Law

Judge heard arguments about when Trump's classified documents trial should begin

5:55pm July 18, 2023

by Greg Allen

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta were in a Florida courtroom Tuesday. It's the first pre-trial hearing on classified documents ahead of their federal trial.

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel walks to her seat before the State of the State address on Jan. 25 at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich.

Politics & Government

Michigan's attorney general charges 16 people in fake elector scheme

5:31pm July 18, 2023

by NPR's Washington Desk

The so-called fake electors signed documents falsely attesting that Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law ending cash bail, ordering implementation in mid-September. Here, in this August 2014 photo shows a statue outside of the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield, Ill.

Illinois Supreme Court rules in favor of ending the state's cash bail system

5:18pm July 18, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The ruling will allow a law to go into effect that ends bail as a condition of pretrial release. Those considered to be a threat to the public or are likely to flee will be required to stay in jail.

Illinois plans to eradicate cash bail statewide

4:56pm July 18, 2023

by Shannon Heffernan

The Illinois Supreme Court decided cash bail will no longer exist in Illinois. The state was supposed to become the first to get rid of cash bail in January, but that plan was challenged in court.

Former President Donald Trump speaks on July 7 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Trump said Tuesday that he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Politics & Government

Trump says he received a letter saying he's a target of DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation

12:03pm July 18, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The former president says he learned Sunday that he may be charged with a federal crime by a grand jury investigating the Capitol siege. A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith declined to comment.

Loh Siew Hong, in a pink shirt, arrives with her three children at Kuala Lumpur High Court for a hearing on May 11.

In Malaysia, a mom is contesting her kids' conversion to Islam. It's a landmark case

9:58am July 18, 2023

by Emily Feng

The children were converted by their father after the parents divorced. The case has thrown into sharp relief the ethnic and religious identity markers that form the bedrock of Malaysian policy.

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Josh Dini and Gary McKinney protest a planned lithium mine outside a federal appeals court in California in June.

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Tribes object. But a federal ruling approves construction of the largest lithium mine

7:43pm July 17, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what's likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada.

A crime laboratory officer moves a plastic bag of items as law enforcement searches the home of Rex Heuermann on Saturday.

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Police are searching storage units tied to the Gilgo Beach killings suspect

5:23pm July 17, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Authorities are looking for possible body parts, trophies or evidence that could connect Rex Heuermann to the additional bodies found in Long Island.

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Alabama's last two executions failed. They're trying again next week

5:27pm July 15, 2023

Last year, Alabama failed to execute two men by lethal injection. The state will again try to execute a man using the same method. What do the failed attempts mean for the future of lethal injection?

Attorney General William Barr takes the oath before he appears before the House Oversight Committee on July 28, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

Politics & Government

Trump's former AG Bill Barr says failing to prosecute Trump would be 'unjust'

2:30pm July 15, 2023

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump's actions amounted to "flipping the bird at the government" provoking a federal indictment on his own.

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