Rebecca Beitsch

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) became the second Democrat to call for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation, saying the stance is “not political.” “I just don't think this is partisan. If you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president, or a candidate, you need to resign,” Khanna said during questioning of Cheatle....

A Supreme Court decision giving presidents wide protection from facing charges after leaving office has sparked fears voiced by President Biden and Democratic critics that former President Trump will be further emboldened should he be elected to a second term. Trump and allies have eyed more ambitious plans for a second term, pledging to more forcefully use the levers...

The breadth of Monday’s Supreme Court decision is one that largely shields former President Trump from criminal prosecution, while raising questions about the extent future presidents can take actions that would go unchecked by the courts. The ruling doesn’t just limit how Trump can be prosecuted for his actions leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. It further undercuts special...

The Supreme Court is set to rule on Monday whether former President Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution, a monumental decision that comes just days after the court dropped a decision throwing into doubt charges against hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and Trump himself. The stakes are as high as Trump’s ask of the court...

Judge Aileen Cannon’s plodding supervision of the Mar-a-Lago documents case is coming under building scrutiny after she dedicated three days this week to exploring long-shot motions from former President Trump. Cannon weighed arguments from Trump’s team that question the legitimacy of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment and his office’s funding, while taking the highly unusual...

The White House on Tuesday accused House Judiciary Republicans of working “to harass and intimidate a private citizen” after they scheduled a meeting to consider a contempt referral for President Biden’s ghost writer. The House Judiciary Committee plans to meet Thursday to mark up a resolution to hold Mark Zwonitzer in contempt of Congress after...

The nation is bracing for a high-stakes Supreme Court decision that could come as soon as this week on former President Trump’s arguments that he is immune from prosecution as a former commander in chief. The case could have significant impact on how former presidents may be held to account for any criminal actions they...

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) made sure to line up an equal number of lawmakers from each side of the aisle to serve as co-sponsors when they joined forces on a White House ethics bill last month.  That careful balance soon fell apart, however, after three...

An internal Justice Department memo argued Attorney General Merrick Garland would be protected from prosecution for contempt of Congress given President Biden’s assertion of executive privilege over audio tapes Republicans have sought by subpoena. The 57-page memo from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), obtained by The Hill, lays out the case for Garland’s refusal...

Violent crime dropped considerably in the first months of 2024 compared to the same time last year, according to statistics released by the FBI on Monday. Crime reporting for the first quarter of the year showed a 15 percent drop in violent crime overall, including a 13 percent drop in aggravated assault. Serious violent crime...