Top Crime News provided by TMZ©

• Judge Grants Courtney Love Restraining Order Against Sam Lutfi
  UPDATE:  2:00 AM PT   The judge issued the TRO.  Courtney's lawyer, Howard King, tells TMZ, "The escalating verbal harassment and threats of Sam Lutfi left no choice to Courtney and her family  but to seek protection.  The… Permalink
• Melania Knew Trump's Game So He Didn't Pay Stormy to Save Marriage, Says Congresswoman
  [[tmz:video id="0_2srilmis"]] President Trump didn't fork over hush money to Stormy Daniels to keep their sexual liaison from his wife, because Melania knows his "history" with women ... so says U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge. The Ohio congresswoman… Permalink
• Kevin Hart Comedy Venue Sued by Diabetic Woman Over Cell Phone Use
  Kevin Hart has had his share of problems -- although he dodged a bullet in this one. One of the venues on his comedy tour is being sued by a diabetic woman who claims she got kicked out of his show because she dared to use her cell phone to check her… Permalink
• Ty Dolla $ign Indicted for Felony Cocaine Possession, Maintains He's Innocent
  12:25 PM PT -- A rep for Ty Dolla $ign tells TMZ ... "[Ty] understands from his attorney Steve Sadow that the indictment in Fulton County, Georgia is merely the next mandatory procedural step in the process of resolving Ty's case in that particular… Permalink
• Tisha Campbell-Martin Wants Custody Deal with Estranged Husband in Writing
  "Martin" star Tisha Campbell-Martin says her estranged hubby has gone rogue on their verbal custody deal, and wants a judge to hammer out an official one and force him to stick to it. The actress -- who played Martin Lawrence's wife on the hit '90s… Permalink
• Kareem Hunt Reportedly Heads to Anger Management, Alcohol Counseling
  Kareem Hunt is reportedly tackling his issues by heading to counseling for alcohol and anger management in the wake of his surveillance video scandal. Citing sources familiar with the situation, NFL.com reported Sunday that the former Chiefs running… Permalink
• Tekashi 6ix9ine's Attorney Vows 'No Plea Deal,' Despite Mounting Evidence
  Tekashi69 is unfazed by the feds' collection of photos and videos, allegedly tying him to multiple crimes, and insists he's in no mood to play "Let's Make a Deal" ... TMZ has learned. We broke the story ... prosecutors submitted a stack of images to… Permalink
• Chief Keef Reveals 4 Mystery Kids With 4 Different Mothers, Who Want Child Support
  Chief Keef just made a shocking revelation in court ... he's got 4 more children under the age of 5, and they all have different mothers who are all seeking child support.  The surprising announcement means Chief's kid tally is up to a… Permalink
• Travis Scott Gets Green Light to Block Bootleg Astroworld Gear at Shows
  Travis Scott wants his fans to have genuine, bona fide merchandise at his Astroworld shows ... and a judge has agreed to let him put the kibosh on any wannabe bootleggers. According to new legal docs ... Travis and his company have the right to… Permalink
• 'Mighty Ducks' Goalie Shaun Weiss Busted for Stealing Again
  Shaun Weiss -- best known for playing Goldberg on "The Mighty Ducks" and sadly, this mug shot -- is in trouble again ... just months after announcing he checked into rehab. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the actor was busted in November for… Permalink
• 'Rock of Love' Star, Lacey Sculls, Sued for Biting Off Part of Man's Ear
  'Rock of Love' star, Lacey Sculls, got an earful during a road rage incident, as in she allegedly chewed some guy's ear ... and now, as you might expect, he's suing the hell out of her. Lacey, who tried and failed to lure Bret… Permalink
• Porn Star Mary Carey's Doctor Husband Arrested at LAX
  Ex-porn star Mary Carey's new husband got put into handcuffs for carrying a beating stick -- which might sound kinda kinky -- but get your head outta the gutter.  Dr. Joseph Brownfield was busted Monday night at LAX as he and Mary were going through… Permalink
• Tekashi 6ix9ine Phone and Surveillance Videos Place Him at Robberies, Shootings
  The saying goes, pics or it didn't happen ... and in Tekashi69's case, the feds say they have all they need to prove his involvement in multiple crimes ... TMZ has learned.  Federal prosecutors filed documents, obtained by TMZ, which include more… Permalink
