Gay, Archivo)

Corte Suprema extiende bloqueo a ley de Texas que faculta a policias para detener a migrantes

March 19, 2024 at 2:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos extendió el lunes de manera indefinida su bloqueo a una ley de Texas que otorgaría a la policía una amplia autoridad para detener a...

Peter Navarro, former director of the White House National Trade Council, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, AC 2024, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro’s bid to stave off prison sentence

March 18, 2024 at 9:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due...

FILE - Migrants are taken into custody by officials at the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle , Texas. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 extended a stay on a new Texas law that would empower police to arrest migrants suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The order puts the law on hold until at least Monday while the high court considers a challenge by the Justice Department, which has called the law an unconstitutional overreach. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

March 18, 2024 at 9:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the...

The Supreme Court is photographed Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 in Washington. The Supreme Court agreed on Feb. 28, 2024, to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and has set a course for a quick resolution.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court appears receptive to NRA free-speech lawsuit against a former New York state official

March 18, 2024 at 8:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist...

FILE - Peter Navarro, former director of the White House National Trade Council, speaks during AC at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 24, 2024. An appeals court Thursday, March 14, denied Navarro’s bid to stave off his jail sentence on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro has been ordered to report to a federal prison by March 19. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump White House official Peter Navarro asks Supreme Court to stave off contempt sentence

March 15, 2024 at 10:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Trump White House official Peter Navarro appealed to the Supreme Court Friday to allow him to stay out of prison as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republicans push back on new federal court policy aimed at ‘judge shopping’ in national cases

March 14, 2024 at 10:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took aim Thursday at a new federal courts policy trying to curb “judge shopping,” a practice that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case.Minority Leader Mitch...

ARCHIVO - Las juezas de la Corte Suprema, Amy Coney Barrett, izquierda, y Sonia Sotomayor conversan con el juez de apelaciones retirado Thomas Griffith, fuera de la imagen, durante una reunión de la Asociación Nacional de Gobernadores, 22 de febrero de 2024, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

EEUU: Juezas de ideologias opuestas promueven el arte de discrepar sin rencor

March 14, 2024 at 6:58 p.m.

WASHINGTON — En una época en que la aprobación de la Suprema Corte está cerca de ser la más baja de la historia, dos juezas se han asociado para promover el arte...

FILE - Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, followed by demonstrators, leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Jan. 25, 2024. An appeals court Thursday, March 14, denied Navarro’s bid to stave off his jail sentence on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro has been ordered to report to a federal prison by March 19. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Ex-Trump White House official convicted of contempt must report to prison, appeals court finds

March 14, 2024 at 6:58 p.m.

WASHINGTON — An appeals court denied Trump White House official Peter Navarro 's bid to stave off his jail sentence on contempt of Congress charges Thursday. Navarro has been ordered to report...

FILE - Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, left, and Sonia Sotomayor speak with retired U.S. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Griffith, not shown, during a discussion at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, Feb. 23, 2024 in Washington. In t appearances less than three weeks apart, ideologically opposite Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor said a Supreme Court where voices don’t get raised in anger can be a model for the rest of the country in these polarized times. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility

March 14, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court's approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it.In t appearances less than three...

Hunter Biden departs after a closed door private deposition with House committees leading the President Biden impeachment inquiry, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hunter Biden gun case could go to trial as soon as June – if judge refuses motions to dismiss

March 13, 2024 at 9:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden could face trial in Delaware on federal firearms charges as soon as June, in the midst of his father’s reelection campaign.U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika set the tentative...

FILE - Chief Justice John Roberts poses for a portrait in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Federal courts moved Tuesday, March 12, 2024, to make it harder to file lawsuits in front of judges seen as friendly to a point of view, a practice known as judge shopping, that gained national attention in a major abortion-medication case. The practice's use in patent cases was highlighted by Roberts in his 2021 report on the federal judiciary. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Federal courts move to restrict ‘judge shopping,’ which got attention after abortion medication case

March 12, 2024 at 9:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Federal courts moved Tuesday to make it harder to file lawsuits in front of judges seen as friendly to a point of view, a practice known as judge shopping that...

Una pistola semiautomática con un dispositivo instalado que la convierte en un arma totalmente automática, disparada en la Oficina de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos, Martinsburg, Virginia Occidental, 2 de marzo de 2023. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)

Facilidad para convertir armas semiautomaticas en automaticas alimenta violencia armada en EEUU

March 9, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Domonic Davis, de 11 años, no estaba lejos de la casa de su madre en Cincinnati cuando una lluvia de balas salió de un automóvil que pasaba. Una veintena de...

