Spurred to investigate reports that juvenile immigrants face systemic abuses at a jail in southwestern Virginia, state officials largely cleared the federally run detention center of wrongdoing.
Read moreA federal judge rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s motion for acquittal of bank and tax fraud charges moments before his defense team rested without calling any witnesses, setting the stage for closing arguments Tuesday afternoon.
Read moreThe Democratic Party of Virginia sued state Board of Elections on Monday, asking a judge to strike the name of a third-party congressional candidate from the ballot ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Read moreA Chicago bank approved former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort for a loan just one day after the bank’s chief told Manafort he was interested in serving for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, a bank executive testified Friday after the trial was put on hold for several hours.
Read moreIn a bid to unravel hours of elaborate testimony about Paul Manafort’s financial records Wednesday afternoon, defense attorneys zeroed in on one detail they painted as particularly curious – the former Trump campaign chair’s signature on various tax and loan forms.
Read moreRecalling his chat with Paul Manafort after they both were called in by the FBI, Rick Gates testified Wednesday that the former Trump campaign chair claimed to have told the investigator the truth.
Read moreThe trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort opened Tuesday with prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller accusing the one-time, high-flying political consultant with putting “himself and his money above the law” while flouting tax and banking regulations.
Read moreConstruction of a natural gas pipeline through federally-protected lands has reportedly stopped after a Fourth Circuit panel found two federal agencies acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” during the permitting process.
Read moreJury selection got underway Tuesday in the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, on tax evasion and bank fraud charges.
Read moreAcross the Potomac River from the start of Paul Manafort’s trial, the D.C. Circuit refused Tuesday morning to let the former campaign chief for President Donald Trump out of jail.
Read moreSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday filed a list of 35 potential witnesses for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s trial on fraud and conspiracy charges next week.
Read moreComedian Kevin Hart’s teary online confession to adultery destroyed a golden opportunity for a gaming developer Hart agreed to partner with before the clip went viral, a lawsuit filed in a federal Virginia court claims.
Read moreMore than two dozen potential jurors have been excused from serving during the first day of selecting the panel that will hear former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s bank and tax fraud trial in Virginia.
Read moreIn a brief hearing at a federal court in Virginia Tuesday morning, Judge T.S. Ellis III emphasized the role jurors will play in the case, explaining that ahead of actual jury selection, completed jury questionnaires can give prosecutors and defense attorneys a clearer idea of the jury pool’s composition.
Read moreIn their first debate of the 2018 midterm season, incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and insurgent Republican candidate Corey Stewart devoted most of their energies Saturday to sparring over policies of the Trump administration.
Read moreSome GOP congressmen in Virginia want nothing to do with their own party’s provocative candidate for Senate, Corey Stewart, an outspoken acolyte of President Donald Trump and defender of Confederate monuments. Stewart says he’s fine with the cold shoulders if it helps Republicans win.
Read moreFormer Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was moved Thursday from a jail in rural Virginia to a detention center just outside Washington, D.C. to await the start of the first of two criminal trials he faces in coming weeks.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit filed by victims, counter protestors and residents against the organizers of a white supremacist rally that left one woman dead last summer can continue.
Read morePresident Trump’s ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort is seeking a delay in his upcoming trial in Alexandria, Virginia and has asked the court to reschedule it after his September trial in Washington, D.C.
Read morePresident Trump’s embattled ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort is seeking a new venue for his upcoming trial in Alexandria, Virginia.
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