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Former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden depart after a pre-inauguration church service in Washington, D.C., January 18, 2009. Business records show that Hunter Biden is still listed as a board member of Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners, despite his lawyer saying in November that Biden had resigned from the position. …
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A federal appeals court on Monday halted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s temporary ban on abortions as a nonessential medical procedure during the coronavirus pandemic, potentially staving off a Supreme Court battle over the issue. The three-judge panel on the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Texas cannot temporarily block abortions in which a …
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Alabama cannot block abortions as part of the state’s measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge ruled on Sunday. The state may not include abortions in its ban on elective medical procedures, one of the steps Alabama is taking to enforce social distancing and stem the spread of the virus outbreak, U.S. district judge …
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U.S. attorney general William Barr implied in an interview Thursday that U.S. Attorney John Durham is prepared to prosecute former intelligence community officials if evidence shows they illegally surveilled the 2016 Trump campaign over allegations of collusion with Russia. Barr, who tasked Durham last May to review the origins of the Russia investigation, told Fox …
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Governor Brad Little speaks in Washington, December 16, 2019. Idaho governor Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill preventing male athletes who identify as women from competing in state-funded female sports, as well as a bill prohibiting residents from changing their sex on their birth certificate. The sports bill was sponsored by State …
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New Jersey will release up to 1,000 inmates from jails this week as part of an effort to curb the outbreak of coronavirus, which continues to spread rapidly throughout the state. New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on Sunday signed the order to release the inmates temporarily, citing the “profound risk posed to people in …
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California electricity provider Pacific Gas & Electric Co. agreed to a plea deal that will see it plead guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter charges for its role in starting the deadliest wildfire in state history. The company, which disclosed the charges Monday in a regulatory finding, filed for Chapter 11 protection last year, after its …
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A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the Trump administration was purposefully withholding funding from the U.S. Census Bureau to cause racial and ethnic minorities to be undercounted in the 2020 census. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in his ruling that the case was too speculative, and that the U.S. Constitution …
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Cook County, Ill., prosecutor Kim Foxx won Tuesday’s Democratic primary despite controversy over her handling of the hoax hate crime case brought by actor Jussie Smollett.
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Former congressman Duncan Hunter on Wednesday was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds. The former congressman’s father, Duncan Hunter Sr., told reporters that the sentencing constituted a political “hit job.” Hunter, a Republican who served California’s 50th congressional district in San Diego, had painted the indictments against …
Former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden depart after a pre-inauguration church service in Washington, D.C., January 18, 2009. Business records show that Hunter Biden is still listed as a board member of Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners, despite his lawyer saying in November that Biden had resigned from the position. …