• Dog the Bounty Hunter Files Harassment Report Against Teen 'Fan' in Denver
  Dog the Bounty Hunter wants police to investigate an alleged fan for harassing him and his wife, Beth Chapman, in the Denver airport, and he's getting his wish ... TMZ has learned. Sources connected to Dog tell us he went to Denver PD on Friday to file a… Permalink
• Cops Have Person of Interest in Shooting Threat at 'Surviving R. Kelly' Screening
  The investigation into who threatened to shoot up an NYC screening of "Surviving R. Kelly" -- the documentary about his alleged sexual abuse of women -- has led cops to someone in R. Kelly's hometown. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... NYPD's person of… Permalink
• Trump Organization Sued for Running Crappy Ice Rink in Central Park
  The Trump Organization's got legal trouble unrelated to Robert Mueller ... this time it's a guy pissed off about an ice skating rink he considers a virtual death trap. Philip Kassai is suing President Trump's organization over the Lasker Rink it… Permalink
• Taylor Swift's Home Intruder Getting Sentenced to 6 Months in Jail, 5 Years Probation
  The man who broke into Taylor Swift's home and used her shower will soon be showering with a bunch of criminals, because he will be sentenced to 6 months behind bars.   The Manhattan D.A.'s office tells TMZ ... Roger Alvarado pled guilty Friday… Permalink
• George Lopez Off the Hook in Alleged Attack on Trump Fan
  George Lopez won't have to answer for allegedly attacking a fan who trolled him with a Trump joke ... the case has been tossed. A clerk at the Las Cruces Municipal Court in New Mexico tells TMZ ... the misdemeanor battery charge was tossed… Permalink
• Harvey Weinstein Claims Alleged Victim Went to His Movie Screening Hours After Incident
  1:23 PM PT -- The Assistant District Attorney just submitted a letter to the judge in response to Weinstein's new docs, saying, "The defendant filed an addendum to this argument ... describing a communication involving this same witness ... when read in… Permalink
• Cardi B Released without Bail After Showing for Court to Avoid Warrant for Arrest
  [[tmz:video id="0_9aqv498r"]] 6:40 AM PT -- The hearing's over. Prosecutors wanted Cardi's bail to be set at $2,500, but the judge released her with no bail and said he didn't think the rapper was a flight risk. The judge DID give Cardi a stern warning… Permalink

LA Times©

• Man barricades himself inside Temple City In-N-Out
  Officials on Monday morning were trying to persuade a man to leave a Temple City In-N-Out, where he had been barricaded for more than six hours. Deputies were called to the 10600 block of Lower Azusa Road about 2:40 a.m. Monday after an alarm went off in the restaurant, said Trina Schrader, a spokeswoman...
• Parolee in custody after allegedly raping woman he met on Metro Green Line
  A parolee is in custody after he allegedly raped a woman he had just met on the Metro Green Line, El Segundo police said Saturday. Kerry Frank Lathon, 35, was arrested Friday evening in Gardena by task force officers from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the U.S....
• Former Fullerton police chief and a captain are charged with battery after attacking paramedics during concert
  The former Fullerton police chief and a captain have been charged with battery on emergency medical technicians after attacking paramedics during a concert, the Orange County district attorney’s office said Friday. David Hendricks, 47, resigned last month. A statement announcing his resignation...
• L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva tells hundreds of top staff to hand in résumés and temporarily remove rank insignia
  Alex Villanueva began his term as Los Angeles County sheriff by immediately removing 18 top executives. Now he has told nearly 500 other supervisors on his staff that their jobs too are being reevaluated. In a massive review, all lieutenants, captains and commanders have been asked to hand in forms...
• L.A. County Sheriff's Department suspends operations by unit that stopped thousands of innocent Latinos on 5 Freeway
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has suspended operations by a team of deputies that stopped thousands of innocent Latino motorists on a stretch of the 5 Freeway in search of drugs and other contraband, an agency spokeswoman said Friday. The move comes amid accusations of racial profiling...
