The House voted Wednesday on reauthorizing expired government surveillance tools, ignoring pleas from Republicans to hold off and a threat from President Trump to veto the bill. Published May 27, 2020
President Trump on Wednesday vowed to veto legislation extending three Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act provisions, saying the law was abused to monitor members of his 2016 campaign. Published May 27, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she plans to move forward with a scheduled vote to renew controversial surveillance tools used by the intelligence community. Published May 27, 2020
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein confirmed Wednesday that he will testify before a Senate committee investigating the origins of the Russia probe. Published May 27, 2020
Top House Republicans on Wednesday urged Democrats to pull the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act bill, saying their challenge to the new proxy voting rules could ultimately invalidate it. Published May 27, 2020
President Trump late Tuesday urged House Republicans to vote against the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, saying Congress should not support it until a full investigation into how it was used to monitor members of his campaign is completed. Published May 27, 2020
The top official in the county surrounding Chicago blocked a resolution Tuesday that would have provided first responders with addresses of COVID-19 patients, saying the information would lead to increased discrimination against black and Latino communities. Published May 26, 2020
The Justice Department warned the state of Nevada that restricting religious services to 10 people or less while some secular businesses reopened without such limitations runs afoul of the Constitution. Published May 26, 2020
The federal judge overseeing former national security adviser Michael Flynn's criminal case has hired an attorney to represent him as an appeals court reviews his decision not to immediately grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss the case. Published May 24, 2020
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray has ordered an internal probe into the bureau's handling of the case against Michael Flynn, who briefly served as President Trump's first national security adviser before becoming the first casualty of the Russia probe. Published May 22, 2020
More than a dozen former Watergate prosecutors on Friday urged a federal appeals court to deny an emergency request by Michael Flynn to dismiss his criminal case. Published May 22, 2020
The lawyer representing Tara Reade, the ex-Senate staffer who has accused Joseph R. Biden of a 1993 sexual assault, said Friday she is no longer a client. Published May 22, 2020
The Justice Department inspector general concluded that a senior FBI official sexually harassed eight subordinates and misled investigators probing the claims. Published May 22, 2020
The Board of Commissioners in Cook County, Illinois, narrowly approved a resolution Thursday that lets suburban Chicago first responders get the addresses of individuals who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Published May 21, 2020
A federal appeals court Thursday ordered the judge overseeing the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to respond to a petition from Flynn's legal team seeking to remove him from the case. Published May 21, 2020
A group of Republican senators Thursday urged the Justice Department to investigate how dozens of Planned Parenthood affiliates received more than $80 million in coronavirus relief loans, arguing the organization's billion-dollar revenue should have made those affiliates ineligible. Published May 21, 2020
A Chinese national living in New York was charged Thursday with trying to steal more than $20 million in federal Paycheck Protection Programs loans, the biggest fraud case brought so far by federal prosecutors involving government loans to rescue small businesses impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Published May 21, 2020
Nearly one year after a disastrous Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump on Tuesday withdrew his nomination of Chuck Canterbury to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Published May 19, 2020
Attorneys for President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to dismiss the case and remove the judge overseeing it. Published May 19, 2020
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Tuesday called for the Trump administration to release the identities of Obama-era officials who sought to unmask members of the president's campaign and transition team. Published May 19, 2020
