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Congress is one step closer to ending the longest government shutdown in American history. The Senate approved a funding bill by a 60 to 40 vote. The agreement includes funding for Defender Services, some of whom haven't been paid since July, and security for U.S. Supreme Court justices.…

New York man is convicted in 2022 on charges of securities fraud, making false filings with the SEC, and improperly influencing the conduct of audits. This comes as a real…

More than 50 private attorneys and contractors in New Mexico announced on Wednesday that they will stop taking new cases where they would represent federal defendants who cannot afford their own lawyers, citing a funding crisis that has left them unpaid since early July.…

Not guilty. That was the finding of a jury fully acquitting the man charged with assault for throwing his hoagie at a federal officer in Washington, D.C. 

The case of the Subway sandwich has come to symbolize how many in the nation's capital feel about the administration'…

A few fellas were drinkin' moonshine in a Tishomingo County, Miss. trailer when things get out of hand and one is arrested for shooting some bullets—which he denies. Due to a prior conviction he's held awaiting trial. That lasts 1,233 days, during which he's given four attorneys—some of whom he'…

The federal court system has run out of money and will scale back operations beginning Monday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, possibly leading to case delays.…

Sure, soliciting a minor for sex is criminal—but it does not, the Eighth Circuit holds, affect interstate commerce just because you made your gross solicitation while sitting in a car that was manufactured out of state. The…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in two criminal cases this week:

Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel—Villarreal v. Texas, No. 24-577 (U.S. Apr. 7, 2025) (cert. granted) (Whether a trial court abridges the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to…

Today, the United States Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s petition for certiorari. Maxwell v. United States, No. 24-1073 (U.S. Oct. 6, 2025) (cert. denied). Maxwell presented this question for review: under Santobello v. New York and common principles of contract…

More American Indian legal drama out of Oklahoma! In a vehicular-manslaughter prosecution, gov't had to prove defendant was an Indian to have federal jurisdiction. Defendant testified he was a tribal citizen, and he had also asserted that in state court to get out of related civil lawsuit.…