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Court considers ending Stanford Ponzi scheme suits
The Supreme Court is considering shutting down class-action lawsuits from investors who lost billions in former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme. Justices listened to lawyers argue over whether lawsuit should proceed against individuals, law firms and investment companies that allegedly aided Stanford's fraud. He was sent to ...
Obama thanks FEMA for work during shutdown
President Barack Obama is thanking workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency for doing their jobs under "less than optimal circumstances" during the government shutdown. Obama made an unannounced visit to FEMA Monday as the shutdown neared the one-week mark. Some furloughed employees at the agency were recalled last week ...
White House open to short-term hike in debt limit
Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to raise the nation's debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions Republicans have said they intend to demand, officials said Monday, as the White House signaled it would accept even a brief extension in borrowing authority to prevent an unprecedented default. The details of ...
ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal
The Obama administration is blocking a federal law enforcement agent from publishing a book about the failed "Fast and Furious" gun-smuggling sting operation because of concerns that the book would negatively affect morale, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday. The ACLU charged that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
Gov't seeks delay in NSA case over US shutdown
The Justice Department says that because of the shutdown, it wants a federal court to delay a court case in which the government has said it will reveal more secret documents about the National Security Agency's surveillance program. In a new filing with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the government ...
Obama may be open to short-term debt ceiling hike
A senior Obama economic adviser is suggesting that the White House would be open to a short-term increase in the nation's borrowing authority. But the adviser, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, says a long-term extension of the debt limit would be better for the economy. Sperling says the size ...
Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the government was coping with a ...
Court won't hear appeal from former Newark mayor
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from former Newark, N.J., Mayor Sharpe James. The high court on Monday refused to hear from James, convicted in 2008 of illegally steering sweetheart land deals to his then-mistress and sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. He was released in the spring ...
Court won't hear appeal of landmark 1996 lawsuit
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal of a Florida lawsuit making it easier for sick smokers or their survivors to pursue lawsuits against tobacco companies. The court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Liggett Group LLC. They wanted ...
Court won't hear appeal from ex-Abramoff associate
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from the only lobbyist to be tried on charges of bribing public officials related to the Jack Abramoff scandal. The court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Kevin Ring, who was sentenced to 20 months in prison. Ring was the only ...
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