Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. devoted his annual year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary, issued on Sunday, to the positive role that artificial intelligence can play in the legal system — and the threats it poses. His report did not address the Supreme Court’s rocky year, including its adoption of an…
Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff and a former Republican representative from North Carolina, was one of 18 people charged alongside former President Donald J. Trump on Monday night with conspiracy and other counts related to efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power after the 2020 election. In 2021, congressional hearings into…
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago announced on Sunday that he had chosen Larry Snelling, chief of the bureau of counterterrorism for the Chicago Police Department, as its new police superintendent, perhaps the most consequential appointment of Mr. Johnson’s new administration as the city continues to grapple with violent crime. “Chief Snelling is a proven leader…
The chief of public safety for Miami-Dade County, Fla., was seriously wounded late on Sunday and was hospitalized in Tampa, the mayor of the county said on Monday. The injury was caused by a self-inflicted gunshot, according to two people with knowledge of what happened. Alfredo Ramirez III, who serves in a dual role as…
Louisville’s interim police chief, Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, will continue permanently in her role and take over a department that has been in turmoil since the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and was excoriated this year in a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report. Ms. Gwinn-Villaroel, 49, will be the first Black woman to serve permanently…
President Biden is hosting the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to discuss long-term strategy in Ukraine and who will oversee the 31-member military alliance moving forward. The visit comes during a critical time for the Western alliance, as Ukraine mounts a counteroffensive to regain territory claimed by Russia…
President Biden named a new Border Patrol chief on Friday as U.S. immigration policies have come under renewed scrutiny following the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era restriction that allowed the authorities to expel most migrants for more than three years. Jason Owens, who has served in the Border Patrol for more than 20 years,…
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter released Tuesday evening that he was declining its invitation to testify about ethics rules for the Supreme Court. In an accompanying statement on ethics practices, all nine justices, under mounting pressure for more stringent reporting requirements at the court,…
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued an order on Monday temporarily maintaining a Trump-era public health emergency measure that allows the government to expel migrants seeking asylum who cross the southern border unlawfully. The chief justice’s order, known as an administrative stay, was provisional and meant to give the Supreme Court time…
“This is not the Shasta County I know,” said Cathy Darling Allen, who has been overseeing elections in the county for 18 years.