• Threats made by phone prompt lockdown of 3 Anaheim schools
  Three schools in Anaheim were placed on lockdown Friday morning after the campuses received threatening phone calls, authorities said. The Anaheim Police Department posted on Twitter shortly after 9 a.m. that it had received information regarding potential threats to several schools in north Orange...
• L.A. County agrees to new policies to end the jail-to-skid row cycle for mentally ill people
  Los Angeles County agreed Thursday to new jail-release planning policies designed to interrupt the incarceration-to-skid row pipeline for inmates with mental illness and dementia. The new procedures are aimed at stabilizing an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 mentally ill inmates who leave jail each month...
• L.A. Archdiocese reveals list of 54 clergy accused of abusing children
  For the first time in a decade, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday updated its list of clergy accused of molesting children, addressing renewed outcry about how the Catholic Church responds to abuse allegations. “We owe it to the victim-survivors to be fully transparent in listing the names...
• Essential California: What the fires have done to wine country
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Dec. 6, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES California’s booming tech industry is legendary for pouring more and more wealth into the San Francisco Bay Area, but a recent government analysis...
• Human remains found in Santa Clarita
  Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives opened an investigation Wednesday after a utility worker discovered a human skull in the bed of the Santa Clara River, authorities said. The remains were reported to law enforcement about 11 a.m., and detectives were examining them, a sheriff’s spokesman...
• Grand jury is investigating USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of patients
  Los Angeles County prosecutors have convened a grand jury to hear evidence about Dr. George Tyndall, the USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of patients during three decades at a campus health clinic, according to two sources familiar with the case. The panel began calling witnesses...
• Alex Villanueva, the county’s new top cop, has been quietly fighting for a political win for decades
  Alex Villanueva has long known the feeling of not fitting in. He ran from bullies as a young boy in New York, before moving to Puerto Rico where he quickly had to learn Spanish. He would walk to school along sugar cane fields there, reading books the whole way. As a deputy in the Los Angeles County...
• Bakersfield man arrested on suspicion of making false report of an active shooter at a hospital
  A Bakersfield man has been arrested after authorities say his false call about an active shooter put an area hospital on an hours-long lockdown Tuesday. Police said Mario Thompson, 46, called Bakersfield Memorial Hospital to report an active shooter, sending the hospital and the surrounding area...
• Driver in wrong-way DUI crash that killed 6 in Diamond Bar gets 30 years to life
  A 26-year-old Fontana woman was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years to life in prison for a 2014 drunk-driving crash in Diamond Bar that killed six people, including her sister, authorities said. Appearing in a downtown courtroom, Olivia Culbreath cried as loved ones of those who were killed in the...
• Tiger cub in YouTube video starring Logan Paul leads to charges against Studio City man
  A Studio City man has been charged with illegally possessing and mistreating a tiger cub after investigators spotted the cat in a 2017 YouTube video published by controversial internet celebrity Logan Paul, authorities said. Nicholas Perkins, 32, could face up to 30 months in prison if convicted...
• Essential California: One problem with L.A.'s potential plastic straw ban
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 5, and here’s what’s happening across California: Let’s talk about straws for a moment. This year has seen cities across California — and the state itself — pass measures to limit the availability of single-use...
• Father abused 4-year-old girl for weeks before her death, prosecutors say
  A 23-year-old Los Angeles man has been accused of abusing his 4-year-old daughter for several weeks before she died Sunday night, prosecutors said Tuesday. Charles Richard Lee was charged with one count of assault causing death in connection with the death of his daughter, Zaraellia Thompson, according...
• A man who was stabbed in the eye with a drumstick was struck by a car hours after leaving the hospital
  A Petaluma man who was stabbed in the eye with a drumstick was released from the hospital only to be struck by a car, leading him right back to a trauma center over the weekend, officials said. William McCullough, 68, was hospitalized for a week after a transient reportedly attacked him in a bank...
• Torrance high school teacher arrested in sexual assault investigation
  A Torrance high school teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a former student who was a minor at the time, officials said. The Torrance Police Department received a tip late last week about a 2012 incident involving a teacher and a former student, according to Sgt. Ronald Harris,...
• Father arrested in death of 4-year-old girl in Los Angeles
  A 23-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested and accused of child abuse in connection with his daughter’s death, police said. Charles Richard Lee is being held on suspicion of felony child abuse after his 4-year-old daughter was pronounced dead at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center on Sunday...
