Tag: Judiciary
Biden admin extends protections to transgender students
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students, a move that reverses Trump-era...
Analysis: Subdued Iran vote will still impact wider Mideast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's presidential election on Friday, though likely more a coronation for a hard-line candidate long cultivated by Supreme Leader...
Emails show Trump pressured Justice Dept. over 2020 election
WASHINGTON — During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of voter...
US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence
BOSTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev despite...
GOP operative’s pick for broadcasting board prompts concern
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's nomination of a Republican Party operative to a public broadcasting oversight board has prompted concern about...
Jack Weinstein, legal maverick on federal bench, dead at 99
NEW YORK — Jack B. Weinstein, a federal judge who earned a reputation as a tireless legal maverick while overseeing a series of landmark...
ACLU asks judge to block Arkansas trans youth treatment ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent Arkansas from enforcing its ban on gender...
Ex-CIA worker seeks to represent himself at espionage trial
NEW YORK — A former CIA software engineer accused of leaking secrets to WikiLeaks notified a judge Tuesday that he wants to represent himself...
Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage
SEATTLE — A federal jury is deciding whether one of the nation's biggest private prison companies must pay minimum wage — instead of $1...
US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers
WASHINGTON — A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the...