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Treasure Sold During Holocaust Fought Over at High Court
A yearslong battle over a medieval collection sold to the Nazis in 1935, now estimated to be worth a quarter of a billion dollars, brought the heirs of Jewish art dealers to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
Ex-FBI Lawyer Seeks Probation After Admitting to Altering Email in Russia Probe
The former FBI lawyer who altered an email so that the bureau could renew a surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page urged a federal judge Thursday to keep him out of jail.
New Jury-Unanimity Rule Stirs Debate on Retroactive Effect
With justices from both party lines noting the racist overtone of divided guilty verdicts, the Supreme Court dug in Wednesday to whether to bestow retroactive effect on a recent ruling requiring unanimous jury verdicts.
Republicans Confirm More Trump Judges Amid Pandemic Relief Talks
Senate Republicans pressed ahead with confirming two of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the federal bench on Tuesday, as a partisan face-off over new coronavirus relief and a massive spending package continued.
Sweeping Flynn Pardon Covers Possible Future Charges
President Donald Trump’s pardon for Michael Flynn absolves the former national security adviser of the charge of lying to the FBI but also sweeps his slate clean of a breadth of possible future charges.
Ex-National Security Adviser Flynn Gets Thanksgiving-Eve Pardon
President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with Russian officials.
Supreme Court Sanctions Eighth Federal Execution Under Trump
The Trump administration executed the eighth federal inmate this year just before midnight, after a late Thursday ruling from the Supreme Court overturned a federal judge’s temporary reprieve.