Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of Sept. 19, 2023

In recent years, acronym addicts on Capitol Hill have created a Scrabble board of legislative titles, including PATRIOT, HAPPY and DREAM.

A second assassination attempt against Trump is part of a rising tide of threats and harassment against public officials across the political spectrum

Rod Blagojevich’s release from federal prison last week culminated a nearly two-year campaign to put the once-prominent Democrat’s case on President Trump’s agenda, orchestrated by a volunteer adviser...

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Kristen Waggoner’s Legal Crusade for Conservative Christian Values

The city argued that the president violated home-rule laws by sending the military onto the capital’s streets.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has repeatedly cited a 1935 case, in which the court rejected President Roosevelt’s bid to fire an appointee of President Hoover, as a misguided dilution of the p...

The order, which was put on hold until Dec. 11, is a setback to the president’s effort to use the guard in the nation’s capital.

Justice Neil Gorsuch said Thursday he will co-author a children’s book next year focused on the Declaration of Independence, a departure from the headier book the conservative jurist authored last yea...

The Supreme Court’s tariff case comes as the chief justice is under pressure from the president, the public and other judges.

The prospect of a loss by the administration raises questions about the president’s alternatives—and what happens to money that has already been collected.

President Trump’s case for tariffs looked in trouble after the first hour of argument, after justices across the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism, if not incredulity, of his claim that a 1977...

There are no prior court decisions addressing whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or Ieepa, the 1977 law Trump invoked, gives the president unilateral power to impose tariffs. The...

The decision lifts a temporary order that had stopped the dispatch of state Guard members to the Oregon city in response to protests.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

In the latest Wall Street Journal stylebook bulletin, a note on the revival of an old name for what is still officially the Defense Department.

The lawsuit, filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, comes as the administration’s confrontation with Democratic-led states escalated nationwide.

Northern California's fog and forests still carry Manson's shadow.

In the past month, the Trump administration has ordered a trio of military attacks against boats suspected to be transporting drugs from South America to the U.S. However, little information has been ...

Prosecutors allege the former FBI director lied to Congress, but legal experts say there are significant hurdles to overcome.

A bipartisan commission terminated Ariel Abergel after an Instagram post related to Charlie Kirk, he said.

The justices for now have allowed Trump to remove the FTC’s last remaining Democratic commissioner.

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The emergency request comes after a lower court rejected the administration’s bid to lift an order stopping the president from removing Lisa Cook from her post.

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A second assassination attempt against Trump is part of a rising tide of threats and harassment against public officials across the political spectrum

As the trial for an alleged assassin of President Trump begins this week, KCRW looks back on September 1975, when two different women planned to kill President Gerald Ford.

The order lets the Trump administration proceed with patrols that earlier targeted largely Latino areas.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is on tour promoting her new book before the Supreme Court reconvenes in October.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, in her role as the head of the immigration-court system, intervened in several cases to alter the criteria for granting asylum.

A federal judge sided with state officials who contend the operation violated a 19th-century law barring the U.S. military from undertaking domestic law enforcement.

The justices will be forced to confront one of Trump’s boldest claims of presidential power.

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P.M. Edition for Aug. 27. Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has vowed to fight President Trump’s effort to remove her from her post—a legal challenge likely to end up in front of the Supreme Court. W...

The move to fire Lisa Cook comes after the Supreme Court signaled its intention to protect the central bank’s independence.

Some firm leaders have shrugged off deals as unenforceable, while at least one has taken on trade work for the administration with no fanfare.

President’s move opens new chapter in federal control of nation’s capital

On Friday, job growth figures from earlier months were revised sharply downward. Also on the show: are President Trump's new tariffs legal?