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Bryan Snyder / Reuters The Trump Administration's Dramatic Narrowing of Its Travel Ban
A new executive order issued on Monday tightens the scope of the controversial policy, excluding those who already hold valid visas.
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Pool 'I Have Recused Myself From Matters With the Trump Campaign’
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions stepped aside from the Russia investigation on Thursday amid questions about his contacts with Moscow’s ambassador during the election.
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John Moore / Getty Images Rethinking Mass Incarceration in America
A new book challenges the popular understanding of how the U.S. prison population skyrocketed.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Jeff Sessions Faces Questions About His Contacts With Russia
Trump’s attorney general talked twice with the Russian ambassador during the campaign. Can he still oversee investigations that reportedly include his own conduct?
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Steve Dipaola / Reuters The New Legislation Targeting Protesters
Republican lawmakers in more than a dozen states are mulling bills that target recent protesting tactics.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters 'Some Toxins Can Be Deadly in Small Doses'
The U.S. Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, overturns a death-penalty sentence after an expert witness testified the defendant was more likely to commit future crimes because he is black.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters President Trump’s Immigration Policy Takes Shape
New Homeland Security Department memos prioritize almost all undocumented immigrants for deportation, order the hiring of 10,000 more agents, and more.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump Concedes Defeat on Travel Ban—for Now
The Justice Department said Thursday it would issue a revised version of its controversial travel ban after federal judges blocked its implementation.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Ethics Office: 'Disciplinary Action Is Warranted' Against Kellyanne Conway
In a letter to the White House, the government agency warns that “there is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct.”
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters What’s Next for Trump’s Travel Ban?
The Ninth Circuit’s ruling Thursday leaves the president with multiple options to move forward.
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Noah Berger / Reuters Federal Judges Refuse to Reinstate Trump's Immigration Ban
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously upheld a restraining order blocking the federal government from enforcing the president’s controversial ban.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Gorsuch Calls Trump's Attacks on the Judiciary 'Disheartening'
The president’s choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy offered a harsh assessment in a meeting with a senator on Wednesday.
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Yuri Grigas / Reuters When Your Judge Isn't A Lawyer
In some states, justices of the peace don’t need a law degree to put defendants behind bars.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Trump's Attack on a Judge for Staying His Travel Ban
After his travel ban is rebuked by the courts, the president attacks the legitimacy of a “so-called judge” who issued a ruling blocking the order.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court
In what could be one of his most enduring legacies, the president announced Tuesday night he had selected the 49-year-old federal judge to fill Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat.
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J. David Ake / AP A Dramatic Showdown at the Department of Justice
Donald Trump dismissed the acting attorney general for insubordination, after she refused to defend his immigration order in court.
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Mike Theiler / Reuters Courts Stay Trump's Order Targeting Muslims, but Confusion Reigns
At Dulles International Airport on Sunday, lawyers and activists feared federal officials were ignoring court decisions staying the president’s executive order restricting travel from several mostly Muslim nations.
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Laura Buckman / Reuters The Legal Battle Over Trump's Muslim Immigration Order
Despite a flurry of court injunctions, the status of specific provisions remained unclear on Sunday.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters What Could Trump's Muslim Immigration Order Do?
A draft executive order reportedly outlines a major shift in U.S. policy toward immigrants from Muslim-majority countries and refugees.
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Jim Young / Reuters What's Causing Chicago’s Homicide Spike?
President Trump is vowing to “send in the Feds,” but researchers aren’t convinced they understand the rise, or how to stop it.
