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February 28, 2019

IRS analyst indicted in leak of Michael Cohen's banking records

A veteran IRS employee was formally indicted Thursday on charges that he leaked banking records of Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, to Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, in May of last year.

February 28, 2019

Senate panel backs Trump court pick Neomi Rao, as holdout Republicans ease objections

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance President Trump's nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the high-profile D.C. appeals court, with two Republican holdouts backing off their objections and joining colleagues to support Neomi Rao.

February 26, 2019

Conservatives defend Trump DC Circuit pick Neomi Rao, after GOP Sen. Hawley raises abortion concerns

Conservative politicians and activist groups are rushing to the defense of President Trump's D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Neomi Rao, after a freshman Republican senator suggested he'll vote against her confirmation because she may harbor pro-choice views.

February 25, 2019

Manafort deserves sentence 'substantially below' 10-year maximum, his lawyers say

Attorneys for Paul Manafort, the convicted former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, asked a federal judge Monday to sentence the longtime political consultant to a prison term "substantially below the statutory maximum" of 10 years.

February 25, 2019

White House denies claim Trump kissed campaign staffer without consent in 2016

An Alabama woman who worked on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign claimed in a Monday lawsuit that Trump kissed her “without her consent” in front of multiple people during a political event in Florida in 2016 – an accusation the White House is denying.

February 21, 2019

Prosecutors broke law by not informing victims of Jeffrey Epstein plea bargain, judge rules

A federal judge in Florida ruled Thursday that prosecutors -- including current Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta -- violated federal law when they reached a plea agreement in 2007 with financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and did not inform his dozens of victims.

February 19, 2019

ACLU latest to file lawsuit against Trump emergency declaration

The Trump administration is facing another lawsuit over the president's emergency declaration to build a border wall.

February 19, 2019

Judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit aimed at stopping Chicago Obama library

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit filed by an advocacy group hoping to halt the construction of former President Barack Obama's $500 million presidential center on Chicago's South Side can proceed.

February 16, 2019

Mueller wants Paul Manafort imprisoned up to 24 years

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is asking a federal judge to sentence convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort up to 24 years in prison and order him to pay as much as a $24 million fine.

February 15, 2019

California likely to sue Trump over emergency wall declaration: state AG

California is likely to sue President Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the state attorney general said Friday.