Lydia Wheeler

Lydia Wheeler Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified before Congress Tuesday, where they fielded questions about security threats, the court's ethics code and the rise of the “shadow docket.”

WASHINGTON—Litigants sometimes fight dirty. They don't often fight about physical dirt.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. said new information showed the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., is dropping its case against the three-time Olympian it charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial

President Trump criticized Jeanine Pirro, his appointee as U.S. attorney, for dropping the vandalism charge.

President Trump rebuked Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, after she dropped her effort to prosecute a former Olympic athlete

Olympian David Hearn could try to seek sanctions, damages from the government after prosecutors abandoned case.

The decision by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to abandon prosecutions alleging vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on Friday halted aboveground construction on President Trump's planned White House ballroom, setting up a potential showdown at the Supreme Court over one of the president's favored projects.

Read this exciting story from The Wall Street Journal August 08, 2026 issue. A federal appeals court halted above-ground construction on President Trump’s planned White House ballroom, setting up a potential showdown at the Supreme Court over one of the president’s favored projects.