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Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russian individuals and three organizations for allegedly interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election sets the stage for the prosecution of Americans who may have helped the Russian effort, some legal experts said. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told reporters on Friday there was no allegation in the indictment that any American knew about the alleged scheme.
Arkansas must pay $71,214 to the Heber Springs lawyer who got the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state's discriminatory birth-certificate practices, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled Friday. The judge found that attorney Cheryl Maples is entitled by federal law to reimbursement for the time and expenses she has devoted to the 2 A1 2-year long legal battle that saw the nation's highest court summarily overturn the Arkansas Supreme Court on the issue last year.
On April 25, 2003 the crew of a Chinese fishing boat noticed a strange sight-a periscope drifting listlessly above the surface of the water. The fishermen notified the People's Liberation Army Navy which promptly dispatched two vessels to investigate.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., flanked by, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, discuss the bipartisan immigration deal they reached during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, on Twitter on Friday, accused Democrats of abandoning "Dreamers" because they wouldn't back his immigration plan.
A Pentagon watchdog agency raised fresh doubts Friday about progress in the 16-year-old U.S. war in Afghanistan and suggested that restrictions on the public release of information make it difficult to gauge the effectiveness of U.S. strategy. The Pentagon's office of the inspector general, in a report done jointly with the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the Afghan government by the end of 2017 had not expanded its areas of control, even as the U.S. added about 3,500 troops and intensified airstrikes against the Taliban.
Ohio's top attorney is appealing to the full panel of judges on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals a ruling that convicted murderer Danny Lee Hill has an intellectual disability and should not be put to death. The appeal filed Friday with the court in Cincinnati states a three-judge panel of the court erred when they made that determination on Feb. 2. The smaller panel's ruling upheld Hill's conviction, but overturned a lower court's ruling upholding the death sentence and ordered the case back into Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for resentencing.
There are less than three weeks to go before the March 5 deadline when protections for "Dreamers" expire, leaving about 700,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation. Congress appears frustratingly far from a solution.
The use of the Second Amendment to block consideration of sensible gun control measures is a national disgrace. And conservatives themselves have explained why this is true.
The first week of elections filings in the Twin Counties was all about incumbents. With only a couple of exceptions, all the candidates who tossed their hats into the ring are already holding the office for which they seek.
Former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is running for a Utah Senate seat, officially launching his political comeback attempt Friday by praising his adopted home state as a model for an acrimonious national government in Washington. Having been one of the Republican Party's fiercest internal critics of President Donald Trump, Romney didn't mention the administration or Trump himself in a campaign announcement posted online.
In this Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 file photo, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, right, smiles as he shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, around his factory which produces school means, outside St. Petersburg, Russia.
"President Trump put forth reasonable, fair, and effective policy pillars for immigration reform that serves the national interest and would close loopholes in law and court decisions that frustrate the ability of the men and women of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to do the jobs that Congress and the American people expect them to do. President Trump's proposal would go a long way toward solving those problems by: enhancing border security, including a wall and the elimination of legal loopholes that facilitate illegal immigration; ending the illogical visa lottery system; ending extended family chain migration; and, solving the DACA problem.
A California man who pleaded guilty to identity theft as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was a self-described digital marketing strategist who once ran a web site that helped people get around security measures for online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay. Richard Pinedo, 28, of Santa Paula, pleaded guilty this month to one count of identity fraud as part of the investigation, according to court documents made public Friday by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
AP/FileToo much spending?: In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., speaks during a news conference outside of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. An Associated Press review questions Rokita's spending of public money to support media campaigns, mailers and other forms of mass communication designed to raise his name recognition.
The election board in the home county of Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly wants an investigation into whether Republican candidate Mike Brain filed bogus signatures to get on the primary ballot. The South Bend Tribune reported the St. Joseph County Election Board, composed of two Democrats and one Republican, voted unanimously Thursday to ask the county prosecutor, Indiana State Police and the Indiana attorney general for the investigation after its review of signatures allegedly found discrepancies, including signers who were not registered voters.
John C. Anderson, pictured in November outside his office at the Holland & Hart law firm, won confirmation Thursday as the federal government's top prosecutor in New Mexico. Gabriela Campos/New Mexican file photo John C. Anderson, pictured in November outside his office at the Holland & Hart law firm, won confirmation Thursday as the federal government's top prosecutor in New Mexico.
Harris's endorsement of her fellow California Democrat was not surprising. Before he was lieutenant governor, Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and Harris was district attorney.
It's easy to say electoral districts should be drawn in a fair, nonpartisan way, but how can it be done? Local residents debated that question during the Fair Maps Town Hall Thursday night at the Pasquotank County Courthouse in Elizabeth City. The event featured government reform advocates and gerrymandering opponents Jane Pinsky, of the NC Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform, and Bob Phillips, of Common Cause North Carolina.
The White House says Robert Mueller's indictment proves Russia didn't affect the election outcome - here's why they may be wrong The Republican Party has claimed vindication from the charges against 13 Russian nationals alleged to have meddled in the 2016 presidential campaign. Donald Trump "is glad to see the Special Counsel's investigation further indicates-that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and that the outcome of the election was not changed or affected," the White House said.