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The peculiar origins of the second amendment defense

4:43pm January 30, 2024

by Ramtin Arablouei

For most of U.S. history, the second amendment was rarely invoked to challenge laws, until a bank robber used it to justify ownership of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun, launching a legal battle.

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This aerial image from video provided by KTLA shows law enforcement vehicles where several people were found shot to death in El Mirage, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.

National

5 people have been arrested in California desert killings, sheriff's department says

9:03pm January 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

The suspects were arrested after deputies served search warrants on Sunday. "We are confident that this appears to be a dispute over marijuana," a sheriff's department spokesperson said.

Alex Murdaugh, left, confers with Phil Barber during his hearing at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024.

National

Alex Murdaugh is denied a new trial after a judge hears jury tampering allegations

6:07pm January 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

The South Carolina attorney appealed his conviction of killing his wife and son, arguing that the clerk of court's comments to jurors influenced their decision.

The fight between Texas and the Feds over immigration enforcement intensifies

5:44pm January 29, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

As the effects of a Supreme Court decision on border security play out in Texas, the way some Republican lawmakers and conservative leaders talk about immigrants has become increasingly hostile.

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Women's rights advocates demonstrate against abortion bans in May 2019, in Philadelphia.

Health & Safety

Pennsylvania high court revives a case challenging Medicaid limits for abortions

4:51pm January 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

The court's 3-2 decision overturns a decision to dismiss the case and puts aside a 1985 state Supreme Court decision that upheld a law banning the use of state Medicaid dollars for abortion.

The U.S. Department of Justice seal is seen on a lectern.

Politics & Government

U.S. charges 3 for alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Iranian defector in Maryland

2:53pm January 29, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

The indictment unsealed in federal court is at least the third Iran-based murder-for-hire plot prosecuted by the Justice Department since 2022.

Politics & Government

Following Trump's trials: classified documents and hush-money cases

6:04pm January 27, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

This week, an update on two cases facing former President Donald Trump: the classified documents trial in Florida and the New York case involving hush money payments to an adult film actress.

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The Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project exhibition features artwork by incarcerated artists critiquing the U.S. justice system and is on display at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C.

A prison art show at Lincoln's Cottage critiques presidents' penal law past

8:01am January 27, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project is on exhibit at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington. The work of incarcerated artists challenges U.S. presidents' records on mass incarceration.

The court was tense today as jury ordered Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million

7:59pm January 26, 2024

by Andrea Bernstein

A jury has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for ruining her credibility when he called her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.

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E. Jean Carroll leaves a New York court on Friday after a jury order former President Donald Trump $83.3 million for defaming her.

Politics & Government

Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll

7:36pm January 26, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

This is the second time Trump has been ordered pay Carroll. Last year he was mandated by a jury to pay $5 million for a separate instance of defamation.