Law

More than half of wetlands no longer have EPA protections after Supreme Court ruling

5:42pm August 30, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Marla Stelk, executive director of the National Association of Wetland Managers, about the EPA's new rules that comply with a ruling limiting the Clean Water Act's scope.

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A judge in Massachusetts declared defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick incompetent to face trail on sex abuse charges after a court-ordered examination found the former archbishop to have dementia.

Former cardinal McCarrick found not competent to stand trial for sex abuse

4:15pm August 30, 2023

by Jason DeRose

Theodore McCarrick is the most prominent Catholic leader in the U.S. to face sex abuse charges.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentencing delayed in Jan. 6 case

11:49am August 30, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Tarrio. Also set to be sentenced later this week are Tarrio's codefendants: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.

Politics & Government

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to be sentenced today in Jan. 6 case

5:10am August 30, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys convicted for seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will be sentenced Wednesday.

Morning news brief

5:10am August 30, 2023

Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia as it prepares to make landfall. Senior leaders of the Proud Boys will be sentenced Wednesday. And an unwanted kiss may have set off a new movement in Spain.

In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Rudy Giuliani, former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, poses for his booking photo on Aug. 23 in Atlanta.

It's time to rethink Rudy Giuliani and his claim to discover RICO

11:25am August 29, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Giuliani has long claimed that he dreamed up the idea of using the federal RICO law to target mafia families when he was a federal prosecutor.

Politics & Government

A judge sets March 4, 2024, as the trial date in a Trump election interference case

7:17am August 29, 2023

NPR'S Steve Inskeep talks to GOP political consultant Doug Heye, a former communications director for the RNC, about how the date for Donald Trump's federal Jan. 6 trial might affect the GOP primary.

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National

A psychoactive hemp product is available where marijuana is banned due to a loophole

5:56pm August 28, 2023

by Steve Harrison

Marijuana is still outlawed in most red states, but stores there have found a way to sell intoxicating hemp-based products. It's all because of a loophole in a federal law.

National

Slew of new landownership bills are reminiscent of anti-Asian Alien Land Laws

5:08pm August 28, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with legal expert Edgar Chen about the recent slew of legislation aimed at restricting U.S. land ownership for Chinese citizens and businesses.

Judge Chutkan sets Trump's Jan. 6 trial for early March

4:55pm August 28, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

D.C. Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan set a March 4, 2024, trial date in former President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial, much to the chagrin of his attorney.

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