The top lawyer in the Justice Department’s Civil Division resigned on Monday, marking the latest in a wave of departures since Democrats won back control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections. Brett Shumate, the assistant attorney general of the Civil Division, tendered his resignation on Monday, leaving behind a division that…
Stephen Hubbard, the Michigan native who spent four years wrongfully imprisoned in Russia before being released on Wednesday, landed back in the U.S. late Wednesday, according to President Trump. The president said Hubbard had just landed back in the U.S. while Mr. Trump spoke to reporters late Wednesday night as he returned from a rally…
CBS News has significantly expanded its knowledge base and on-air presence with the addition of 19 new contributors, who will appear across all of the network’s broadcasts and digital platforms. The new hires were announced by Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, during an all-hands meeting. The contributors, all experts in their fields, will begin…
The Justice Department on Friday released a new legal opinion that concludes a federal gun law prohibiting firearms dealers from selling handguns or handgun ammunition to young adults between the ages of 18 and 20 is unconstitutional by violating their Second Amendment rights. The opinion was issued one day after CBS News reported that the…
President Trump’s outside advisers — individuals who are not employed by the federal government — may now be protected from future congressional and legal investigations, according to a new opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. In a 21-page opinion published Monday evening, the Office of Legal Counsel told the White House that…
