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Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims

October 18, 2017 at 6:47 a.m.

A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Donald Trump's travel ban, asserting that the president's own comments on the campaign...

Judge largely halts latest version of travel ban

October 17, 2017 at 10:50 p.m.

A federal judge on Tuesday largely blocked the Trump administration from implementing the latest version of the president's controversial travel ban, setting up yet another legal showdown on the extent...

Girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman: “It never occurred to me 鈥� that he was planning violence”

October 4, 2017 at 7:59 p.m.

The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas earlier this week, said Wednesday that she had no warning about his...

U.S. plans to cap refugees at 45,000 in coming fiscal year, according to State Department report

September 27, 2017 at 4:40 p.m.

The U.S. plans to accept a maximum of 45,000 refugees in the coming fiscal year, according to a report obtained by the Washington Post, a figure which represents the lowest...

Demonstrators at Philadelphia International Airport protest against the executive order that President Donald Trump signed clamping down on refugee admissions and temporarily restricting travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries on January 29, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Demonstrators gathered at airports across the country in protest of the order.

Justice Dept. again asks Supreme Court to allow broad enforcement of travel ban

September 11, 2017 at 1:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Monday asked the Supreme Court to intervene quickly so that officials could broadly enforce President Donald Trump's travel ban and block even refugees with...

Joseph Evans, laboratory director at Steep Hill Halent Cannabis Research and Analytics, shows a test tube that is used in the process of testing for the amount of THC in edibles.

Justice Department has “effectively shut down” marijuana research at DEA

December 7, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.

The Justice Department has effectively blocked the Drug Enforcement Administration from taking action on 25 requests to grow marijuana to use in research.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies on ...

Jeff Sessions testifies: Calls suggestion of collusion with Russia an “appalling and detestable lie”

June 13, 2017 at 8:18 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions opened his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Community Tuesday with a fiery assertion that he never had any conversations with Russians about "any type of interference"...

Trump’s latest tweets could hurt effort to restore travel ban

June 6, 2017 at 11:43 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday derided the revised travel ban as a "watered down" version of the first and criticized his own Justice Department's handling of the case - potentially...

Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say

May 19, 2017 at 1:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The law enforcement investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign has identified a current White House official as a significant person of interest, showing that...

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James ...

Trump urged halt to Flynn probe, former FBI director鈥檚 notes say

May 16, 2017 at 11:48 p.m.

President Trump asked the FBI to drop its probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and urged former FBI director James B. Comey instead to pursue reporters in leak...

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