LawAnalysis
What You Need to Know About Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, and the Kenosha Violence
Jacob Blake, 29, was shot seven times in the back by a police officer Aug. 23 after police responded to a report of a domestic… Read More
LawNews
Trump Pledges Millions to Rebuild Kenosha After Rioting, Arson
Two of Riki Tagliapietra’s downtown businesses in Kenosha, Wisconsin, were vandalized, but the vice president of the Grease & Honey Restaurant Group in Kenosha is… Read More
Law Analysis
He Went to the Scene of the Fatal Shooting in Portland. Here’s What He Saw.
Gabe Johnson was sitting in his apartment Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, when he heard the gunshots that took the life of a man later… Read More
LawNews
Attorneys for Teen Kenosha Shooter Say He Acted in Self-Defense
Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two people and wounding another during a riot on Tuesday, said the teenager “did nothing wrong”… Read More
LawNews
Intel Chief Says He Has Filed Multiple ‘Crimes Reports’ Over Classified Leaks
John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, said Sunday he has filed multiple “crimes reports” regarding alleged leaks of classified information to the media. “When… Read More
LawNews
Virginia Republicans Sign ‘Police Pledge’ to Back the Blue
The Virginia Republican Party is vowing to stand in support of law enforcement. “We have seen countless attacks on our brave law enforcement officers, citizens,… Read More
LawNews
DC Takes Federal Largesse, but Rejects Law Enforcement Help
Protesters in the nation’s capital—one of the largest recipients of federal aid—became a rowdy mob Thursday night outside the White House after the conclusion of… Read More
LawCommentary
Portland’s Endless Riots Are Destroying Lives and Businesses
Portland has suffered through more than 90 consecutive nights of violent riots. Enough is enough. These endless riots are not saving black lives. They are destroying lives…. Read More
LawNews
CHOP Victim’s Father Files $3 Billion in Claims Against Local Government
The father of a young man killed in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone has filed $3 billion in claims against King County, the city… Read More
LawCommentary
5 Reasons Why Violent Radicals Feel Empowered
The organized violence plaguing Portland, Oregon, and other cities has already lasted longer than Kid Rock’s marriage to Pamela Anderson. And there is no sign that the deliberate attacks will end any time… Read More
LawNews
Minneapolis Calls in National Guard to Stop Rioting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city had asked the National Guard to assist in stopping the unrest and rioting occurring on… Read More
LawCommentary
Push to Police Social Distancing Clashes With Calls to Defund Police
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice protests have come together to produce one of the strangest ironies of 2020: Many of the same people… Read More
Law Analysis
What’s Really Going on in Wisconsin
Riots have erupted in the state of Wisconsin following the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by police on Sunday night. What happened? The… Read More
LawNews
Police Arrest Man for Pulling Gun on Pro-Life Activists Outside Planned Parenthood
Police arrested a man for pulling a gun on pro-life protesters and making a “threatening statement” to the activists outside a Delaware Planned Parenthood last… Read More
LawNews
Blacks Make Up the Overwhelming Majority of Shooting Victims Amid New York City Crime Wave
Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders… Read More
LawNews
Trump Keeps His Distance After Bannon’s Indictment in Wall Scheme
A month ago, President Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter about a 3-mile section of border wall built by a private company. On Thursday, after… Read More
LawCommentary
Can One Resignation Save Seattle’s Police Force—and the City?
SEATTLE—After weeks of violent unrest, Seattle’s Black Lives Matter activists got their way. The City Council partially “defunded” the Seattle Police Department, and it will… Read More
LawNews
Steve Bannon, Partner Indicted on Charges They Defrauded Border Wall Donors
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and triple-amputee Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage were indicted Thursday for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors… Read More
LawNews
State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records at Foreign Agent’s Request
A former State Department official told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he destroyed records in January 2017, the month President Donald Trump took office, at… Read More
LawAnalysis
What’s Really Going on With the US Postal Service
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called lawmakers back early to vote on legislation centered on the U.S. Postal Service. Pelosi and the Democrats asked Postmaster… Read More
LawNews
Senate Intel Panel Finds ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks
The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government… Read More
LawNews
Ex-FBI Lawyer to Plead Guilty in Probe of Russia Investigation’s Origins
A former FBI attorney will plead guilty to making false statements in documents used to obtain a surveillance warrant against former Trump aide Carter Page,… Read More
SocietyNews
As Iowans at Town Hall Worry About Police Protection, Pence Slams ‘Defund’ Movement
URBANDALE, Iowa—Bonnie Mattaliano, a retired health care worker, says she appreciates the Trump administration’s consistent backing of law enforcement. “We have a lot of friends… Read More
LawCommentary
What Will Organized Criminal Violence Bring Next to Our Streets?
Organized riots. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s what we’re seeing in many cities in this season of COVID-19 and protests. I’m not talking… Read More
LawCommentary
How to Stop Targeted Violence in US Cities
Riots have rocked Portland, Oregon, nightly for almost two straight months. Other U.S. cities have suffered similar violence, albeit more sporadically. The rioting has nothing to… Read More
LawNews
4 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Who’s Probing ‘Obamagate’
A federal prosecutor in Texas is drawing a new kind of attention by digging into the “unmasking” of Trump campaign associates that occurred in the… Read More
Law Analysis
What Happened in Chicago and What May Be Next, Explained
Hundreds of vandals looted Chicago businesses Sunday night and into Monday morning. The images of shattered storefronts in and around the city’s Loop look more… Read More
LawCommentary
Until Cities End Riots, Federal Authorities Stand Ready
The first and most important duty of our government is to keep our country safe. No country should allow a militant attack on its courthouses… Read More
LawCommentary
2 Promising Developments Toward Improving the Immigration Courts
Two senators, Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are taking seriously the need to improve our broken immigration courts, and their attention to this… Read More
LawNews
Border Chief Rips Media, Oregon Politicians for Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric
A top homeland security official is calling out leaders in Portland, Oregon, as well as the mainstream media over criminal rioting and the smearing of… Read More
