The Associated Press analyzed government data from nearly three decades and found that a persistent lack of diversity in the ranks of U.S. attorneys has reached a nadir in the Trump administration.
Read More »Voter beware: U.S. tells public how to avoid election mischief
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency have issued a series of advisories in recent weeks aimed at warning voters about problems that could surface in the election — as well as steps Americans can take to counter the foreign interference threat.
Read More »Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
President Donald Trump abandoned COVID-19 relief talks on Tuesday, saying they won't resume until after the election. The move came as the chairman of the Federal Reserve said that further fiscal intervention is needed to prevent the economy from spiraling downward.
Read More »A look at big issues on Supreme Court’s agenda in new term
Whether health care, elections or religious rights, an overview of key topics either already on the Supreme Court's docket or likely to be on the docket soon.
Read More »Federal judge: IRS can’t keep coronavirus money from inmates
A federal judge says the IRS can't keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least 80,000 checks totaling more than $100 million to be sent to people behind bars across the United States.
Read More »Judge: Census violated order; demands mass text to workers
A federal judge is ordering the Census Bureau to text every 2020 census worker by today, letting them know the head count of every U.S. resident is continuing through the end of the month and not ending next week, as the agency previously had announced in violation of her court order.
Read More »Voting nearly impossible for eligible voters behind bars
Most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote. But many of them are unable to, stymied by misinformation, limited access to registration and ballots and confusion from the officials in charge.
Read More »Two organizations join to overturn wrongful convictions in Midwest
Two organizations that work to overturn wrongful convictions are joining together to expand their work in Missouri and the Midwest.
Read More »AG agrees to release grand jury tapes in Breonna Taylor case
Kentucky’s attorney general has acknowledged that he never asked the grand jury to consider homicide charges against police in the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Read More »U.S. judge orders stop to Postal Service cuts, echoing others
A federal judge in Philadelphia joined others Monday in ordering a halt to recent Postal Service cuts that critics say are causing mail delays and threatening the integrity of the presidential election.
Read More »Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban
As millions of Americans struggle to pay their rent during the coronavirus pandemic, landlords are going to courts, claiming that the national eviction moratorium unfairly strains their finances and violates their property rights.
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