President’s power to can independent agency heads faces test
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is about to tell President Donald Trump whether he has more power to use a favorite ...
Panel seeks censure, coaching for foul-mouthed Kansas judge
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A foul-mouthed Kansas judge who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a “...
Loughlin, Giannulli set for October trial in college scam
BOSTON (AP) — TV actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will go on trial in October ...
Stone judge calls back jurors to address misconduct claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday brought in nearly all members of the jury that convicted Trump ally Roger S...
Trump says 2 justices should sit out cases, but they decide
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month before the Supreme Court takes up cases over his tax returns and financial records, President ...
Court closes courthouse door on slain Mexican teen’s family
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a 5-4 ruling, closed the courthouse door on the parents of a Mexican ...
Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban
GENEVA (AP) — International swimming authorities worked to protect three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang from being banne...
Judge orders talks about plan to move virus patients to city
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. and California officials to answer questions from local ...
Ex-coach gets 6 months in college scam, runs from courthouse
BOSTON (AP) — The former men’s tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin sprinted away from a scrum of reporters...
Supreme Court hears battle over Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to remove an obstacle to construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, with a ...
Thomas criticizes a previous high court opinion -- his own
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas has made no secret of his dislike of past Supreme Court decisions written by o...
Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect
PHOENIX (AP) — Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants us...
Hero or criminal? Court hears 2 views of WikiLeaks’ Assange
LONDON (AP) — Truth-telling journalist or reckless criminal: A British judge was given two conflicting portraits of Juli...
Victims of 2 African embassy bombings await US court case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doreen Oport was pulled from the rubble of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 covered in bloo...
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison,...
Judge rips PG&E for poor safety record leading to wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge ripped into Pacific Gas & Electric on Wednesday, saying its executives have put gr...
Judge dismisses Oakley’s suit against Dolan, MSG from arrest
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against executive chairman James Dolan and Madiso...
Stop and frisk gets renewed attention in Bloomberg candidacy
NEW YORK — David Ourlicht was a college student, walking down a street near campus, when he became one of millions of New Yorkers swept up in the era ...
Appeals court deals blow to Trump’s Medicaid work rules
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's effort to remake Medicaid by requiring low-income people to work for health care suffered a serious setback Fr...
Man charged in Walmart shooting appears in federal court
EL PASO, Texas — Lawyers for the suspect in a shooting at a Walmart in Texas that killed 22 people waived a federal bond hearing and the reading of th...
Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
CAIRO — Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on ...
Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing
RAMALLAH, West Bank — One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was nearly unrecognizable to his wife when he wa...
Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers in Kansas failed to get a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot Friday, and abo...
Ginsburg to present award named for her to philanthropist
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg usually is on the receiving end of awards, but she'll be handing out one in her name next week ...
Amnesty finds Saudi anti-terror court a weapon of repression
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia has used a secretive court established to try terrorism cases as "a weapon of repression" to imprison peace...
Madoff seeks prison release, citing terminal kidney failure
NEW YORK — Epic Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff asked a federal judge Wednesday to grant him a “compassionate release” from his 150-year prison sentence,...
German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
BERLIN — A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where ...
WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
GENEVA — The World Anti-Doping Agency wants a rare public hearing for sport’s highest court to judge a four-year slate of punishments faced by Russia ...
Gavel time: Will chief justice expand his impeachment role?
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts is the picture of judicial modesty at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, wearing his unadorned black ...
Democratic AGs sue to force US to adopt ERA in Constitution
RICHMOND, Va. — Three Democratic state attorneys general sued a U.S. government official Thursday, seeking to force him to recognize Virginia’s recent...