Lawyers who represented Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a now-defunct criminal case alleging he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are urging the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) internal watchdog to reconsider a probe into how the indictment and prosecution were handled. A letter sent Wednesday from Hearn’s legal team to Inspector General Don Berthiaume said…

Lawyers who represented Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a now-defunct criminal case alleging he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are urging the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) internal watchdog to reconsider a probe into how the indictment and prosecution were handled. A letter sent Wednesday from Hearn’s legal team to Inspector General Don Berthiaume said…

Two longtime associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are being sued over allegations that they helped facilitate and conceal his sex trafficking operation, including the abuse of young women and girls at a remote New Mexico ranch. The New Mexico attorney general’s office announced the lawsuit Tuesday against Epstein’s personal attorney Darren Indyke and…

Two longtime associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are being sued over allegations that they helped facilitate and conceal his sex trafficking operation, including the abuse of young women and girls at a remote New Mexico ranch. The New Mexico attorney general’s office announced the lawsuit Tuesday against Epstein’s personal attorney Darren Indyke and…

A judge in New Mexico ordered the technology giant Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for misleading users about its privacy and content policies. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) announced the judge’s order Wednesday, calling it “one of the single largest — if not the largest —…

A judge in New Mexico ordered the technology giant Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for misleading users about its privacy and content policies. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) announced the judge’s order Wednesday, calling it “one of the single largest — if not the largest —…

The Supreme Court refused the Trump administration’s bid to stop providing transgender inmates hormone treatments and certain surgeries on Wednesday, declining to lift a lower judge’s block over the dissents of two conservative justices. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy would taper treatments for inmates currently receiving them, and officials would also need to stop providing…

The Supreme Court refused the Trump administration’s bid to stop providing transgender inmates hormone treatments and certain surgeries on Wednesday, declining to lift a lower judge’s block over the dissents of two conservative justices. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy would taper treatments for inmates currently receiving them, and officials would also need to stop providing…

Justice Elena Kagan offered a pointed critique Tuesday of recent Supreme Court decisions that opened the door for more political spending and weakened key voting rights protections, suggesting those rulings by her conservative colleagues have driven the country further apart. Kagan, one of three liberal justices on the high court, said during remarks at the…

Justice Elena Kagan offered a pointed critique Tuesday of recent Supreme Court decisions that opened the door for more political spending and weakened key voting rights protections, suggesting those rulings by her conservative colleagues have driven the country further apart. Kagan, one of three liberal justices on the high court, said during remarks at the…

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes shot down the Justice Department’s (DOJ) demand to not participate in a key hearing on Monday on the future of East Potomac Park, which President Trump wants to turn into a championship-style golf course. The Trump administration has alleged that Reyes is biased after she yelled at a government attorney…

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes shot down the Justice Department’s (DOJ) demand to not participate in a key hearing on Monday on the future of East Potomac Park, which President Trump wants to turn into a championship-style golf course. The Trump administration has alleged that Reyes is biased after she yelled at a government attorney…