The judge

Georgia's Republican attorney general is appealing a judge's ruling that the state's abortion ban is unconstitutional.

Judge Tanya Chutkan has released a key filing in special counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C..

Prosecutors played the video during a preliminary hearing for former Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines; a judge ruled there was probable cause to send the case ...

TYRONE SMITH, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a charge of illegal firearm possession. As a previously convicted felon, Smith was prohibited by federal ...

Choked sobs were the only sound in court as a silent video showed the moment a Kentucky judge was shot and killed in his chambers at the courthouse.

Motive remains a key question in the murder case against former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines. Here's the latest.

Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of shooting Kevin Mullins in an act that was captured on cameras in the courthouse chambers.

At a hearing Wednesday morning, Judge Michael Barket denied the county's motion for eviction of the Seaquarium, meaning both parties will head to mediation ...

Prosecutors provided the most detailed look yet at their election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday unsealed a key filing in Special Counsel Jack Smith's election case against ...

In surveillance video that captured the courthouse slaying of a Kentucky judge, the sheriff charged in the death appears to shoot at the judge multiple ...

When Judge Adrienne Waters Ogle was appointed to the fourth judicial district circuit court by Governor Bill Lee, she became the first women to hold that ...

A chilling video made public Tuesday shows an Eastern Kentucky sheriff pointing a gun at a district judge sitting in his Letcher County courthouse office ...

Questions remain around whether former Judge Joshua Kindred's inappropriate relationships with prosecutors affected his impartiality.

A single unelected judge in Maryland has managed to jeopardize approximately 2 million barrels of crude oil production per day from the Gulf of ...

Former President Trump blasted the DOJ for having “disobeyed their own rule in favor of complete and total election interference" after a key filing from ...

United States District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan released the 165-page motion by special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday.

Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a new filing that former President Trump was "fundamentally" acting as a private candidate and not as president when he ...

The decision is a blow to the state's leading Democrats who've tried to rein in misleading social media content ahead of the November elections.

When Judge Adrienne Waters Ogle was appointed to the fourth judicial district circuit court by Governor Bill Lee, she became the first women to hold that ...

A federal judge has blocked a new California law allowing any person to sue for damages over election deepfakes.

With 34 days to go before Election Day, Judge Tanya Chutkan has granted special counsel Jack Smith's motion to publicly broadcast the evidence he would ...

Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state's ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles, on Sept. 25, 2024. Eric Thayer—AP.

Penny writes: My wife dictates emails in the car while I'm driving. No other sounds are allowed, and I have to listen to every word, ...

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Florida governor Ron DeSantis's lawsuit.

Judge Sandy was appointed to the Court of Appeals in June of 2024. He filled the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Judge Thomas Bower. Judge Sandy ...

A Trump-appointed judge in Fort Worth known as a “stickler” for local rules and courtroom decorum isn't afraid to be at odds at times with other ...

Chutkan complained that Trump's court filings aimed at scoring political points rather than addressing the legal issues.

President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program can proceed after a judge Wednesday let a temporary restraining order on the plan expire.

A federal judge has dealt a setback to a legal challenge by seven Republican-led states to the latest student debt forgiveness plan from President Joe ...

US President Joe Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew ...

Former U.S. assistant attorney Glenn Kirschner said Trump's Tuesday filing made Judge Tanya Chutkan's job "much easier."

The local judge who prosecuted the Casey Anthony case is now accused of bad behavior in his courtroom.

Judge removes Georgia from Republican-led lawsuit blocking debt relief and transfers case to Missouri.

A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Biden administration to resume a student debt relief program for more than 27 million borrowers, but the decision ...

Judge to Tina Peters: "You abused your position – and you're a charlatan who used, and is still using your prior position to peddle a snake oil that's been ...

Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk, falsely claimed Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.

The lawsuit marks just the latest blow the Biden administration has suffered in its efforts to take on debt from higher education.

AB 2839 aimed to label AI-generated content in political ads as "manipulated." A federal judge says the law violates the 1st Amendment.

The Biden administration's new sweeping student loan forgiveness plan is temporarily blocked again, a federal judge ruled.

A judge allowed a ...

The Biden administration got a surprise victory this week in an ongoing legal challenge over a key student loan forgiveness program. But the lawsuit isn't ...

The Letcher County community and others nationwide are left looking for answers as to what led up to it and why this tragedy happened. Here's a timeline of ...

Elected to the bench in 2018, Ashton is known by many for his time as a prosecutor in the Casey Anthony case.