The Supreme Court declined to clarify how false claims should be verified under the False Claims Act, which could draw out some related healthcare cases, legal experts said. Hospice provider Care Alternatives asked the Supreme Court to review the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ determination that a false claimContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans who sought to disqualify mailed ballots in the 2020 presidential election that arrived after Election Day. The court’s brief order gave no reasons for turning down the case, which as a practicalContinue Reading
For generations, Iowa and New Hampshire have held a special place in American politics, as the first states to vote in the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination process. The candidates flock there well before election year for steak fries and county fairs, endless town halls and glad handling. Former SenatorContinue Reading
For generations, Iowa and New Hampshire have held a special place in American politics, as the first states to vote in the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination process. The candidates flock there well before election year for steak fries and county fairs, endless town halls and glad handling. Former SenatorContinue Reading
With Republican positions hardening and President Biden’s agenda slowed by the proceedings, Democratic senators began signaling that they had seen enough, too, and members of both parties were coalescing around a plan to bring a quick end to the trial with a vote on guilt or innocence as early asContinue Reading
“With his back against the wall when all else has failed, he turns back to his supporters — who he’d already spent months telling that the election was stolen — and he amplified it further,” said Representative Joe Neguse, Democrat of Colorado. The Trump Impeachment › What You Need toContinue Reading
The House impeachment managers on Wednesday will begin their oral arguments in the second Senate trial in a year of former President Donald J. Trump, an opportunity to present a direct link between Mr. Trump’s behavior and the deadly riot that unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The managersContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — A coalition of civil liberties and human rights groups urged the Biden administration on Monday to drop efforts to extradite the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain and prosecute him, calling the Trump-era case against him “a grave threat to press freedom.” The coalition sent a letter urgingContinue Reading
“The story of the president’s actions is both riveting and horrifying,” Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland and the lead prosecutor, said in an interview. “We think that every American should be aware of what happened — that the reason he was impeached by the House and the reason heContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled against the heirs of Jewish art dealers in Nazi-era Frankfurt who sought to sue Germany in American courts over artifacts they say the dealers were forced to sell for a third of their value. The case, Federal Republic of Germany v.Continue Reading