Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern over how the rise of state laws allowing mail ballots to be received after Election Day could undermine public confidence in the electoral process, as the Supreme Court grappled with the legality of Mississippi’s late-arriving mail ballot law Monday. The Supreme Court heard arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, […]

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that U.S. officials had been in indirect communication with Iranian leaders about a possible off-ramp to end the war, but it is unclear how Israel will factor into these discussions. The president’s remarks were the first indication of a possible off-ramp to conclude the conflict, but his objectives and […]

New Jersey district judges and the Trump administration came to an agreement to appoint career prosecutor Robert Frazer as Alina Habba’s replacement as U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb announced Frazer’s departure in a single-sentence notice on the state court’s website on Monday, with the appointment effective Monday. The appointment marks […]

Kermit Gosnell, the former abortionist convicted in Pennsylvania of first-degree murder of three born-alive infants during botched late-term abortions, died this month in state custody. Gosnell, 85, was serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole in Huntingdon County after being convicted by a jury in May 2013. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections […]