Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges

Anderson said she would resign from the city council and is scheduled for sentencing on July 29. Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson pleaded guilty to federal charges of embezzling $7,000 in public funds on May 5 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The second-term city councilor was arrested by federal

Supreme Court lets Trump enforce enforce transgender military ban for now

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will allow the Trump administration to implement its policy barring transgender people from serving in the military while legal proceedings move forward. The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide. The Justice Department sought

DOJ Probes Washington State Law Requiring Priests to Report Confessions of Child Abuse

Calling the statute ‘Anti-Catholic,’ federal officials say it would violate the Constitution by forcing clergy to break the seal of confession. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights investigation into a new Washington state law that requires clergy to report child abuse or neglect revealed during confession. In a May 5