Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:03 PM EDT
A federal appeals court on Friday barred the Justice Department from reviewing evidence seized from a Louisiana congressman's office during an unprecedented FBI raid on his Capitol Hill office in May.
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:15 PM EDT
No one in the Bush administration has been stripped of security clearances over the leak of former CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity to reporters three years ago.
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Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:40 PM EDT
The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.
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Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:30 PM EDT
A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into "a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime."
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Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:30 AM EDT
The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday for workers to show they suffered retaliation after accusing employers of discrimination.
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Wed May 24, 2006 9:57 PM EDT
Could Vice President Dick Cheney be a star prosecution witness in the perjury trial of his former chief of staff?
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:30 AM EDT
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states must work harder to make sure to tell homeowners before their houses are sold for back taxes.
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:58 PM EST
A federal judge ordered the CIA on Friday to turn over highly classified intelligence briefings to Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide to use in preparing the aide's defense against perjury charges.
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Tue Mar 7, 2006 12:21 PM EST
The CIA signaled Tuesday it likely will fight the release of highly classified presidential intelligence briefings that Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide wants to use in his defense against perjury charges.
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:19 AM EST
The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to abortion clinics in a two-decade-old legal fight over abortion protests, ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used to ban demonstrations.
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Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:46 PM EST
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, charged with perjury in the CIA leak case, cannot be told the identity of another government official who is said to have divulged a CIA operative's identity to reporters, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:57 AM EST
Five government agencies are reviewing classified evidence that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby may want to use at his trial to fight perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges, according to a court transcript made public Monday.
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Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:51 PM EST
Three members of Congress have been linked to efforts by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former General Services Administration official to secure leases of government property for Abramoff's clients, according to court filings by federal prosecutors on Friday.
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Thu Feb 9, 2006 8:19 PM EST
A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.
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