Impeachment witness calls Trump tweet ‘intimidating’
Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said President Donald Trump’s tweets about her during her testimony in the impeachment hearings are “very intimidating” to her and other witnesses.
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Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes
President Donald Trump is asking the United States Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns in a test of the president’s ability to defy investigations.
NTSB: Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals
Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to improve tourist duck boats, changes they say might have prevented last year’s Missouri accident that killed 17 people.
Impeachment: Trump overheard demanding ‘investigations’
For the first time, a top diplomat testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about “the investigations” that he wanted Ukraine to pursue that are central to the impeachment inquiry. The first public testimony in the House of Representatives’ inquiry got underway Wednesday.
Van Tyle: Working with vulnerable immigrant populations amid change
For good or for bad, immigration policy can often change day-to-day. Rules and regulations recently have been introduced, only to be temporarily halted by injunction days before implementation.
Durham: Preparing H-1B visa petitions in light of the culture of ‘no’
The H-1B may be one of the most well-known, and perhaps most desired, temporary employment visa classifications sought by US employers and foreign national students and professionals. Unfortunately for employers, a culture of “no” has taken hold at USCIS, risking employers’ ability to use the H-1B visa to fill critical positions and retain key foreign national employees.
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb honored in Indianapolis
For his work in founding and developing C-SPAN, the cable network that gives Americans a front row seat to their government, Indiana native and Purdue University alumnus Brian Lamb was honored Monday by the Benjamin Harrison President Site with the 2019 Advancing American Democracy Award.
Court’s conservatives seem to back Trump on immigration
The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.
What’s coming in impeachment: The inquiry goes public
For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. Here’s a quick forecast of what’s coming this week.
Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrants
The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.
Senators seeking applications after Springmann announces senior status
Indiana’s senators are taking applications for an upcoming judicial vacancy after Northern District Court Chief Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann announced she will soon take senior status.
House impeachment inquiry becomes teachable moment across US
The House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine has become a teachable moment in classrooms around the country as educators incorporate the events often hundreds of miles away in Washington into their lesson plans.
Justices seem uncertain about reach of Clean Water Act
The United States Supreme Court seems uncertain about how to decide a closely watched case from Hawaii about the reach of landmark federal clean-water protections.
Lawyers exiting Indiana’s congressional delegation
Rep. Pete Visclosky’s decision to retire from the U.S. Congress after 35 years will create the possibility that Indiana’s delegation in the House of Representatives will not include an attorney.
White House lawyer defies impeachment subpoena
The lead lawyer for the National Security Council defied a subpoena Monday to appear before House impeachment investigators, as did other White House witnesses, following President Donald Trump’s orders not to cooperate with the probe.
Justice Dept. appeals order on Mueller grand jury testimony
The Justice Department on Monday appealed a judge’s order directing the department to provide the House with secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The department also asked Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell to put her own order on hold until a federal appeals court has an opportunity to weigh in.
Federal grant fueling project to lower recidivism in Marion County
With more a third of the individuals from Marion County returning to incarceration within a year of being released, the city of Indianapolis is using a $1 million federal grant to launch a new three-year project to reduce the recidivism rate and improve outcomes.
Immigration attorneys discuss Bobadilla, legally related consequences of pleas
Immigration lawyers at the Indiana State Bar Association Annual Meeting discussed how Angelo Bobadilla’s misdemeanor convictions led him to immigration court and to a landmark Indiana Supreme Court ineffective assistance of counsel ruling.
LaPorte woman gets probation in assault on Delta flight
An Indiana woman who had been drinking wine before she attacked a Delta Air Lines crew and federal agents on a Michigan-bound flight has been sentenced to six months of probation.
Congress backs naming Indianapolis post office for Lugar
The naming of a downtown Indianapolis post office in honor of the late former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar has now been approved by both houses of Congress.