MARK SHERMAN

FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2018 file photo, White House counsel Don McGahn, listens as he attends a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal appeals court in Washington has revived House Democratsâ€™ lawsuit to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before a congressional committee. But the court’s action Friday left other legal issues unresolved with time growing short in the current Congress. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WX102

August 7, 2020 at 7:51 am

Appeals court revives House lawsuit for McGahn’s testimony

The Judiciary Committee first subpoenaed McGahn in April 2019 as it examined potential obstruction of justice during special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump directed...

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August 5, 2020 at 9:23 pm

Justice Thomas maps own course, at wheel of his 40-foot bus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has never been afraid to turn right when his colleagues turn left, or in any direction really...

August 2, 2020 at 5:08 am

Ginsburg waited 4 months to say her cancer had returned

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps the most forthcoming member of the Supreme Court when it comes to telling the public about...

July 23, 2020 at 10:28 pm

White House seeks advice of ‘torture memos’ author on powers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is relying on an outlier interpretation of a recent Supreme Court decision to assert broad new powers as he...

July 17, 2020 at 9:16 pm

Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from...

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July 17, 2020 at 2:11 pm

Court backs Trump expansion of cheap health insurance plans

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Trump administration’s expansion of cheaper short-term health insurance plans, derided by critics as...