WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will decide whether House investigators can get access to grand jury material gathered by Robert Mueller's special counsel team.The court agreed to hear the case during its new term that begins in the fall.The court's action means the House Judiciary Committee will have to wait several…
The Supreme Court on Thursday ensured that grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia collusion probe will not be released before the November election. The justices said they will hear a case next term over whether the Justice Department must release the material after House Democrats had petitioned the courts in 2019 for…
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill on Wednesday July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.Melina Mara | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will hear the Trump administration's appeal of a decision that would force the Justice Department…
Supreme Court speculation season is kicking into high gear.Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt told listeners Wednesday morning that according to his sources, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is considering retirement.This came on the heels of a Washington Post report that said Justice Clarence Thomas "is privately seen by Trump’s aides as the most likely to…
The Supreme Court gave a boost to school choice advocates Tuesday by ruling that barring a state scholarship program from religious institutions violated the U.S. Constitution. The ruling was 5-4, with the conservative majority finding Montana violated the First Amendment when it excluded religious schools from a state scholarship program. “No comparable ‘historic and substantial’…
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…