Author: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY

Appeals court puts hold on first federal executions in 17 years, as Daniel Lewis Lee was set to die for killing a family.

A federal appeals court ruled the first federal execution in 17 years should go forward Monday, overturning an injunction to spare Daniel Lewis Lee.

Robert Mueller challenges President Trump: Roger Stone was “prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes.”

A judge delayed the first federal execution in 17 years, a resurgence of the deadly coronavirus and the risk it poses to witnesses.

President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is back in federal custody in an apparent dispute over conditions of his early prison release.

Attorney General William Barr informed Geoffrey Berman that President Donald Trump was removing him from office after the prosecutor refused to resign.

The decision to abandon the prosecution of Michael Flynn, analysts said, adds a new chapter to the steady dismantling of Robert Mueller’s work that has long threatened Trump’s presidency.

The decision, which has revived questions about the AG’s relationship with the president, comes a week after Trump claimed FBI notes exonerated Flynn.

The DOJ’s action marks the second time the federal government has sided with a church in a dispute over in-person worship services.

Feds allege the man began marketing the products in mid-March as medical professionals scrambled to find gear to shield themselves from coronavirus.