Federal appeals court upholds ruling giving Indiana trans students key bathroom access
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of المزيد
Trump to appear in federal court to face 2020 election charges
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a Washington, D.C. courtroom Thursday afternoon to answer charges that he used “unlawful means” in an attempt to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election and hold on to power. Trump will be arraigned on an indictment charging him with المزيد
WWE boss Vince McMahon hit with federal grand jury subpoena and search warrant, company reveals
Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McMahon last month and served him with a federal grand jury subpoena, the company disclosed Wednesday. The actions represent an escalation of an ongoing investigation into allegations that McMahon paid millions of dollars over the years to women after being accused of sexual misconduct. المزيد
Federal jury reaches verdict in death penalty case for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers
PITTSBURGH — Federal jurors reached a verdict Wednesday in the sentencing of Robert Gregory Bowers, who was convicted after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue nearly five years ago in the most heinous antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Jurors will need to be unanimous to impose the death penalty or else المزيد
Aaron Hernandez’s brother now facing federal charges over alleged threatening messages
HARTFORD, Conn. — The troubled brother of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez was charged Friday, now in federal court, with new counts of threatening and stalking after authorities say he threatened to shoot up the University of Connecticut and kill three people in another state. Dennis Hernandez was ordered المزيد
Why the Federal Reserve is making everything more expensive in order to make things less expensive
It seems like a contradiction: How would increasing the cost of monthly credit payments actually help bring down the price of goods and services in the economy? But that is the logic Federal Reserve officials are taking as they raise interest rates to 5.5%, their highest point in more than المزيد
Supreme Court temporarily blocks ghost gun ruling by federal judge
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision to strike down a regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms known as “ghost guns” that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. The action by Alito, who handles emergency matters arising from a group of المزيد
Ron DeSantis suggests he would pardon Trump on any federal charges
WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave his strongest suggestion yet, in an interview that aired on Friday, that he would consider pardoning former President Donald Trump if elected to the White House next year. In the interview on The Megyn Kelly Show, DeSantis was asked by the host if المزيد
Bill to ban solitary confinement in federal prisons introduced by House lawmakers
A bill that would broadly ban the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers will be introduced by a coalition of House Democrats on Thursday, a measure that seeks to codify into law the limitations on when and how long someone can be left isolated in المزيد
How high will the Federal Reserve go?
U.S. inflation has now declined for 12-straight months. But in June, consumer prices increased 3% year-on-year. While that’s the lowest the annual inflation rate has been in more than two years, it’s still too high for the Federal Reserve, which is looking to wrestle increases down to about 2%. To المزيد