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A federal agent stands in front of a home of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 in Washington. An agency spokesperon says FBI agents were at a home in Washington connected to Deripaska to carry out “court-authorized law enforcement activity.” (Manuel Balce Cenetaa/AP) WASHINGTON — Federal agents conducted "law enforcement activity" on Tuesday at a Washington house owned b...

Savannah Guthrie (Photo courtesy of NBC News) Ed. note: This column originally appeared on Original Jurisdiction, the latest Substack publication from David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction on its About page, and you can subscribe through this signup page. One year ago this month, Today Show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie took apart then-president Donald Trump on national telev...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new law in Florida is taking aim at telemarketers who call or text consumers who didn’t give written permission. Taking Action Reporter Jackie Callaway found a class-action lawsuit filed in Pinellas County will put this new rule to the test. At first, the unsolicited texts annoyed Cheri Aul. David’s Bridal sent dozens of messages over the summer, she said. According to court r...

STAUNTON — They aren't too hard to spot. Stand on any sidewalk in the area and watch traffic go by for a few minutes and you’re bound to see one: a person breaking the law by holding their cell phone while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that nine percent of all drivers at any given moment are using cell phones, and the National Safety Council said abou...

Seila Law has sent a letter advising the Ninth Circuit that it will not seek further review from the U.S. Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court ruled that the CFPB’s structure was unconstitutional and remanded the case for further consideration, a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel ruled that the civil investigative demand (CID) issued to Seila Law was validly ratified by former Director Kraninge...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents conducted “law enforcement activity” on Tuesday at a Washington mansion owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The agents were carrying out “court-authorized law enforcement activity,” an agency spokesperson said. Officials would not provide any additional information about the circumstances surrounding thei...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded grant funding to the police departments of the City of Yakima, the City of Moses Lake, and the City of Kennewick. Moses Lake and Yakima received funding through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program and Kennewick received funding through the Law Enforce...

COLUMBUS, OH (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe mental illness at the time of their crime is seeing its first implementations. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in January signed the bill into law covering killers diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder or delusional disorder. Judges this year removed inmates in Butler and Frank...

FBI director addresses rise is police officer deaths More than 60,000 police and law enforcement officers were assaulted on the job in 2020 – up by more than 4,000 from the prior year, recent FBI statistics show. There were 60,105 officers assaulted in the line of duty in 2020, with 30.9% of them – 18,568 – suffering injuries as a result, the FBI said in a press release on Monday. The total n...

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Yesterday Donald Trump made good on his threat to assert executive privilege, suing Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson and the National Archivist to block subpoenas regarding the January 6 investigation. Attorney Jesse Binnall, who worked with Sidney Powell on Michael Flynn’s case and spearheaded Trump’s doomed election suits in Nevada, filed the instan...