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  • Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, right, arrives at federal court in Washington in April 2023.Law

    Fugees rapper sentenced to 14 years in prison for illegally funneling millions from a Malaysian billionaire into Obama’s 2012 campaign

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • Former FBI Director James Comey, pictured in 2017, faces two federal charges stemming from a 2020 testimony about the agency's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.Law

    Trump’s DOJ admits it didn’t show the full Comey indictment to the grand jury that charged him with 2 crimes

    By Eric Tucker, Michael Kunzelman, and others
  • NPRLaw

    NPR wins $36 million in settlement with Corporation for Public Broadcasting, using Trump’s words in key argument

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • SubwayLaw

    It’s not assault to throw a Subway sandwich at a border patrol agent, DC jury rules

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • SubwayLaw

    ‘No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad’: DC riveted by Subway sandwich hurling case

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • Pam BondiPolitics

    Pam Bondi fires 37-year-old DOJ employee who threw a sub sandwich at a border patrol worker

    By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • Jeanine PirroPolitics

    Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro confirmed as top prosecutorial cop for Washington DC

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • James Callahan walks in a paradePolitics

    James Callahan, one of America’s ‘most powerful union leaders’ who failed to report $315,000 in gifts like concert tickets, just got pardoned by Trump on the eve of his sentencing

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is seen with the United States flag in the foreground, Jan. 15, 2010, in Prague. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP, File)Politics

    Trump administration has to restore $12 million to pro-democracy Radio Free Europe, federal judge rules

    By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
  • In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)Politics

    Judge says Nazis detained in the U.S. during World World II got better legal treatment than Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador

    By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • People rally on 14th St NW in support of fired USAID workers during a protest, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, by the USAID headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Politics

    DOGE’s USAID teardown probably violates the Constitution, judge rules as he blocks Musk’s group from making further cuts to the agency

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Kunzelman, and others
  • Elon Musk Joins President Trump For Signing Executive Orders In The Oval OfficePolitics

    Are Elon Musk’s sweeping DOGE cuts illegal? For the most part, judges say no

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Chris Megerian, and others
  • Doctor analyzes health care dataHealth

    Judge tells CDC, FDA to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive order

    By The Associated Press and Michael Kunzelman
  • Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid approved by Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    A judge Trump nominated says he will temporarily block the administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Michael Kunzelman, and others
  • Supporters of President Donald Trump stand with their flags in support of people convicted for their part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol at the DC Central Detention Facility in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    D.C. federal court judges slam Trump’s blanket clemency for Jan. 6 rioters: ‘It cannot whitewash the…terror that the mob left in its wake’

    By Michael Kunzelman, Lisa Mascaro, and others