The US Supreme Court’s recent agreement to review the controversial use of a felony obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases is already upending some sentencings. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to review a case called Fischer v. United States, which experts say could weaken prosecutors’ hand in hundreds of Jan. 6 cases, including former
The high court’s recent agreement to review the controversial use of a felony obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases is already upending some sentencings. A recent Supreme Court decision to review a case called Fischer v. United States, which experts say could weaken prosecutors’ hand in hundreds of Jan. 6 cases, including former President Donald
DA moves to quash a subpoena for her testimony in prosecutor’s divorce case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Jan. 18 tried to quash the subpoena seeking her testimony in the divorce case of a prosecutor she hired in the Georgia election case against former President Donald Trump and 14 codefendants. Special prosecutor Nathan
A $1.59 trillion spending cap for the fiscal year was agreed upon by House and Senate leaders, mirroring the agreement reached last year. President Joe Biden signed the stopgap funding legislation on Jan. 19 to continue to fund the government until early March, putting off a government shutdown for several more weeks until a full
Robert Malley on leave after allegedly mishandling classified info Robert Malley (uidaho.edu) Biden administration Iran envoy Robert Malley, who is on leave from his post amid an FBI investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified information, is slated to teach a course at Yale this year on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Malley—who has accepted two plum Ivy
A hospital system in Denver said the migrant crisis the city faces could drive it into financial collapse as it struggles to make ends meet, with over a hundred million dollars in unpaid-for care. “While I have tremendous compassion for what’s going on, it’s heartbreaking, it’s going to break Denver Health,” the safety net hospital’s
Harvard University’s newest appointee to its anti-Semitism task force has called Israel an “apartheid regime” and defended disgraced former Harvard president Claudine Gay amid calls that she be fired for her failure to condemn anti-Semitic protesters at the school. Interim Harvard president Alan Garber tapped Derek Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, to serve on