Elected officials are charged with representing their constituents, but often find themselves accused of committing crimes while executing their duties.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A standoff between South Florida police and President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale ended after an More
September 30, 2020
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has chosen Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader More
September 28, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House More
September 23, 2020
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick More
September 21, 2020
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, one of the most famous whistleblowers in living memory, came to the defense of WikiLeaks More
September 17, 2020
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement late Monday that he More
September 15, 2020
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The backlash to the French independent film “Mignonnes,” or “Cuties,” started before it had even been released because of... More
September 15, 2020
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American lawyer told an extradition hearing in Britain for Julian Assange on Monday that the WikiLeaks More
September 14, 2020
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Two women are facing hate crime charges after confronting a 7-year-old boy and his mother outside... More
September 10, 2020
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended the Justice Department's move to intervene in a More
September 10, 2020
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is asking to take over President Donald Trump's defense in a defamation lawsuit More
September 9, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TED WARREN Associated Press LACEY, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in... More
September 4, 2020
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The commissioners of a coastal Georgia county where Black man Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot after being pursued by armed white... More
September 2, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday granted President Donald Trump a temporary reprieve in the More
September 2, 2020
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A May 2021 trial date was set Monday for Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief More
August 31, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for Manhattan's top prosecutor to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns, rejecting a More
August 20, 2020
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on More
August 20, 2020
By DEB RIECHMANN, KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a More
August 18, 2020
By BEN NADLER, JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday said he’s dropping a lawsuit against the city... More
August 14, 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged two women, including a high school social worker, with attacking a Wisconsin state senator during a More
July 30, 2020
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on More
July 23, 2020
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Manhattan district attorney's demand for President Donald More
July 9, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 1991 law that bars robocalls to cellphones. The case, argued by telephone in May... More
July 6, 2020
The death of George Floyd has ignited a movement – one that has made people look closer at the relationship between law enforcement and the... More
July 2, 2020
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Passage of the House Democrats' far-reaching police overhaul bill returned attention to More
June 26, 2020
ATLANTA – Attorney General William P. Barr has directed federal law enforcement actions aimed at apprehending and charging the violent criminal agitators More
June 1, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was released More
May 21, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's onetime presidential campaign chairman who was convicted as part of More
May 13, 2020
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up an unusual voting issue that could have important consequences for the More
May 13, 2020
By Court TV Staff Should President Trump's accountant hand over his financial records to state prosecutors for a criminal investigation? That's one of the More
May 11, 2020