• Maywood teacher seen punching student on video is charged
  A Maywood high school music teacher who was filmed punching a student in his classroom was charged Friday with a misdemeanor, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Marston Riley, 64, was charged with one misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a child and faces a possible...
• These are the victims of the California wildfires
  The Camp and Woolsey fires in California have claimed at least 50 lives. Here are some of their stories.
• Essential California: A ‘wake-up call’ for the state Democratic Party
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Nov. 30, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES Days before the November election in which California Democrats expanded their dominion over the state with sweeping victories in almost every electoral...
• L.A. councilman's wife was a paid fundraiser. Ex-aides say he assigned them to help
  L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar personally asked companies that do business at City Hall to donate to a private school where his wife was working as a professional fundraiser and also assigned his staff to help with the effort, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The Times. Huizar...
• San Bernardino County prosecutors clear Barstow officers in shooting of black man at wheel of Mustang
  Prosecutors Thursday declined to charge four Barstow police officers who fatally shot a black man while he was at the wheel of a car, finding that they reasonably used deadly force to protect their lives when the vehicle clipped one of them. Diante Yarber, 26, was driving the black Ford Mustang...

NY Daily News©

• EXCLUSIVE: NYPD can't bar officers on modified duty, like chokehold cop Daniel Pantaleo, from overtime
  Police brass can no longer bar officers accused of misconduct from earning overtime, the Daily News has learned. An arbitration board has reversed the NYPD’s order that cops placed on modified duty are not eligible for overtime unless no one else is available to do their assignment. The NYPD moved...
• George Conway wants to save the country — but what about his marriage to Kellyanne?
  George Conway might follow a piece of advice if he wants to maintain a happy marriage: “Bite your tongue until it bleeds.” So says Rachel DeAlto, a motivational speaker and relationship expert who works with couples to improve their partnerships. Conway — a lawyer who’s become an outspoken critic...
• Top NYC judge lacks temperament for the job, says Brooklyn lawyer he labeled an 'idiot'
  The city’s top administrative judge lacks the temperament for the job, said a Brooklyn lawyer whose requests on behalf of a troubled day care center led the judge to label him an “idiot” in intemperate rant caught on video. “He could be the subject of a libel suit,” said Morton Avigdor, a lawyer...
• Needed: A quiet cultural revolution: Having more women in politics is only the beginning
  We all should be loudly applauding the current surge of political energy among women, while realizing that America has a lot of unfinished business when it comes to making society more fair, kind and inclusive. It is wonderful to see girls and women gravitate toward politics, whether as candidates,...
• Agony in Boerum Hill: Find out how Jazmine Headley's child was ripped from her arms
  A bystander’s cellphone captured the grueling scene that played out Friday: 23-year-old Jazmine Headley lying on the floor, desperately trying to hold onto her 1-year-old baby boy, shouting “They’re hurting my son!” Police tugging at the child as they arrested Headley and ultimately removed her...
• Urgent job posting: Excellent short-term opportunity with good benefits and travel
  Wanted: An exemplary management professional to lead staff in the executive office of a major U.S. government official. Responsibilities include: Managing the unmanageable;Justifying the unjustifiable;Remaining poised in the center of a quickening tornado;Spinning boundless lies into truthful statements;Stroking...
• Message delivered: Mayor must preserve emails
  Margaret Garnett swore she’d show no fear nor favor to Mayor de Blasio at the helm of the Department of Investigation that became hers Monday. The new commissioner has a perfect chance to prove it thanks to Councilman Ritchie Torres’ demand that DOI examine whether the mayor improperly withheld...
• Readers sound off on Christmas trees, NYCHA and e-bikes
  A real case for fake X-mas trees Rockaway Park: To Voicer Peter Richards, who felt that not having a real tree at Rockefeller Center will deprive a poor family of a roof over their heads because the real tree is chopped up after the holiday and given to Habitat for Humanity: I’m just picturing...
• Ackert: Brodie Van Wagenen is serious about keeping all options open, including sending Noah Syndergaard to Bronx
  LAS VEGAS — Forget about Bryce Harper or Manny Machado — the blockbuster deal at the Winter Meetings this week could be a trade that would have the Yankees and Mets working together on a three-team deal that would include Noah Syndergaard heading to the Bronx. Team sources confirmed that the Yankees...
