Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to lying to Congress five years ago. The plea kick-starts a process of legal wrangling in which defense lawyers will almost certainly move to get the indictment dismissed before trial, possibly by arguing the case amounts to a selective or vindictive prosecution.
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned back an appeal by a former Republican Party operative convicted in a sex trafficking case involving girls lured to a Minneapolis penthouse.
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.
A federal judge on Monday jailed a Feeding Our Future defendant after prosecutors said that he tried to stop a cooperator from testifying at his upcoming trial.
Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing a felony charge of battery involving serious bodily injury in addition to the misdemeanor charges stemming from a weekend incident in Indianapolis that led to his arrest.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Ore., which the president had ordered over the objections of local leaders.
Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama's capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said.
A monumental Supreme Court term is set to begin with major tests of presidential power on the agenda. There also are important cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people.
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