U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw President Trump’s federal election subversion case, wrote in court filings that his sweeping pardons for those charged in connection with the Jan ...

While dismissing cases, judges who have overseen the prosecutions made clear that the orders did nothing to change the reality of the attack on the Capitol. By Alan Feuer No one knows more about ...

A judge in Texas ruled Thursday that three other states can move ahead with their effort to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug ...

On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon. Cannon on Tuesday blocked the Justice Department from sharing special counsel Jack ...

Jones III, a retired federal judge who was appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush and confirmed unanimously by the Senate in 2002. Jones is now president of Dickinson College.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon said prosecutors should not be allowed to share the report outside the Justice Department, adding that it contained information that had not been made public. By Alan Feuer ...

Judges Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini were known for ordering harsh sentences, including executions, during their decades-long careers. Such judges are known as “judges of death” and ...

Two veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges known for handling high-profile cases were shot dead inside the court in Tehran, state-affiliated media reported. The Iranian judiciary said the assailant ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Two judges of Iran’s Supreme Court were shot dead and a third wounded in Tehran on Saturday, the judiciary’s news website said. The attacker ...

The judge ruled that states shouldn’t be prevented from suing in Texas just because they’re outside of the state. (photo: Ivanko80 / Shutterstock) A federal judge in Texas ruled that three ...

In a rare shooting in downtown Tehran, two prominent judges from the country’s Supreme Court have been killed and another wounded, according to Iranian state media reports. Little information ...

Ali Razini (left) and Mohammad Moghisseh (right) were both killed in the attack Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country's supreme court.