Judiciary

Dems launch Justice probe, seek Stone-related interviews

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is launching a wide-ranging probe of Attorney General William Barr and t...
22:55 28 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s impeachment defense and the facts

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers opened his Senate impeachment defense Saturday with the false assertion that Democrats tried to shut the...
16:48 25 January 2022

Legal confusion deepens in Poland in new challenge for EU

WARSAW, Poland — Legal confusion has deepened dramatically in Poland, with the government and the country’s high court judges on a collision course ov...
15:07 24 January 2022

Polish parliament OKs law allowing gov’t to punish judges

WARSAW, Poland — Poland's lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to legislation that will allow politicians to fire judges who criticize their d...
19:01 23 January 2022

Schiff takes conciliatory tone after Roberts’ admonishment

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, took a conciliatory tone at President Donald Trump’s Senate trial on Wednesday after Chie...
21:30 22 January 2022

Who are the House’s 7 impeachment prosecutors?

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has chosen seven lawmakers to prosecute the House's case that President Donald Trump abused his office and obs...
18:32 15 January 2022

Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary said Tuesday arrests have been made for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 pe...
10:35 14 January 2022

Lebanon issues travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Ghosn

BEIRUT — Lebanese prosecutors issued a travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and asked him to hand in his French passport on Thursday, ...
9:24 9 January 2022

Roberts: Judges working to promote civics, impartial courts

WASHINGTON — Federal judges are taking up the challenge to educate Americans about how their government works at a time when false information can spr...
23:03 31 December 2022

House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee held open the possibility Monday of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donal...
20:40 23 December 2021

House vote, and on to the Senate: What’s next in impeachment

WASHINGTON — The House will vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump this week after spending the past three months investigating the preside...
5:17 16 December 2021

Icy silence, frayed connections: Impeachment takes a toll

WASHINGTON — The most raucous committee in Congress sat stone-faced, barely speaking.
5:39 14 December 2021

Impeachment charges head to House; Trump cries anew: ‘Hoax’

WASHINGTON — Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary Committee on Frid...
22:16 13 December 2021

House impeachment report looks at abuse, bribery, corruption

WASHINGTON — Previewing potential articles of impeachment, the House Democrats on Saturday issued a lengthy report drawing on history and the Founding...
19:43 7 December 2021

White House won’t participate in next impeachment hearing

WASHINGTON — A senior Trump administration official said the White House will not participate in the House Judiciary Committee's next impeachment hear...
22:20 6 December 2021

As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress. But there is also powerful sentiment against him from the ...
16:59 6 December 2021

Articles of impeachment: Explaining what’s next in the House

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against President Trump, a crucial step toward...
23:25 5 December 2021

Pelosi to deliver public statement on Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she would deliver an unusual public statement on the status of the House impeachment inquir...
12:19 5 December 2021

Across Capitol Hill, impeachment saga shifts

WASHINGTON — A different chairman. A committee twice the size. A shift from evidence to law.
1:04 5 December 2021

The Latest: Witness apologizes for mentioning Barron Trump

WASHINGTON — The Latest on House hearings on the impeachment of President Donald Trump (all times local):
23:12 4 December 2021

Of founders and findings: What to watch on impeachment

WASHINGTON — Same pillared House hearing room. Different chairman with his own mission.
5:55 4 December 2021

Judiciary panel to take reins on Trump impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is moving to the forefront of President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, starting with a hearing Wednesd...
12:05 2 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Ukraine defense at odds with facts

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s defense of his actions with Ukraine collides with the known facts and the testimony of witnesses on multiple fro...
5:22 2 December 2021

What’s next in impeachment: Judiciary Committee takes charge

WASHINGTON — The House impeachment inquiry enters a new phase this week as the Judiciary Committee takes charge of the investigation of President Dona...
5:21 2 December 2021

White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing

WASHINGTON — The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democr...
1:40 2 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Ukraine defense collides with facts

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s defense of his actions with Ukraine collides with the known facts and the testimony of witnesses on multiple fro...
13:33 30 November 2021

Trump to decide if he wants lawyers at impeachment hearings

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee asked President Donald Trump on Friday to say whether he’ll send his attorneys to participa...
3:06 30 November 2021

Democrats push impeachment to next phase with Dec. 4 hearing

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, Democrats announced Tuesday, schedulin...
0:56 27 November 2021

What’s next in impeachment: Judiciary Committee up next?

WASHINGTON — After two weeks of public hearings, Democrats could soon turn the impeachment process over to the House Judiciary Committee. They’re movi...
6:00 25 November 2021

Impeachment inquiry crossroads: Keep going or time to vote?

WASHINGTON — They’ve heard enough. With stunning testimony largely complete, the House, the Senate and the president are swiftly moving on to next ste...
1:05 23 November 2021