• Verizon unloads 10,000 employees, with up to 60 weeks' pay
  Verizon Communications Inc. is set to unload more than 10,000 employees who have taken the communications giant up on its buyout offer with up to 60 weeks’ pay. The company announced on Monday that about 10,400 employees have accepted to leave the company voluntarily “as the company better positions...
• 'I love white people,' Columbia student says in racist campus tirade turned viral video
  A white Columbia University student went on a racist rant, shouting at a diverse group of students in a viral video that’s been viewed more than 1.7 million times. “White people are the best people that ever happened to the world!” yells the student, identified by the Columbia University Spectator...
• Daily Horoscope: December 11, 2018
  Via Tarot Astrologers General Horoscope for December 11, 2018 Something is different today, yet we can’t put our finger on the source of the tension. The wired Aquarius Moon increases the sensitivity of our nervous system. Meanwhile, cerebral Mercury misaligns with electric Uranus, turning the...
• Mets considering sending Noah Syndergaard to Yankees in three-team trade for J.T. Realmuto
  LAS VEGAS — Forget about Bryce Harper or Manny Machado — the blockbuster deal at the Winter Meetings this week could be a trade that would have the Yankees and Mets working together on a three-team deal that would include Noah Syndergaard heading to the Bronx. Team sources confirmed that the Yankees...
• HIV research hamstrung by federal termination of contract for fetal tissue used in research
  The federal government has at least temporarily halted some of the research using fetal tissue implanted into mice to seek cures for HIV, Parkinson’s and other diseases, citing its need to review adherence to protocols. The scientists whose research has been shut down, though, say that the “rug...
• Republicans beginning to worry about Trump re-election
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's intensifying legal troubles are unnerving some of his fellow Republicans. Despite his brash stance, they believe the turmoil has left him increasingly vulnerable as he gears up for what is sure to be a nasty fight for re-election. Trump, ever confident of his...
• Teen, 18, fatally struck after he's pushed in front of ambulette on Bronx street
  A man killed a teenager on a Bronx street Monday night by shoving him into the path of an oncoming ambulette, police said. Investigators believe Angel Reyes-Gonzalez, 18, was arguing with one or two men on Bainbridge Ave. near E. 194th St. in Fordham Manor just before 5 p.m. when one of the men...
• Convicted wife-killer sentenced to 3 life terms plus max 230 years for gunning down his parents, niece
  OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska man convicted of killing his wife has pleaded guilty to killing his parents and a niece and will spend the rest of his life in prison. Douglas County District Court records say 46-year-old John Dalton Jr. entered the pleas Monday to three counts of first-degree murder and...
• Yankees are heavily engaged in Sonny Gray talks with 11 teams already expressing interest
  Yankees GM Brian Cashman said that he is still engaged in talks to trade Sonny Gray before spring training. An industry source said the Yankees GM is looking for a very high price in return for the struggling starter. “We’ve had a lot of interest, we’ve been really focused on, a select few is not...
• Odell Beckham Jr. feeling better, but still wants to get to "two thumbs up"
  Odell Beckham Jr. said Monday he feels “one thumb’s up” and is “trying to feel two thumbs up.” Shurmur said Beckham told the Giants he “felt a lot better” than he did Friday and Saturday before his unexpected scratch from Sunday’s win in Washington. And Beckham “received treatment” over the weekend...
• Brian Cashman says Yankees are out on Bryce Harper and focused on Manny Machado
  LAS VEGAS — In a town built on temptation and designed to make it hard to resist spending your money recklessly, Brian Cashman is remaining disciplined. The Yankees GM went into the offseason with a carefully planned list of needs: two starting pitchers, an infielder to help ease the loss of Didi...
• 100 snakes and lizards saved from Texas fire
  A burned-out Christmas tree and a bedroom full of … snakes and lizards? The movie “Snakes on a Plane” was fiction, but what firefighters found when they put out a blaze in a home near Houston was no fish tale. Firefighters responding to reports of flames had no sooner gotten the situation under...