A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly out of the weapon, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Machine guns have been illegal in the U.S. for decades, but in recent years the country has seen a new surge of weapons capable of automatic fire. Small pieces of plastic or metal used to convert legal guns into homemade machine guns are helping to fuel gun violence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US

March 9, 2024 at 7:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom's Cincinnati home when a hail of gunfire sprayed out from a ing car. Nearly two dozen rounds hurtled through the night...

FILE - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, head of the Department of Justice's civil rights division, speaks during a press conference in Memphis, Tenn., on Sept. 12, 2023. The Justice Department says Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., a former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop, will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Clarke said, "Sexual assaults perpetrated by police officers are heinous crimes and a disgraceful breach of the public trust in law enforcement" Clarke said. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

Ex-police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says

March 8, 2024 at 5:58 p.m.

A former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization...

ARCHIVO - Migrantes esperan a ser procesados por la patrulla fronteriza de Estados Unidos tras cruzar el Río Grande y entrar en Estados Unidos desde México, el 19 de octubre de 2023, en Eagle , Texas. (AP Foto/Eric Gay, Archivo)

Corte Suprema de EEUU bloquea temporalmente ley de Texas que permite a policia detener a migrantes

March 5, 2024 at 1:18 a.m.

AUSTIN, Texas, EE.UU. — El plan de Texas para arrestar a los migrantes que entren ilegalmente a Estados Unidos se encamina a la Corte Suprema del país en una confrontación jurídica sobre...

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants

March 4, 2024 at 11:57 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the...

House Republicans send new Justice Department subpoenas in impeachment inquiry, drawing pushback

March 1, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is pushing back against a new set of subpoenas quietly sent out by House Republicans related to the Hunter Biden criminal investigation in another brewing faceoff in...

FILE - A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va., on March 15, 2019. The Supreme Court will hear a challenge Wednesday, Feb. 28, to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory used in a Las Vegas massacre that was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

The Supreme Court appears torn about a Trump-era ban on a gun accessory known as bump stocks

February 28, 2024 at 8:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about a challenge to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and...

El exinformante del FBI Alexander Smirnov, segundo por la izquierda, sale del juzgado con sus abogados, David Chesnoff, detrás a la derecha bajo un paraguas, y Richard Schonfeld, delante a la derecha, el martes 20 de febrero de 2024, en Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Exinformante de FBI acusado de mentir sobre Biden y de tener os rusos es detenido de nuevo

February 23, 2024 at 2:21 a.m.

LAS VEGAS — Un exinformante del FBI que afirma tener vínculos con los servicios de inteligencia rusos y está acusado de mentir sobre supuestos sobornos multimillonarios que involucran a la familia del...

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, center, leaves the courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. Prosecutors say that Smirnov, who is charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, had s with Russian intelligence-d officials. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens and having Russian s is returned to US custody

February 22, 2024 at 11:11 p.m.

LAS VEGAS — A former FBI informant who claims to have links to Russian intelligence and is charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family was again...

How is an ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens allegedly linked to Russian intelligence?

February 22, 2024 at 1:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The explosive allegations at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false, federal prosecutors said, and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in...

Hunter Biden, hijo del presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden, habla con la prensa en el Capitolio, el 13 de diciembre de 2023, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana, Archivo)

Fiscalia: Exinformante del FBI acusado de mentir sobre los Biden tuvo os con agentes rusos

February 21, 2024 at 3:36 a.m.

LAS VEGAS — Un exinformante del FBI que enfrenta cargos por mentir sobre sobornos por varios millones de dólares que involucraban al presidente Joe Biden, a su hijo Hunter, y a una...

Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence s, prosecutors say

February 21, 2024 at 2:46 a.m.

LAS VEGAS — A former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had s with Russian intelligence-d...

FILE - Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden's lawyers say claims made by a former FBI informant charged with fabricating a bribery scheme involving the presidential family may have tainted the case against the president's son.(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Hunter Biden’s lawyers suggest his case is tainted by claims of ex-FBI informant charged with lying

February 21, 2024 at 2:19 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden ’s lawyers suggested Tuesday that claims made by a former FBI informant charged with fabricating a bribery scheme involving the presidential family may have tainted the case against...

