House to Push for Live Video in Federal Appeals Courts
With the urging of activists and court watchers, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee could soon reintroduce legislation that would bring cameras into federal appeals courts.
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Top Interior Lawyer Ducks Questions on Oversight Requests
The top lawyer for the Interior Department dodged questions from House Democrats on congressional oversight Thursday, just two days after he was narrowly confirmed by the Senate amid accusations he lied to Congress.
Read moreLabor Nominee Scalia Defends Court Record in Job Cases
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Labor, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, defended his record on Thursday from Senate Democrats who said his history representing large companies in court should disqualify him from the position.
Read moreNominee for Pentagon Post Denies Claims of Sex Misconduct
Testifying Tuesday before a Senate committee, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the number two military officer in the country denied sexual misconduct allegations levied against him by a former aide.
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Federal Judge Takes Up Fight Over New Asylum Restrictions
Immigrant advocacy lawyers urged a federal judge Monday to temporarily freeze the Trump administration’s new rules blocking most people crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum.
Read moreLawmakers Warned About Shakeup of EPA Advisory Panels
Advisory committees for the Environmental Protection Agency have been stripped of academic scientists while stakeholders from industries the agency regulates have filled out those spots, in a shift that scientists warned Tuesday could upend oversight of environmental matters in favor of profit-driven motives.
Read moreSenators Press Federal Officials on Final Census Preparations
As the Trump administration’s plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census officially come to an end, the head of the Census Bureau expressed confidence Tuesday that his agency is prepared for the critical once-a-decade count.
Read moreKellyanne Conway Skips Another Hearing on Ethics Violations
Defying a congressional subpoena, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway refused for the second time Monday to attend a House Oversight Committee hearing on her violations of a federal law limiting the political activities of federal employees.
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House Panel Dives Into Cyber Threats to Electric Grid
A malicious cyberattack in March disrupted the California, Utah and Wyoming electrical utility systems for several hours. No customers lost power and it only affected internal system operations, but it was enough to raise concerns about a more damaging and widespread attack on the electric grid.
Read moreSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller’s Hearing Could Be Delayed
House Democrats are considering a delay of special counsel Robert Mueller’s high-profile hearing next week because of concerns over the short length of the scheduled hearings before two committees.
Read moreHouse Panel Takes Up Treatment of Childhood Trauma
During its first-ever hearing on the subject, the House Oversight Committee met Thursday with experts and survivors of childhood trauma, a day after an immigrant mother gave emotional testimony about the death of her baby daughter following their stay at a detention center.
Read moreImmigrant Mom Gives Emotional Testimony on Child’s Death
Yazmin Juarez’s 19-month-old daughter died after getting sick following her stay at an unsanitary immigration detention center in Texas. She told lawmakers her story Wednesday to shed light on the human toll behind the Trump administration’s immigration policy, leaving few dry eyes in the room.
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Congress Hears Stories of Life Without Obamacare
By the time Paul Gibbs was 5 years old, he had already gone through nine surgeries for a condition he was born with that damages his kidneys through an inability to expel waste. His kidneys reached the end stage of failure by 2008 and Gibbs was forced to seek help for his $79,000 transplant surgery, asking members of his church and family friends for donations.
Read moreTribal Advocates Urge Passage of Anti-Violence Bills
Native American advocates told lawmakers on a Senate panel Wednesday that tribal police should have jurisdiction over violent cases committed by non-Natives on tribal land and the federal government should improve databases tracking such crimes.
Read moreHouse Panel Debates Path to Universal Health Care
Rebecca Wood’s daughter was born three months premature, required a feeding tube and has relied on Medicaid waivers for critical treatment most of her life. The patient advocate told lawmakers Wednesday her daughter would not have survived if Wood had not put off her own serious dental procedure for an infection that cost her parts of her jaw.
Read moreHouse Panel Looks at Economic Toll of Climate Change
The warming of the planet and related effects of climate change will impact the finances of American citizens, the U.S. economy and the federal budget, experts told the House Budget Committee on Tuesday.
Read moreTrump Tower Meeting Figure Stays Jailed on Child Porn Charges
Finding he poses too great a threat to public safety, a federal judge ruled Friday that a witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation with links to associates of President Donald Trump must stay in jail on charges of transporting child pornography.
Read moreMissouri Judge Hears Debate Over Lone Abortion Clinic
Planned Parenthood urged a St. Louis judge Wednesday to issue a preliminary injunction barring Missouri officials from pulling the plug on the state’s only remaining abortion clinic.
Read moreJudge Nixes Doctor Subpoenas in Missouri Abortion Case
Planned Parenthood won the first round Tuesday in a legal battle to keep Missouri’s only abortion clinic open, after a St. Louis judge quashed subpoenas seeking the testimony of four doctors in the state’s bid to pull the clinic’s license.
Read moreCase of Accused Mass Killer Sent to Tennessee Grand Jury
A Tennessee judge ruled Wednesday there is enough evidence for a grand jury to hear the case of a man accused of killing eight people in a rural community a few miles from the Kentucky border, including his parents.
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