A federal grand jury indicted Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan on Tuesday on charges of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally to evade immigration officers who were looking to arrest him. The grand jury hit Dugan, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, with two counts. She was accused of “knowingly” concealing a migrant and...
Most Americans oppose Trump's attacks on colleges and universities, recognizing their value and disapproving of his attempts to exert control over them, with 62 percent of voters supporting federal funding for scientific and medical research at universities.
The Gavel is The Hill's weekly courts newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: Welcome to Supreme Court decision season. Thursday marks the start of a roughly six-week sprint for the justices to finish their work by the end of June so they can head out for the summer recess. We’ve got you covered...
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a slew of President Trump’s top tax priorities, Wednesday morning, setting the stage for a high-stakes sprint to get the provisions through the GOP’s razor-thin majority. The panel advanced the legislation — which is part of the party’s package containing Trump’s legislative agenda — in a party-line 26-19 vote...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, doubled down on his criticism of President Trump accepting Qatar's gift of a luxury jet, saying it's "caught the public eye." He's urged Trump in recent days to allow members of Congress to debate on the Boeing 747-8 before the administration accepts the...
The real stakes lie with whether a single district judge can just impose a nationwide injunction, halting the federal government from enforcing a policy across the entire country.
President Trump on Wednesday told gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia that he wants to strike a nuclear deal with Iran, urging the kingdom to stop supporting proxy groups in order to do so. “I want to make a deal with Iran. I want to do something if possible. But for that to happen, they must...
President Trump on Wednesday met with new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during his swing through Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a signal of thawing relations between the two countries following the fall of former President Bashar a-Assad. The meeting lasted just over a half an hour, ahead of a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit. Trump was joined in-person...
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be on his way to becoming the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor despite facing financial setbacks and criticism over his time in Albany.