Tucker Higgins covers politics and the U.S. Supreme Court for CNBC.com. Follow him on Twitter @tuckerhiggins or email tucker.higgins@nbcuni.com.
Tucker Higgins covers politics and the U.S. Supreme Court for CNBC.com. Follow him on Twitter @tuckerhiggins or email tucker.higgins@nbcuni.com.
El Chapo, the former chief of the Sinaloa Cartel, also broke his silence to accuse the U.S. government of torture during his sentencing hearing.
Three civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration's new asylum rule, which bars asylum claims from most noncitizens who travel through another country on their way to the United States.
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the R&B artist R. Kelly to jail without bail, delivering a blow to the performer as he faces mounting legal trouble related to accusations of sexual misconduct with minors.
The decision comes almost exactly five years after Garner died on Staten Island, New York, after New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a headlock.
Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib said Trump challenged them personally because he was not able to defeat them on the policy level.
President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen on Monday amid bipartisan furor over his comments that the lawmakers should "go back" to the "places from which they came."
Incoming acting Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella will take the helm of the department after the resignation Friday of Alex Acosta, who faced scrutiny over his role in prosecuting alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein more than a decade ago.
President Donald Trump on Thursday dropped a fight to put a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census.
President Donald Trump will no longer seek to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, backing down from the high-profile legal battle.
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