Reforms to prison systems in Texas, Georgia and Kentucky have saved the states big money on incarceration, but a new report from the Congressional Budget Office says newly released federal prisoners could be eligible for a host of expensive government programs.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will allow a vote on criminal justice overhaul legislation, succumbing to the pressure from President Donald Trump, members of his own party and conservatives in his home state.
Among the dozens of Russians facing criminal charges in the investigation into the Kremlin’s attempt to influence U.S. elections in 2016 is Maria Butina.
Sen. Ted Cruz has long pushed changes to prevent keep violent offenders from getting out early. In the final days of the Congressional calendar, the Texas Republican got his way, something criminal justice reform advocates hope will bring other reluctant conservatives on board.
Activists put up a fake “Khashoggi Way” road sign outside Washington’s Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia on December 4 in protest of the US government’s handling of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is no longer being considered for attorney general after the Miami Herald reported he oversaw a plea deal for a financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
Jeffrey Epstein avoided a lifetime sentence for underage human and sex trafficking and abuse. Learn how the deal drafted by then prosecutor Alexander Acosta and Epstein’s defense team made the charges go away.
The junior senator’s concerns match the GOP base, but critics say they’ve already been disproved in his home state, which enacted similar reforms more than a decade ago.
Iranian computer hackers Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, were charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar cybercrime and extortion scheme that targeted U.S. government agencies and businesses.
The conservative megadonor is better-known for pushing a controversial social agenda aimed at Republican primary voters in Texas. But Dunn’s bid to make criminal justice reforms a part of mainstream conservative ideology could wind up helping his party find the new supporters it needs in 2020.
Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has until early next month to decide whether to investigate allegations made by Democrats that Attorney General Josh Hawley illegally used public funds to support his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, fell in her office at the supreme Court and was hospitalized, said the court on November 8, 2018. Tests showed she fractured three ribs.
President Donald Trump launched a search for a new attorney general with immediate recommendations to consider several high-profile officials, including Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and retiring Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
As attorney general for the first two years of the Trump administration, former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions angered the president and shaped policy on immigration, marijuana sales and more.
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, says she has the beginning stages of dementia, "probably Alzheimer's disease." She made the announcement on October 23, 2018 in a letter.
The White House is moving to fill California’s three vacancies on the influential 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the strenuous objections of the state’s two Democratic senators.
Among the dozens of Russians facing criminal charges in the investigation into the Kremlin’s attempt to influence U.S. elections in 2016 is Maria Butina.
