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January 27, 2025

Biden’s controversial pardons shine new light on power, as PA lawmakers take next step to strip Joe’s name

Former President Joe Biden's pardon of Judge Michael Conahan drew bipartisan outrage in Pennsylvania, and now, his additional pardons draw new attention to the power.

January 26, 2025

Connecticut to award nearly $6 million to family of disabled man wrongfully imprisoned for murder conviction

Connecticut is set to pay nearly $5.9 million to the family of a disabled man who was wrongly imprisoned in his 1992 murder conviction before he was freed in 2015.

January 24, 2025

‘Unusual order’ barring commuted J6 defendants from DC, Capitol raises constitutional implications: expert

Commuted Jan. 6 defendants could challenge a federal judge's order barring them from entering Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Capitol on constitutional grounds, one expert says.

January 24, 2025

Trump hiring freeze prompts DOJ to pull job offers in AG's honors program: report

The U.S. Department of Justice's Attorney General's Honors Program is rescinding job offers to new lawyers from top law schools, citing a federal hiring freeze.

January 23, 2025

VA Dems reject Youngkin's antisemitism expert pick from George Mason Univ board amid troubling incidents

Kenneth Marcus' name was stripped from a resolution confirming Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's nominees to George Mason University's Board of Visitors.

January 22, 2025

Department of Justice freezes all civil rights division cases: report

The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

January 22, 2025

Oregon protesters, feds settle lawsuit accusing law enforcement of excessive force in 2020

A group of racial justice protesters reached a settlement with the federal government after filing a lawsuit accusing agents of using excessive force in 2020.

January 22, 2025

West Virginia mother on trial for locking adopted teenagers in shed denies allegations

A West Virginia mother denied forcing two of their adopted children to stay in a shed despite police locating them in the shed behind a locked door.

January 22, 2025

MSNBC set for high-stakes defamation trial in ‘uterus collector’ lawsuit

MSNBC is heading to trial in a $30 million "uterus collector" lawsuit over "verifiably false" statements that a Georgia doctor performed unnecessary hysterectomies at an ICE center.

January 22, 2025

Colorado court rules elephants at zoo cannot pursue their release because they are not human

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, according to the Colorado Supreme Court.