• GREENE: Cops who snatched baby from mom didn't see them as human beings
  It’s very easy to hold a mother down and snatch a screaming baby from her arms if you don’t see the woman or the child as human beings worthy of dignity and respect. NYPD officers who separated Jazmine Headley and her 1-year-old son at a Human Resources Administration center in Brooklyn last week...
• Leonard: Giants still believe the impossible is possible, even with the odds stacked heavily against them
  The Giants know the playoffs are possible, and they believe they can do their own part and win out to improve their odds from below one percent currently to having a realistic shot. “We still have a chance,” Sterling Shepard said Monday, with just the Titans (7-6), Colts (7-6) and Cowboys (8-5)...
• Is America great again yet? Trump's biggest lie has been exposed
  OK, America, are we great again yet? Are we respected throughout the world? Are the Chinese quaking in their boots as we hike tariffs? Has Saudi Arabia come clean about murdering a Washington Post columnist after covering up the atrocity so clumsily that you could almost see blood dripping from...
• Google to shut down Google+ early after bug exposes personal data of 52.5 million users
  Google’s social media platform will die a quicker death than originally planned after a November bug allowed developers to access private information of more than 50 million users. A vulnerability gave access to the information of 52.5 million Google+ users, including name, email address, occupation...

McClatchy©

• Kamala Harris aide resigns after harassment, retaliation settlement surfaces
  A longtime top staff member of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris resigned Wednesday after The Sacramento Bee inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for … Click to Continue »
• Ted Cruz rallies conservatives with changes to criminal justice reform plan
  Sen. Ted Cruz is proposing expanding the list of violent offenders who wouldn’t be eligible for early release programs under the criminal justice plan now being pushed by the White … Click to Continue »
• Felons may be back in the hemp farming business
  People with felony drug convictions may be able to grow hemp after all. A controversial provision in the Senate farm bill that bars felons from growing hemp, even as it … Click to Continue »
• ‘This may be just the beginning.’ U.S. unveils first criminal charges over Panama Papers
  Nearly three years after the publication of a massive leak of secret offshore shell-company documents known as the Panama Papers, U.S. prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday against four people, including … Click to Continue »
• How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
  The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender’s remarkable deal How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime Epstein byline part 1 … Click to Continue »
• Texas oilman Tim Dunn aims to broaden GOP’s appeal with criminal justice plan
  In Texas, Midland oil magnate Tim Dunn’s evangelical reboot of the GOP has limited the party’s efforts to attract a broader constituency. In Washington, however, one of Dunn’s top goals … Click to Continue »
• Trump gives Kelley Paul’s push for criminal justice reform a major boost
  For Kelley Paul, improving the nation’s criminal justice system is a family affair. Her husband, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, has been a leading Republican champion of efforts to curb mandatory … Click to Continue »
• Rich Russian who paid top dollar for a Trump mansion is mired in a big scandal
  A widening scandal surrounding the Russian billionaire who bought Donald Trump’s Palm Beach mansion — a different one than Mar-a-Lago —for an eye-popping sum has brought the oligarch renewed scrutiny. … Click to Continue »
• Mike Espy was acquitted 20 years ago. But the corruption charges haunt his Senate bid
  Mike Espy has a framed courtroom sketch artist’s rendering from his 1998 federal corruption trial prominently hanging on a wall in his law office, a keepsake from the lowest point … Click to Continue »
• ‘In the eye of a hurricane’: Third judge could reduce Idaho’s long delays before trial
  Idaho plaintiffs and defendants who routinely wait years for a civil trial could get their cases heard more quickly, thanks to a bill making its way through Congress. The bill … Click to Continue »
• Potential 2020 contender Kamala Harris uses Kavanaugh to help at-risk Democrats
  Sen. Kamala Harris has been using Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s highly partisan, polarizing confirmation process to build her own political network — a boost that could be valuable as … Click to Continue »
• If police try to take DNA from your kid, do they need your consent first?
  Imagine your son or daughter is hanging out with friends, unaware a crime scene is unfolding a few blocks away. The police stop them and frisk them, then tell your … Click to Continue »
• ‘I was screaming at the TV’: Anti-Kavanaugh activists frustrated with Feinstein
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s style is to work behind the scenes, craft careful arguments and lobby fellow members. But that’s not what a lot of activists protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett … Click to Continue »
• GOP calls for investigation of Feinstein over Ford letter. But there’s a big problem.
