Vanessa Romo | NPR|Trump says agents will go "into communities plagued by violent crime." He adds the administration has "no choice but to get involved."
Attacks such as the one that left Judge Esther Salas' son dead are rare, but a report shows "threats and inappropriate comments" against federal court workers increased fourfold since 2015.
A gunman dressed as a FedEx driver reportedly entered the North Brunswick home of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, fatally shooting her 20-year-old son and critically wounding her husband.
Federal prosecutors in New York had failed to turn over evidence to defendant Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, accused of violating U.S. sanction laws against Iran.
The Supreme Court justice revealed she on Friday that she had begun a course of chemotherapy on May 19. In a statement, she said she is still able to do her job "full steam."
The 5-4 decision, with the court's liberal wing dissenting, clears the way for the execution of Wesley Purkey, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 16-year-old girl in 1998.
Nina Totenberg, Emmett Witkovsky-Eldred, and Alyson Hurt | NPR|
The court's conservative justices wrote separately a lot, often just for themselves. Meanwhile, the court's liberals let their victories speak for themselves and dissented as a bloc.
The judge on Tuesday said it was unfair to include women who'd merely met Weinstein with those making more grievous charges. "Your settlement would create inequality among all of those people."
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has barred the lethal injections that were scheduled to commence on Monday, citing the likelihood of "extreme pain and suffering." A legal conflict is likely.
