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December 12, 2018

Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney, gets 3 years in prison for tax fraud, campaign finance violations, lying

Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who once famously claimed he was willing to "take a bullet" for Donald Trump before later turning against his boss, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in New York after pleading guilty to numerous crimes while cooperating with prosecutors.

December 11, 2018

Judge throws out most of lawsuit against Trump immigration move

The Trump administration provided adequate justification for its decision to end a program that reunited hundreds of immigrants from Central America with family members in the U.S., a federal judge ruled Monday.

December 11, 2018

Manafort judge sets tentative hearing over allegations ex-Trump adviser violated plea deal

A federal judge in the case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has set a tentative hearing date to hear arguments from both sides over whether Manafort breached his plea deal.

December 5, 2018

Dems have hard time connecting to voters because they know so much: Hirono

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday told a conference that she heard one of the reasons that her party has a difficult time connecting with voters is because Democrats know so much, and have a tendency of appealing to voters' minds instead of their hearts. 

December 4, 2018

Court cites free speech in striking down part of federal law over statements on illegal immigration

A federal appeals court has tossed out parts of a law that would punish those who would knowingly encourage immigrants to come to, or remain, in the U.S. illegally.

November 30, 2018

Appeals court dismisses suit over Capitol's removal of student painting showing cops as pigs

November 29, 2018

16 Atlanta postal employees convicted of taking bribes to deliver cocaine

Sixteen postal workers in Atlanta have been sentenced to between three and nine years in prison after being convicted of accepting bribes as low as $250 to deliver cocaine on their postal routes, officials said Tuesday.

November 27, 2018

Has Bible-carrying El Chapo really found God? Skeptics aren't buying it

He stands accused of running one of the world’s deadliest drug trafficking empires and ordering the deaths of dozens in his path, but that seemingly hasn’t stopped Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman from turning to faith as his trial continues.

November 21, 2018

Chapo's game face shows 'absolutely no emotion'

When Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán appears in court, the expression is blank. Even when former friends turned foes spill secrets on the stand – the art of snitching which would likely have left you and your family dead in cartel land – its empty, occasionally confused. Is the game face a game?

November 21, 2018

El Chapo's big-money lawyers have defended a Gotti, gang members, other cartel bosses

They are either slick or a circus act – depending on who you ask. But there is no doubt Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s three-man trial defense team have spent decades perfecting their craft – defending some of the most high-profile, dangerous criminals on the planet. Meet the hard-charging trio trying to make Guzmán a free man.