(CNN)Ten members of Congress who were in the House gallery as rioters breached the Capitol on January 6 are adding their names first filed in February against former President Donald Trump and his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. The lawsuit, first brought by House Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and the NAACP, accuses Trump and Giuliani of conspiring with extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the riot at the Capitol., describing how they narrowly escaped the mob, and how some still have nightmares and anxiety months later."As I sat in my office on January 6th...…(CNN)Ten members of Congress who were in the House gallery as rioters breached the Capitol on January 6 are adding their names first filed in February against former President Donald Trump and his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. The lawsuit, first brought by House Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and the NAACP, accuses Trump and Giuliani of conspiring with extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the riot at the Capitol., describing how they narrowly escaped the mob, and how some still have nightmares and anxiety months later."As I sat in my office on January 6th...WW…

(CNN), President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a "heinous attack" in his to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Department of Justice released Saturday night ahead of on Monday. "If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 -- a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government," Garland says in the statement. The attorney general nominee plans to stress that the role is meant...…(CNN), President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a "heinous attack" in his to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Department of Justice released Saturday night ahead of on Monday. "If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 -- a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government," Garland says in the statement. The attorney general nominee plans to stress that the role is meant...WW…

(CNN)Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups and to incite the January 6 insurrection in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court by the Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The suit cites a post-Civil War law designed to combat violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan. filed by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in his personal capacity, is the first civil action filed against the former President related to the attack at the US Capitol and comes days after the Senate...…(CNN)Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups and to incite the January 6 insurrection in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court by the Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The suit cites a post-Civil War law designed to combat violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan. filed by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in his personal capacity, is the first civil action filed against the former President related to the attack at the US Capitol and comes days after the Senate...WW…

(CNN)Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups and to incite the January 6 insurrection in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court by the Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The suit cites a post-Civil War law designed to combat violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan. filed by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in his personal capacity, is the first civil action filed against the former President related to the attack at the US Capitol and comes days after the Senate...…(CNN)Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups and to incite the January 6 insurrection in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court by the Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The suit cites a post-Civil War law designed to combat violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan. filed by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in his personal capacity, is the first civil action filed against the former President related to the attack at the US Capitol and comes days after the Senate...WW…

(CNN)Lawyers inside the Washington, DC, attorney general's office are investigating whether former President Donald Trump's at the US Capitol . The debate is taking place one month after Attorney General Karl Racine first floated the idea . A spokesperson for the attorney general's office pointed to the flurry of details that have emerged since the Capitol attack, noting that it is the attorney general's responsibility to investigate all evidence of illegal incitement of violence. Trump's alleged role in inciting the violence that left multiple people dead has been aired before Congress and...…(CNN)Lawyers inside the Washington, DC, attorney general's office are investigating whether former President Donald Trump's at the US Capitol . The debate is taking place one month after Attorney General Karl Racine first floated the idea . A spokesperson for the attorney general's office pointed to the flurry of details that have emerged since the Capitol attack, noting that it is the attorney general's responsibility to investigate all evidence of illegal incitement of violence. Trump's alleged role in inciting the violence that left multiple people dead has been aired before Congress and...WW…

By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Justice Department on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process.The lawsuit was originally filed in October when the department, led by then-Attorney General William Barr, alleged: “Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race.”The decision to drop this lawsuit is the latest move by the Biden administration to change its positions...…By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Justice Department on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process.The lawsuit was originally filed in October when the department, led by then-Attorney General William Barr, alleged: “Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race.”The decision to drop this lawsuit is the latest move by the Biden administration to change its positions...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate whether any department official sought to have the department overturn President Joe Biden’s election win.The office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz is launching “an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election,” it announced Monday.The probe comes on the heels of that former President Donald Trump attempted to use his Justice Department to challenge the...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate whether any department official sought to have the department overturn President Joe Biden’s election win.The office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz is launching “an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election,” it announced Monday.The probe comes on the heels of that former President Donald Trump attempted to use his Justice Department to challenge the...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Supreme Court has gone a decade without acting on a major case concerning the Second Amendment, an issue that could receive rare attention in the future by the high court should be confirmed to the bench in the coming weeks.since the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller – which held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm – and a 2010 follow-up, turning away 10 gun rights cases in the last term alone.limited to just one dissenting opinion she wrote in 2019 as a judge on the 7th US Circuit Court of...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Supreme Court has gone a decade without acting on a major case concerning the Second Amendment, an issue that could receive rare attention in the future by the high court should be confirmed to the bench in the coming weeks.since the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller – which held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm – and a 2010 follow-up, turning away 10 gun rights cases in the last term alone.limited to just one dissenting opinion she wrote in 2019 as a judge on the 7th US Circuit Court of...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Supreme Court in a legal fight concerning absentee ballots in , meaning the state’s order removing a requirement that absentee ballots must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public will stand.Thursday’s order is a loss for the Republican National Committee, which had asked the court to step in after lower courts ruled to uphold the new absentee ballot rules. The witness requirement was eliminated at the height of the pandemic, and applied to absentee ballots during the state’s rescheduled presidential primary on June 2.The order was...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Supreme Court in a legal fight concerning absentee ballots in , meaning the state’s order removing a requirement that absentee ballots must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public will stand.Thursday’s order is a loss for the Republican National Committee, which had asked the court to step in after lower courts ruled to uphold the new absentee ballot rules. The witness requirement was eliminated at the height of the pandemic, and applied to absentee ballots during the state’s rescheduled presidential primary on June 2.The order was...WW…

(CNN)Two women say US Secret Service officers rammed into their vehicle near the White House last Thursday evening, and surrounded and pointed guns at them before handcuffing and detaining them, leaving their babies unattended and crying.The Secret Service says its investigation into what it is calling a felony traffic stop is ongoing but that some parts of the women's account are misleading and false.Timothy Maloney, an attorney representing the women, sent a letter to Secret Service Director James Murray last Saturday, demanding an investigation into the incident, saying the young Black...…(CNN)Two women say US Secret Service officers rammed into their vehicle near the White House last Thursday evening, and surrounded and pointed guns at them before handcuffing and detaining them, leaving their babies unattended and crying.The Secret Service says its investigation into what it is calling a felony traffic stop is ongoing but that some parts of the women's account are misleading and false.Timothy Maloney, an attorney representing the women, sent a letter to Secret Service Director James Murray last Saturday, demanding an investigation into the incident, saying the young Black...WW…