Both temperatures and tempers are likely to run hot as lawmakers return to Washington for an abbreviated 6-week summertime session featuring a handful of must-do legislation and the roll-out of a House GOP campaign agenda that’s a pet priority for ...
Read More »Justice Dept. backs fired VA official in legal challenge
The Justice Department is siding with a legal argument by a fired Department of Veterans Affairs official at the center of a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and secret lists covering up the delays. ...
Read More »Missouri utility group joins controversial transmission line
A group representing Missouri municipal utilities has signed up for space on a transmission line that would carry wind power from western Kansas across Missouri and further east, despite a state commission’s rejection of the proposed line. The Missouri Joint ...
Read More »Trump claims Trump University judge has ‘absolute conflict’
Donald Trump said that the federal judge presiding over a lawsuit brought by former Trump University students has an “absolute conflict” in handling the case because he is “of Mexican heritage.” The presumptive Republican presidential nominee told The Wall Street ...
Read More »Lawyers: Appalachian Trail was client’s ‘road to redemption’
Attorneys for a Kentucky accountant who embezzled $8.7 million before going on the run said Friday that hiking the Appalachian Trail for six years as a fugitive put him on “the road to redemption.” A sentencing memorandum filed by lawyers ...
Read More »Florida’s bill for opposing gay marriage? Nearly $500,000
Florida taxpayers are going to pay nearly $500,000 for the state’s losing battle to keep intact a voter-approved ban on gay marriage. State officials have now reached settlements with two separate groups of attorneys representing same-sex couples that challenged the ...
Read More »Judge: Firm tied to polygamous group used child labor
Nearly 200 children from a polygamous sect had to work long hours in the cold, sometimes with little food, as they picked pecans for a Utah contracting company with ties to the group, a federal judge found in a decision ...
Read More »Congressmen question voter registration actions by official
Three Democratic U.S. congressmen on Wednesday asked a federal agency to provide information regarding whether a top federal elections official had the right to unilaterally change voter registration forms in three states to require proof of citizenship. Reps. Elijah Cummings, ...
Read More »Justice lawyer who defended Obamacare at high court leaving
The top Justice Department official who defended the president’s health care law at the Supreme Court is leaving his job. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. is ending his five-year tenure as the administration’s chief lawyer at the high court, President Barack ...
Read More »Platte County treasury loses more than $48K in email scam
The Platte County treasurer’s office says it was the victim of an email scam that resulted in the loss of more than $48,000. County Treasurer Rob Willard says his office received an email Friday that appeared to be from Presiding ...
Read More »Federal regulators propose restrictions on payday lenders
Federal regulators are proposing a significant clampdown on payday lenders and other providers of high-interest loans, saying borrowers need to be protected from practices that wind up turning into “debt traps” for many. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed regulations, ...
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