Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's historic 34 felony charges against former President Trump hinge on dubious legal theories that critics say make it an extraordinarily weak case.

The Biden administration is walking a tightrope attempting to dole out new, hefty tax credits for electric vehicles in a way that makes climate hawks, automakers and foreign trade allies happy.

Republican state lawmakers in Montana are advancing legislation that would alter next year's U.S. Senate primary in an apparent bid to thwart the reelection of Sen. Jon Tester, one of several Democrats on the ballot in GOP-leaning states.

The federal government has agreed to pay victims of a 2017 church shooting in Texas $144.5 million to compensate them for the Air Force's failure to flag the shooter as someone who shouldn't be able to buy a gun.

People serving time at home in the prison system due to the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic may be able to stay there after the Biden administration declares the virus emergency is over, according to a Justice Department rule.

A violent career criminal with a lengthy history kills someone after repeatedly being coddled and let go by the criminal justice system. This sad story keeps repeating itself, thanks to the Democratic Party’s new position on criminal justice reform.

ON THE LEFT, DEALING WITH DISAPPOINTMENT OF TRUMP INDICTMENT. Something odd happened in the days leading up to the New York indictment of former President Donald Trump. Nobody outside a small group of prosecutors knew what the sealed indictment said. But on the basis of leaks — there were a lot — as well as indicators of what the grand jury was doing, observers could sketch out what the indictment would likely be. And it seemed...weak.