Supreme Court seems likely to side with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against a conservative-led challenge.
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A test case of another kind for the Supreme Court: Who can sue hotels over disability access?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with a case that people with disabilities worry could make it harder to learn in advance what accommodations are available that meet their needs.
New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump sends disparaging post about court clerk
Rebuking Donald Trump, a state court judge imposed a limited gag order Tuesday in the former president’s civil business fraud trial and ordered him to delete a social media post that publicly maligned a key court staffer.
Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote as scramble begins for a Republican leader
Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to 3 federal gun charges filed after plea deal collapsed
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three federal firearms charges filed after his earlier deal imploded, setting the case on a track toward a possible trial in 2024 while his father is campaigning for reelection.
2 Indianapolis officers plead not guilty after indictment for shooting Black man asleep in car
Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers indicted for shooting a Black man who was sleeping in a car outside his grandmother’s house entered not guilty pleas Monday.
Fuller picture emerges of 13 federal executions at end of Trump’s presidency
A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — to call the execution off.
2 Indianapolis officers indicted for shooting Black man who was sleeping in his car, prosecutor says
A grand jury has indicted two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for shooting a Black man who was sleeping in a car parked outside his grandmother’s house, a prosecutor said Friday.
Supreme Court justices taking the bench for first time since June
The justices are taking the bench at the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time since late June. Their new term begins Monday with ethics concerns swirling around the court.
Donald Trump arrives in court for New York trial scrutinizing business practices
Former President Donald Trump showed up on Monday for a trial in a lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties, after vowing to defend his reputation in a case he calls “a sham.”
Attorney General Garland says in interview he’d resign if Biden asked him to take action on Trump
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an interview that aired Sunday that he would resign if asked by President Joe Biden to take action against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. But he doesn’t think he’ll be put in that position.
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare
The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal.
McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making shutdown almost certain
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.
Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate Constitution
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution.
Indiana governor breaks ground on $1.2 billion state prison that will replace 2 others
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb broke ground Thursday on a $1.2 billion prison in northern Indiana that will replace two others in the state’s costliest building project ever.
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: From bananas to baby socks, lawyers stick to routines before arguments
The Supreme Court, which begins its new term on Monday, is awash in ritual. So it’s no surprise that the lawyers have a few regular, if occasionally eccentric, observances of their own.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
Murder suspect mistakenly released from Indianapolis jail captured in Minnesota, police say
A murder suspect who was mistakenly released two weeks ago from jail in Indianapolis was captured Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Minnesota, where he faces charges in a 2021 killing, police said.
Prosecutor says theory that 2 slain Delphi teens died in ritual sacrifice is made for social media
The prosecutor overseeing the case against a northern Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls has dismissed as “fanciful” a recent court filing by the man’s attorneys contending the girls actually died as part of a ritual sacrifice.
Thorntown man sentenced to 195 years in prison for killing 3 people
A judge sentenced a central Indiana man to 195 years in prison Tuesday on his convictions of three counts of murder in the 2021 execution-style slayings of three people.