Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — Lindsey Halligan, one of President Trump's ...

A federal judge disqualified Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah from involvement in several cases. "Given the Court’s conclusion that Ms. Chattah is not validly serving as ...

President Donald Trump has just two Senate-confirmed U.S. attorneys in place. That hasn’t stopped him from leaning on unvetted and newly minted prosecutors to harness the power of the Justice ...

SECOND DAY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. A FINANCIAL CRISIS. WE’VE MISSED THREE MONTHS OF PAYCHECKS WITH NO END IN SIGHT, IS HITTING HARD FOR 40 SACRAMENTO DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE PART OF THE CRIMINAL ...

A Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for Nevada was disqualified from four criminal cases by a federal judge Tuesday after not being officially nominated for confirmation by the Senate. Sigal Chattah, who ...

A federal judge on Tuesday disqualified acting Nevada U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah from supervising multiple cases in which defendants challenged her appointment. Arizona-based Senior U.S. District ...

A federal judge said Sigal Chattah was not “validly serving as acting U.S. attorney.” The Trump administration had appointed her to the post in a way that circumvented federal procedures. By Danny ...

Complicated Land Grab Rules Are a Windfall for Michigan Governments This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—October 16 Audio By Carbonatix There is a lot that is outrageous about the process that ...

OREM, Utah — Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson was appointed an attorney prior to the suspect's court appearance next week, officials said on Wednesday evening. Kirk was taken to a hospital ...

Trump appointed longtime aide Lindsey Halligan to lead the case. Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury in the coming days to indict former FBI Director ...

A Trump-backed top federal prosecutor in Nevada has been disqualified from handling criminal cases after a federal judge ruled that she is “not validly serving as Acting U.S. Attorney.” U.S. District ...

Four top prosecutors have been forced out of the Eastern District of Virginia amid Trump’s push to charge political opponents. Lawyers inside the high-profile U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting former ...