Washington Metropolitan Police are shown near a scene where three police officers were shot and a fourth suffered minor injuries while responding to a shooting, Wednesday morning, Feb. 14, 2024 in Washington. The officers are expected to survive the wounds and were being treated at area hospitals after the shooting in the nation's capital, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement posted online. The fourth officer's injuries were not gunshot wounds, police said. The police union said three of its had been shot by a suspect and were taken to area hospitals with gunshot wounds. (AP Photos/Nathan Ellgren)

Charges filed against man accused of shooting 3 Washington police officers

February 16, 2024 at 10:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Prosecutors have filed assault and gun charges against a Washington, D.C., man accused of shooting three police officers trying to serve an animal cruelty warrant, touching off a daylong standoff.The...

FILE - Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2023. An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between Joe Biden and son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. Prosecutors said Thursday that Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 and 2016.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana. File)

FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company

February 16, 2024 at 1:13 a.m.

WASHINGTON — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to...

ARCHIVO - Vista de la penitenciaría federal en Dublin, California, EEUU, 5 de diciembre de 2022. Las fallas del sistema que permitieron la muerte en prisión del gangster Whitey Bulger y el financista Jeffrey Epstein también contribuyeron a la muerte de centenares de presos federales en los últimos años, según el informe de un organismo supervisor emitido el jueves 15 de febrero de 2024. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu, File)

Informe sobre muertes en prisiones federales de EEUU descubre errores y fallas generalizadas

February 15, 2024 at 8:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Las fallas del sistema que permitieron la muerte en prisión del gángster Whitey Bulger y el financista Jeffrey Epstein también contribuyeron a la muerte de centenares de presos federales en...

FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2022. A watchdog report released Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, found that systemic failures contributed to the deaths of hundreds of federal prisoners in recent years. The scathing report found mental health care, emergency responses and the detection of contraband drugs and weapons were all lacking. It's the latest sign of crisis at the federal Bureau of Prisons, which is also dealing with widespread staffing shortages. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons

February 15, 2024 at 6:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of other federal...

Threats to federal judges have more than doubled in ‘alarming’ spike, US Marshals director says

February 14, 2024 at 10:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The number of threats targeting federal judges has more than doubled over the last three years amid a surge in violent and harassing messages directed at public officials around the...

Vehículos de la Policía Metropolitana de Washington, el 19 de octubre de 2022.. (Foto AP /J. Scott Applewhite)

Cuatro policias heridos en tiroteo cuando investigaban maltrato animal en Washington

February 14, 2024 at 7:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Cuatro policías resultaron heridos, tres de ellos de bala, en Washington el miércoles cuando investigaban denuncias de maltrato de animales en una casa, informaron autoridades.Se espera que los oficiales sobrevivan...

3 officers shot in Washington, leading to daylong standoff before suspect’s arrest

February 15, 2024 at 3:06 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Three police officers were shot trying to make an animal cruelty arrest that touched off an hourslong standoff in the nation's capitol on Wednesday, which ended late at night with...

El presidente Joe Biden habla en el Salón de Recepción Diplomática de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 8 de febrero de 2024, en Washington. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci)

Fiscal especial: Hay evidencia que Biden hizo mal manejo de informacion confidencial deliberadamente

February 9, 2024 at 2:45 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Un informe del fiscal especial dado a conocer el jueves dice que se encontró evidencia de que el presidente Joe Biden retuvo y compartió deliberadamente información confidencial cuando era un...

President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel’s report that questioned his memory, handling of docs

February 8, 2024 at 9:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign...

FBI contractor stole an agent’s car and tried to enter a restricted facility, authorities say

February 7, 2024 at 11:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A federal contract worker stole an FBI agent’s car from the bureau’s headquarters in Washington and tried to get into a restricted facility before he was arrested, authorities said in...

EEUU sanciona a eBay con $59 millones por vender maquinas para prensar pildoras

January 31, 2024 at 7:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El gigante de comercio electrónico eBay pagará 59 millones de dólares como parte de un acuerdo con el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos por vender en su plataforma miles...

EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as US undergoes overdose epidemic

February 1, 2024 at 12:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The e-commerce giant eBay will pay $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the platform, the Justice Department said Wednesday.The...

FILE - Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2023. Hunter Biden has again asked a judge to dismiss the federal gun case against him, arguing it is politically motivated and key evidence was tested after charges were filed. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana. File)

Hunter Biden’s lawyers press for dismissal of gun charges by arguing they are politically motivated

January 30, 2024 at 11:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden again asked a judge to dismiss the federal gun case against him on Tuesday, arguing it is politically motivated and key evidence was tested after charges were filed.Cocaine...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks during a news conference where he and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta shared the findings of a federal report into the law enforcement response to a school shooting at Robb Elementary, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Attorney General Merrick Garland to undergo surgery, Justice Department says

January 30, 2024 at 2:14 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to the deputy attorney general during the procedure, the Justice Department said Monday.The news comes as...

FILE - The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, on March 22, 2013. Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former contractor for the IRS who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country's wealthiest people, was sentenced to 5 years in prison Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ex-IRS contractor gets five years in prison for leak of tax return information of Trump, rich people

January 29, 2024 at 8:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people...

FILE - Defense lawyer David Kenner arrives at federal court for the trial of Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, in an alleged campaign finance conspiracy, April 3, 2023, in Washington. Kenner pleaded guilty Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, to leaking grand jury information to reporters about the case against Michel. Kenner also agreed to pay a $5,000 fine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Prominent celebrity lawyer pleads guilty to leaking documents to reporters in Fugees rapper’s case

January 26, 2024 at 10:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A prominent defense attorney whose star clients have included Snoop Dogg pleaded guilty Friday to leaking grand jury information to reporters about a political conspiracy case against a rapper from...

Peter Navarro, un funcionario de la Casa Blanca durante el gobierno de Donald Trump, habla con los medios a su llegada a la corte federal en Washington, el jueves 25 de enero de 2024. (AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana)

Dan 4 meses de prision a exfuncionario de Casa Blanca por desacato

January 25, 2024 at 7:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Peter Navarro, un funcionario de la Casa Blanca durante el gobierno de Donald Trump y quien fue declarado culpable de desacato al Congreso por negarse a cooperar con una investigación...

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro talks to the media as he arrives at U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets a 4-month sentence for defying a House Jan. 6 subpoena

January 25, 2024 at 5:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S....

FILE - A worker walks through a destroyed property, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn't stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family and confused tourists trapped without food or water lit up the emergency lines every few minutes, interspersed with reports of new fires starting and older ones flaring back up. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

911 calls from Maui capture pleas for the stranded, the missing and those caught in the fire’s chaos

January 21, 2024 at 4:43 p.m.

The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn't stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family ...

El secretario de Justicia de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland (centro) --acompañado por la fiscal general adjunta, Vanita Gupta, y el director de la Oficina de Servicios Policiales Orientados a la Comunidad del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos, Hugh Clements Jr.-- habla durante una conferencia de prensa el jueves 18 de enero de 2023, en Uvalde, Texas. (AP Foto/Eric Gay)

Informe destaca “fallas en cascada” de accion policial durante masacre en escuela de Uvalde, Texas

January 19, 2024 at 3:17 a.m.

UVALDE, Texas, EE.UU. — Los agentes de policía que acudieron al tiroteo en una escuela primaria de Uvalde, Texas, aguardaron demasiado para enfrentar al agresor, actuaron “sin urgencia” al instalar un puesto...

FILE - In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. A Justice Department report released Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 details a myriad of failures by police who responded to the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that led to children waiting desperately for over an hour before officers stormed a classroom to take down the gunman. (Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

The police response to the Uvalde shooting was riddled with failures, a new DOJ report says

January 19, 2024 at 2:56 a.m.

UVALDE, Texas — Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post...

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland talks during a news conference on Jan. 5, 2024, in Washington, about ongoing efforts to combat violent crime in cities across the United States. Just a few months after he took office, Garland issued a moratorium to halt federal executions — a stark contrast after his predecessor carried out 13 in six months. Under Garland's watch and a president who vowed to abolish the death penalty, the Justice Department took on no new death penalty cases. That changed Friday as federal prosecutors said they would seek capital punishment for a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department’s first death penalty case under Garland

January 13, 2024 at 4:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Just a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt federal executions — a stark contrast after his predecessor carried out 13 in...

Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell, leaves a House Oversight Committee hearing as Republicans are taking the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Hunter Biden indicates willingness to comply with a Republican subpoena under certain conditions

January 12, 2024 at 10:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden on Friday indicated a new willingness to testify before lawmakers under certain conditions but held firm against complying with a current subpoena as House Republicans moved to hold...