  Republicans are eagerly calling for an investigation who leaked Christine Blasey Ford’s letter that accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, focusing particularly on Sen. Dianne Feinstein. But … Click to Continue »
• ‘This is a better process’: Promise from Feinstein, Dems helped Flake with decision
  Jeff Flake got the attention for being the driving force behind delaying a Senate vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. But it was backroom talks with Democrats … Click to Continue »
• Graham: Kavanaugh criticism ‘the most despicable thing’ he’s seen in politics
  Sen. Lindsey Graham had kept quiet during Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 1982. But by the time it was … Click to Continue »
• Kavanaugh says Feinstein was ‘lying in wait’ with sexual assault allegations
  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh tore into Sen. Dianne Feinstein in his Senate Judicial Committee testimony Thursday, saying she was engaged in a starkly partisan attack. “Some of you were … Click to Continue »
• Lindsey Graham is on the warpath to get Kavanaugh confirmed
  Sen. Lindsey Graham has made it his mission to aggressively, eagerly defend Brett Kavanaugh at all costs. As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hear testimony from Supreme Court nominee … Click to Continue »
• Mississippi’s Hyde-Smith: ‘I believe Judge Kavanaugh’
  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith used her first speech on U.S. Senate floor Wednesday to offer “strong and unyielding support” for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “I believe Judge Kavanaugh when he … Click to Continue »
• Cloak-and-dagger saga over cybercrime, Trump dossier plays out in Miami courtroom
  A federal courtroom in Miami is now the intersection for a celebrity attorney, two major cybercrimes and a foreign tech firm with an ephemeral South Florida address and entanglement in … Click to Continue »
• Feinstein’s office receiving ‘threats of bodily and sexual harm against staff’
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office has received threats of bodily and sexual harm against staff — some naming specific employees — following Feinstein’s involvement in allegations of sexual assault against Supreme … Click to Continue »
• McCaskill plans to vote against embattled Kavanaugh for Supreme Court seat
  U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill officially joined Wednesday the chorus of Democrats who will oppose federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s elevation to the Supreme Court, citing his record on dark money rather … Click to Continue »
• Feinstein was right to withhold Kavanaugh letter, accuser’s attorney says
  California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has come under intense scrutiny for her handling of the letter that is now at the center of a storm over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court … Click to Continue »
• Conservatives call on Senate to hear from Kavanaugh accuser – and quickly
  Blindsided by an accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, conservative groups still pushing for his confirmation had a message Monday: Let’s hear from the accuser. “Obviously … Click to Continue »
• ’Failure of leadership:’ De León slams Feinstein for holding back Kavanaugh allegations
  Questions continue to swirl about the letter California Sen. Dianne Feinstein received containing, reportedly, sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But while most Democrats, even ardent critics, … Click to Continue »
• Sessions rails against ‘activist judges’ with new DOJ guidelines on judicial orders
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against “the resistance” and “activist judges” on Thursday in Kansas City, where he announced new Justice Department guidelines on nationwide injunctions, or judicial orders … Click to Continue »
• Feinstein has a mystery letter about Kavanaugh allegations and she won’t say what’s in it
  Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday said she had forwarded to “federal investigative authorities” a letter that reportedly involves an incident between U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and … Click to Continue »
• At 36, North Carolina native picked by Trump for lifetime appointment
  Allison Jones Rushing’s resume is sparkling — graduated with honors from Wake Forest and Duke Law School, clerked for Neil Gorsuch before he became a Supreme Court justice and Clarence … Click to Continue »
• How a snubbed handshake influenced Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing
  Democrats don’t have the votes to stop Brett Kavanaugh, so they turned his Supreme Court confirmation hearing into a spectacle. Protesters dressed up in costumes from the dystopian TV drama … Click to Continue »
• Meet the Texas lawyer arguing the Obamacare lawsuit while elected officials duck & cover
  Republicans who’ve spent nearly a decade trying to dilute and abolish Obamacare have a promising vehicle to finally do so— a legal challenge led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton … Click to Continue »