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In this photo from February 14, 2018, Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
February 14, 2019, 8:11 am
US judge finds Manafort lied to investigators in Russia probe
Few details provided in ruling on former Trump campaign manager, whose chances of getting a reduced sentence next month are harmed
By CHAD DAY
In this October 27, 2018 photo, Rabbi Eli Wilansky lights a candle after a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. (Steph Chamber/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
February 11, 2019, 9:36 am
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect due in federal court
Truck driver Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 people and wounding 7, to be told Monday that a grand jury has added 19 more counts to the 44 he faces for the rampage
By AP
In this February 28, 2018, file photo, Somerville High School students sit on the sidewalk on Highland Avenue during a student walkout at the school in Somerville, Massachusetts. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via AP, File)
March 14, 2018, 8:32 am
Florida school shooter faces death as students plan nationwide walkout
3,000 protests to be held by youths throughout US calling for more gun control in wake of massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
By Curt Anderson and Collin Binkley
Bernie Madoff arrives at Manhattan federal court on March 12, 2009. (Stephen Chernin/Getty Images via JTA)
December 20, 2017, 7:49 pm
Madoff’s trustee recovers three-quarters of $17.5b he swindled
$584 million to be paid out after New Year’s, with trustee Irving Picard saying he expects to find much more
By JTA
In this Jan. 21, 2016, file photo, Amir Hekmati waves after arriving on a private flight at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan. A judge on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, ordered Iran to pay $63.5 million to Hekmati, a former US Marine from Michigan who was jailed in that country for more than four years. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
October 3, 2017, 4:37 am
Judge rules Iran must pay $63m to US ex-Marine imprisoned there
Amir Hekmati was detained in August 2011 on espionage charges, was freed as part of January 2016 prisoner exchange
By Jeff Karoub
Sheldon Adelson attends the final remarks of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, on May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 28, 2017, 7:38 am
Adelson loses bid to sue Jewish Dems over prostitution claims
Nevada court cites ‘fair report privilege’ in petition’s link to article alleging green light for prostitution at Macau casino
By JTA
Rasmea Odeh stands outside the Theodore Levin US Courthouse in Detroit, on August 17, 2017, for a final court hearing before she was deported for concealing her convictions in two Jerusalem bombings. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
September 19, 2017, 11:41 am
Palestinian ex-terrorist to be deported from Chicago
Rasmea Odeh, who didn’t tell US authorities she was jailed for 10 years in Israel over 1969 Jerusalem bombing, to be sent to Jordan
By Agencies
Rasmea Odeh stands outside the Theodore Levin US Courthouse in Detroit, on August 17, 2017, for a final court hearing before she was deported for concealing her convictions in two Jerusalem bombings. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
August 18, 2017, 1:29 am
Palestinian terrorist loses US citizenship, will be deported
Rasmea Odeh failed to reveal to US immigration authorities that she was jailed for 10 years in Israel for her role in 1969 Jerusalem bombing
By Agencies
Rasmea Yousef Odeh, November 10, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio, File)
August 17, 2017, 12:17 pm
Palestinian terrorist faces final hearing in US before deportation
Rasmea Odeh expected to be sent to Jordan after failing to disclose her terrorism convictions during immigration process
By Agencies
Jonathan Pollard (left), and his lawyer Eliot Lauer leave federal court in New York following a hearing, July 22, 2016. (AP/Larry Neumeister, File)
May 18, 2017, 3:33 am
Jonathan Pollard seeks to ease parole conditions
Lawyer of convicted Israeli spy tells skeptical judge computer monitoring, curfew ‘creating an embarrassment and a burden’
By Larry Neumeister
Following a ruling by a federal judge in Seattle that grants a nationwide temporary restraining order against the presidential order to ban travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, demonstrators march in support of the decision inside at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, February 4, 2017. (David McNew/Getty Images/AFP)
May 9, 2017, 4:32 am
Trump administration insists travel ban not anti-Muslim
In latest court fight, ACLU notes that controversial travel freeze from six Muslim nations followed explicit campaign promise to stop Muslims entering US
By Sébastien BLANC
US President Donald Trump walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
April 26, 2017, 10:29 am
US judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary cities
Ruling prevents administration from denying billions of dollars in funding to cities that harbor illegal immigrants
By Frankie TAGGART and Paul Handley
Rasmea Yousef Odeh, November 10, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio, File)
April 26, 2017, 5:19 am
Palestinian ex-terrorist pleads guilty to US immigration crime, will be deported
Rasmea Odeh, 65, acknowledges lying to US authorities about 1970 convictions in Israel for deadly bombings
By Ed White
The Prince Jonah Kuhio Federal Building and US District Courthouse on March 9, 2017 in Honolulu, Hawaii where US President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on refugees and nationals from six mainly Muslim countries faces a new round of legal challenges. (AFP/Kent Nishimura)
April 12, 2017, 6:29 am
Hawaii asks full court to hear Trump travel ban appeal
Legality of administration’s ban from six Muslim-majority countries a ‘question of exceptional importance,’ state tells court
By AP
An illustrative photo shows the logo of social networking website Twitter displayed on a computer screen. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)
April 7, 2017, 1:54 am
Twitter rejects US effort to unmask anti-Trump officials’ accounts
Social media giant says in lawsuit it received demand last month to reveal identities of those behind account critical of Trump immigration policy
By Rob Lever
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