El numero de policias fallecidos en EEUU se redujo el ano pasado, segun informe

January 12, 2024 at 3:18 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El número de agentes de policía que murieron en servicio activo se redujo nuevamente el año pasado en Estados Unidos, incluidas las muertes por arma de fuego, accidentes de tránsito...

Number of police officer deaths dropped last year, report finds

January 12, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The number of police officers who died on the job dropped again last year, including deaths from gunfire, traffic accidents and COVID-19, according to a new report released Thursday. A...

This image from police body-worn video and contained in the Justice Department statement of facts ing the arrest of Frank Dahlquist, shows Dahlquist outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Dahlquist was charged Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, with spraying a chemical irritant on police officers during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Department of Justice via AP)

Montana fire chief who had refused vaccine mandate in Washington state charged in Jan. 6 riot

January 10, 2024 at 11:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A Montana fire chief who lost a previous job over a coronavirus vaccine mandate has been charged with spraying a chemical irritant on police officers during the riot at the...

La caravana que trajo al expresidente Donald Trump llega al tribunal E. Barrett Prettyman en Washington el 9 de enero de 2024. (Foto AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Jueces escepticos de que Trump sea inmune a acusaciones de que intento anular elecciones

January 9, 2024 at 4:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Con la presencia de Donald Trump por primera vez en meses, los jueces de un tribunal federal de apelaciones expresaron el martes profundo escepticismo de que el expresidente tenga inmunidad...

This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, seated right, listening as his attorney D. John Sauer, standing, speaks before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he’s immune from prosecution

January 9, 2024 at 6:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the istrative Office of the U.S. Courts, shows U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials. (istrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP, File)

Judge in Trump’s DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting

January 8, 2024 at 8:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a...

FILE - Wayne LaPierre, CEO and executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association, addresses the National Rifle Association Convention, April 14, 2023, in Indianapolis. The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) announced Friday, Jan 5, 2025, that LaPierre announced he is stepping down from his position as chief executive of the organization, effective Jan. 31 (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

NRA chief, one of the most powerful figures in US gun policy, says he’s reg days before trial

January 5, 2024 at 7:45 p.m.

NEW YORK — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is reg, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions...

Attorney General Merrick Garland talks during a news conference on ongoing efforts to combat violent crime in cities across the United States Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

New gun law has blocked over 500 firearms from being bought by young people, attorney general says

January 5, 2024 at 7:56 p.m.

WASHINGTON — More than 500 gun purchases have been blocked since a new gun law requiring stricter background checks for young people went into effect in 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland said...

FILE - This photo shows part of the Justice Department's statement of facts in the complaint and arrest warrant for Christopher Worrell. Worrell, a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who went on the run after he was convicted of assaulting police with pepper spray in the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol and then allegedly faked a drug overdose after he was caught was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Proud Boys member who went on the run after conviction in the Jan. 6 riot gets 10 years in prison

January 4, 2024 at 9:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who went on the run after he was convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol and then allegedly...

Judges overseeing Trump cases in New York and DC are latest targets as bogus ‘swatting’ calls surge

January 12, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.

ATLANTA — Bomb threats and false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses have surged in recent weeks, including some connected to court cases against former...

FILE - A Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body cameras during a demonstration for media in Los Angeles, Jan. 15, 2014. An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings, saying officers should not be able to review video before making their first statements to investigators. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)

Group pushes for change in how police use body camera footage in officer shooting probes

December 23, 2023 at 2:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON — An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings, saying officers should not be able to review video...

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future

December 21, 2023 at 2:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump touts his transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court as one of his presidency's greatest accomplishments. Now his legal and political future may lie in the hands of the...

ARCHIVO - El promotor inmobiliario Trey Harris habla acerca del proyecto de urbanización Colony Ridge cerca de una casa en construcción, el martes 3 de octubre de 2023, en Cleveland, Texas. (AP Foto/David J. Phillip, archivo)

EEUU: Departamento de Justicia demanda a inmobiliaria por prestamos abusivos a compradores hispanos

December 21, 2023 at 12:39 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El Departamento de Justicia abrió el miércoles su primer proceso por préstamos hipotecarios abusivos contra una inmobiliaria de Texas acusada de atraer a decenas de miles de compradores de vivienda...

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