US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump about the former president's claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Read More

Top Court Wraps Trump Immunity Hearing as Delay Seems Likely

Arguing for Trump is D. John Sauer, who clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia and former appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, who has become one of Trump’s fiercest critics. Sauer only argued ... Read More

Supreme Court might not give Trump sweeping immunity — but it's likely to give him the one victory he wants

A majority of justices appear to want to create a standard of presidential immunity that will take time to craft and even more time to implement. Read More

Trump's Lawyer Makes Surprising Move During Supreme Court Argument

Legal analysts were surprised Trump's lawyer did not offer a rebuttal during arguments on the former president's immunity claims. Read More

Trump Shaped the Supreme Court. Now He Wants His Victory.

The former president expects loyalty while the justices stress independence. Read More

Trump trial: Why can't Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom?

It's a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are able to see or even hear what is going on. Here's why. Read More

Dr. Jeffrey Gold confirmed as University of Nebraska system president

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday confirmed Dr. Jeffrey Gold as NU’s next president, with one regent calling him "the right person, particularly at the right time." ... Read More

Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing the war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go

Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion two ... Read More

Craze for Masters gnomes is growing. Golf-centric statue is now a coveted collector item

Gnomes, those quirky statues people often have in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at Augusta National. The Masters gnomes have been selling out within a couple of hours each morning. Read More

‘Queen of the Con’ left trail of scam victims across US. Now ‘Irish heiress’ could face reckoning in UK

Dubbed “Queen of the Con,” Marianne Smyth posed as an heiress, an emissary for Satan, a witch and Jennifer Aniston’s best friend. Then she stole tens of thousands, authorities say. Read More

‘There’s an elephant!’: Escaped circus star stuns onlookers, stops traffic in Montana

Tola the elephant brought traffic to a standstill as onlookers gaped at the meandering mammoth. At least she packed her trunk! Read More

NU regents approve Dr. Jeff Gold as next university president

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents finalized the hiring of Dr. Jeff Gold as the system's ninth president on Friday. Read More