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Jim Tanner / Reuters The 18 Days That Haunt Trump's Presidency
A timeline of the events that led up to former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s departure from the White House
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters The 19 Women Who Accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct
The "Weinstein effect" continues to roil the nation’s power centers. But the allegations against the president have largely stayed in the background.
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Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI
The former national-security adviser is the fourth Trump-campaign official to be charged in Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters What’s Next for Federal Corruption Cases After Bob Menendez?
The New Jersey senator’s mistrial is the highest-profile setback yet for federal prosecutors after a major Supreme Court ruling last year.
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Byrnn Anderson / AP An Alabama Robocall Invokes Ugly Tropes
A recording falsely claiming to be from a Washington Post reporter named Lenny Bernstein seeks to fan resentment of the press among Roy Moore supporters.
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Brynn Anderson / AP Did Donald Trump Jr. Cross the Line With WikiLeaks?
Messages between the president’s eldest son and the radical transparency organization don’t reveal evidence of any clear-cut crimes.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters David Boies's Complicated Conflicts
Did the superstar lawyer cross ethical lines in his representation of Harvey Weinstein?
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters ‘A Particularly Cowardly Act of Terror’
New York City leaders respond to a terror attack with a show of resolve.
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Matt Rourke / AP / Katie Martin / … Robert Mueller Is Just Getting Started
Legal experts said Monday's revelations show the special counsel is “maximizing the clout” of the Russia investigation.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Mueller Moves Against Paul Manafort
The former chair of Donald Trump’s campaign and his business associate Rick Gates were reportedly told to surrender to federal authorities on Monday morning.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Robert Mueller's First Charges
The special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation reportedly obtained a sealed indictment on Friday.
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Victor Hugo King / Reuters Trump Reverses Course on the Release of JFK Files
The president will withhold some of the government’s last secret files about the 1963 assassination to give intelligence agencies more time to review them.
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images Could a Controversial Bill Sink Criminal-Justice Reform in Congress?
A debate over mens rea stalled the last push for reform. Now, a similar battle could be brewing.
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Steve Helber / AP The Strangest Political Attack Ad of 2017
A new TV spot in the Virginia gubernatorial election captures an unusual political moment for criminal-justice reform.
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Joe Penney / Reuters Has the Supreme Court Legalized Public Corruption?
By making it harder to punish official misconduct, the justices risk damage to America's republican institutions.
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Bryan Snyder / Reuters Should Federal Prosecutors Be Able to Search Americans' Emails Overseas?
The Supreme Court will resolve a standoff between Microsoft and federal prosecutors who want access to customer data stored in Ireland.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters The Problem With Electing Prosecutors
The Manhattan district attorney has come under fire for campaign donations he received—one from Harvey Weinstein's lawyer and others from a Trump family attorney.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Religious Liberty or Discrimination?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal agencies to strongly favor faith-related legal exemptions on Friday, imperiling protections for women and LGBT Americans.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters American Policing Goes to the Supreme Court
In the new term, which starts Monday, the justices will hear cases on digital privacy, qualified immunity, and other major criminal-justice issues.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Judgment Day for Public Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could deal a serious blow to American organized labor.
