Category: Legal
Bribery Trial of Senator Bob Menendez Unfolds with Detailed Correspondence
Sen. Bob Menendez leaves court in New York, on May 28, 2024. | Alex Kent for POLITICO
The ongoing bribery trial of Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has [...]
Tension Builds as Jury Deliberates in Trump’s Criminal Trial
Former President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves the courtroom of his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court on May 29 in New York. | Pool p [...]
Senate Democrats Demand Justice Alito’s Recusal Over Jan. 6 Flag Controversy
Sen. Dick Durbin (left) confers with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Senior Senate De [...]
Donald Trump Trial: Michael Cohen’s Testimony Takes Center Stage
In this courtroom sketch, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass delivers the prosecution's closing arguments in Donald Trump's hush money tri [...]
Man Convicted of Pelosi Kidnapping Plot Resentenced to 30 Years
DePape spoke for about a minute. He apologized for harming Paul Pelosi and said he regretted not leaving the house after he broke in and realized Nan [...]
Trump’s Potential Sentencing: Will He Face Prison Time?
The case, in which former President Donald Trump is accused of falsifying business documents to conceal a payoff to a porn star, is unlike any other. [...]
Key Questions That Will Decide Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Trial
Former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records related to reimbursement payments he made to [...]
Menendez and Trump: Parallel Trials Amidst Historic Political Turmoil
Outside of Sen. Bob Menendez's trial, it’s a handful of correspondents and photographers. The only anchor to show up in court during his trial has be [...]
Democrats Divided Over Response to Alito’s Flag Controversy
Judicial reform activists have spent the last week urging Democrats to vocally condemn Justice Samuel Alito's actions and push for a full-scale congr [...]
Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill Criminalizing Possession of Abortion Pills Without Prescription
The first-in-the-nation legislation could be a model for other red states grappling with how to stop their residents from traveling out of state to g [...]