A group of House Democrats called for the chamber to resurrect its rarely used "inherent contempt" power on Monday after a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by the House Judiciary Committee to enforce a subpoena against former White House Counsel Don McGahn.The committee was seeking testimony from McGahn on President Trump, and the full D.C. Circuit Court of…
The full federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday that House Democrats have the authority to subpoena former White House Counsel Don McGahn. In a 7-2 ruling, the court reasoned the House of Representatives would suffer a concrete injury in not conducting its oversight duties if the chamber cannot exercise its subpoena power. “The…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…