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Hearings

  1. ready or not
    Could the Fugees Founding Member Actually Get a Retrial?During a three-day hearing earlier this month, a federal judge just wanted to know why Michel’s former lawyer was so bad.
  2. the law
    The Fugees’ Pras Michel Headed Back to Court With Fancy New LawyerMichel is gearing up for an evidentiary hearing that could force a retrial, or even an acquittal.
  3. freeing britney
    Everything That Has Happened Since Britney Spears’s Pivotal TestimonyAhead of the hearing this Friday, here’s a refresher on how we got to this pivotal moment.
  4. #freebritney
    Britney Spears’s Father Jamie Suspended From Conservatorship After 13 YearsIn a new statement responding to his suspension, Jamie Spears says “the court was wrong.”
  5. explainers
    Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Hearing Today Could Change EverythingHere’s everything on the table, including the decision to remove Jamie Spears or end the whole thing.
  6. the law
    Britney Spears Takes No Prisoners, Asks Court to Finally End ConservatorshipIn a brave, damning testimony the pop star made multiple allegations of abuse, including being forced to have an IUD.
  7. conservatism
    The Big Tech Hearing Showed That Anti-Monopoly Is a Partisan IssueWith token exceptions, Republicans don’t want Silicon Valley’s giants to be less powerful, only more conservative.
  8. FBI Agent Peter Strzok Scorches GOP in Testimony Fit for Aaron Sorkin ScriptThe FBI agent explained that when he texted “we’ll stop” Trump in 2016, he was referring to American voters, not federal investigators.
  9. #metoo
    Terry Crews Details His Sexual Assault in Powerful Testimony to Senate“People don’t believe that a person like me could actually be victimized.”
  10. Senate to Hold Phony Graham-Cassidy Hearings So They Can Pretend to DeliberateJohn McCain is troubled by the Senate’s rushed consideration of health-care legislation. So the GOP is cooking up some bogus hearings for him.
  11. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Will Testify Before the Senate in an Open HearingThe public can tune in at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
  12. Senate Intel Committee Will Grill Jared Kushner on Russia MeetingsAs part of a broader investigation into the Kremlin’s 2016 election meddling.
  13. Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee Says He Hired Undocumented HousekeeperAndy Puzder’s confirmation hearings have been postponed indefinitely.
  14. courts
    Adnan From ‘Serial’ Is Getting a New Hearing, Where Asia Will Finally TestifyMaryland granted his motion to reopen post-conviction proceedings.
  15. Bailout Not So Popular on the HillSenators from both parties responded with a range of emotions at the hearing today, from grudgingly cooperative to Paul Revere–style riding-and-yelling levels of alarm.