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Megan Mineiro

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News Reporter — Courthouse News Service
Washington, D.C., United States
U.S.
As seen in: Courthouse News Service, Noozhawk, Tucson Sentinel, The Daily Nexus, The Washington Diplomat, Pacific Coast Business Times, Street Sense Media, The DC Line
Covers:  Federal courts, Capitol Hill, immigration, health care, homeland security, foreign affairs, voting and the environment
Reporter @CourthouseNews covering DC federal courts plus up on the Hill from time to time wdc@courthousenews.com | DM for Signal [fmr @pacbiztimes @dailynexus]
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Election Day Failing Puts DeJoy on Cusp of Contempt Order

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — A election supervisor answer questions for the election workers as they count ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Thursday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)WASHINGTON (CN) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may be held in contempt for the failure of the U.S. Postal Service to comply with a federal judge’s Election Day order.
Nov 06, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Postal Service Can’t Tell if Thousands of Ballots Reached Destination

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — A mailbox sits outside a U.S. Post Office building in Harrisburg, Pa., on Election Day. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Postal Service is unable to track whether thousands of ballots ever reached election officials, including in swing states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Nov 05, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Postal Service ignores federal court order to search for missing ballots

By Megan Mineiro
tucsonsentinel.com — Posted Nov 4, 2020, 2:38 pmMegan MineiroCourthouse News ServiceThe U.S. Postal Service failed to comply with a court order on Tuesday to sweep its facilities to ensure no ballot was left behind on Election Day, including in battleground states like Florida and Pennsylvania.
Nov 04, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Judge Livid His Order on Mail Ballots Went Ignored

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Election worker Kristen Mun empties ballots from a ballot box at the Multnomah County Elections Division on Tuesday in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge railed at the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday for ignoring an order to sweep postal facilities for mail-in ballots the previous afternoon. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said that someone at the agency would have to pay for its admitted noncompliance.
Nov 04, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Postal Service Ignores Order to Sweep Post Offices for Mailed Ballots

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — In this April 2, 2020 file photo, a United States Postal Service worker makes a delivery with gloves and a mask in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Postal Service failed to comply with a court order on Tuesday to sweep its facilities to ensure no ballot was left behind on Election Day, including in battleground states like Florida and Pennsylvania.
Nov 03, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Bring Out the Brooms: Post Offices to Be Swept for Mailed Ballots

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Franklin County Board of Elections employees Seth Golding, left, and Braydon Galliers, center, transfer the chain of custody of blank absentee ballots to Wesley Foust, of the U.S. Postal Service, on Oct. 5, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)WASHINGTON (CN) — In a bid to ensure no ballot left behind, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday to sweep its facilities for election mail.
Nov 03, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Feds Sued for Easing Regulations on Coal Ash

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Heavy equipment is used at a coal ash storage site in Gallatin, Tenn., in 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)WASHINGTON (CN) — Coal ash, a top polluting waste in the United States second only to household trash, is flowing unchecked from power plants under President Donald Trump, nine conservation groups suing the Environmental Protection Agency claimed Monday.
Nov 02, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

DC Circuit Skeptical of GOP Challenge to Virtual Legislating

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)WASHINGTON (CN) — The Founding Fathers did not have Zoom, a federal judge on the D.C. Circuit pointed out Monday, hearing a challenge by House Republicans to their Democratic counterparts allowing remote legislating during the coronavirus pandemic.
Nov 02, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Judge Closely Tracking Postal Service Delivery of Mailed Ballots

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Government National Politics  October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO 2020 elections, mail, Trump administration, U.S. Postal Service, Voting A box of absentee ballots waits to be counted in Albany, N.Y., on June 30, 2020.
Oct 30, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Trump Administration Pulls Gray Wolves Off Endangered Species List

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — A gray wolf is seen at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)WASHINGTON (CN) — Environmentalists are gearing up for a court battle after the Trump administration booted gray wolves in the Lower 48 states from the endangered species list on Thursday. “This delisting decision is what happens when bad science drives bad policy — and it’s illegal, so we will see them in court,” Earthjustice attorney Kristen Boyles said in a statement.
Oct 29, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

EPA Blamed for Compounding Pollution With Lax Gas-Flare Checks

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — A natural gas flare is pictured near Orla, Texas, in 2018. (Courthouse News Photo/Travis Bubenik)WASHINGTON (CN) — Accusing the government of shirking its mandatory gas-flare duties for the last 34 years, 10 environmental groups claim in a federal complaint that pollution has soared as a result.
Oct 29, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Cruz Fights to Get Back Money He Loaned Campaign

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions Amy Coney Barrett during the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings on Oct. 14, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON (CN) — GOP Senator Ted Cruz is calling on a federal court panel to strike down a Federal Election Commission rule limiting post-election donations to pay back money he loaned his 2018 campaign, in a case heard in Washington on Wednesday. A Texas Republican, Cruz gave two loans to his campaign in the last run for reelection.
Oct 28, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

GOP Locks In Votes to Confirm Barrett to Supreme Court

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — A protester opposed to the Senate’s race to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confronted by police after chaining themselves to a railing and holding a sign while sitting atop the statue Contemplation of Justice at the Supreme Court building in Washington on Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (CN) — With the Republican Senate marshaled behind her, Amy Coney Barrett is poised Monday to join more than 200 conservative judges installed on the federal bench under President Donald Trump.
Oct 26, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Senate Teed Up for Monday Vote to Confirm Barrett

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators at the Capitol on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Republicans are set to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday, a victory for President Donald Trump that will make history just days out from the 2020 election.
Oct 23, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

GOP Advances Five Trump Nominees Alongside Barrett

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, speaks with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON (CN) — Moments after advancing Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the full Senate, in an unprecedented vote absent of any Democratic senators, Republicans voted Thursday to clear five more of President Donald Trump’s nominees on their way to the federal bench.
Oct 22, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Democrats Boycott Committee Vote on Barrett With Election Days Away

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett holds up a blank pad of paper during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 13, having been asked by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, what notes she was referring to during the hearing. “Impressive,” Cornyn replied.
Oct 22, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Opponents in Landmark Gay Marriage Case Unite Against Barrett Nomination

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Wednesday. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)WASHINGTON (CN) — The named plaintiff and defendant in the landmark Supreme Court case that upheld the fundamental rights of same-sex couples stood together Tuesday in opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the nation’s highest court.
Oct 20, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Back from the Supreme Court, House Pushes DC Circuit for Trump Financials

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services on May 22, 2019. Behind the secretary, a graphic recounts various instances when President Donald Trump promised to disclose the tax returns that to date remain shrouded in secrecy.
Oct 20, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Judge Safeguards Food Stamps Nearly Derailed From 700,000

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — Clients line up outside the Mississippi Department of Employment Security WIN Job Center in Pearl, Miss., on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)WASHINGTON (CN) — Experts called it critical Monday that a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from leaving nearly 700,000 people without food stamps at a time of rising food insecurity with millions of Americans out of work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Oct 19, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Graham Rolls Past Tradition and Sets Confirmation Vote on Barrett

By Megan Mineiro, Jack Rodgers
courthousenews.com — People protest for and against the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in Washington on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham steamrolled precedent Thursday and set a vote for Oct. 22 on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to sit on the Supreme Court.
Oct 15, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

In Day 3 at Senate, Barrett Won’t Say If Trump Can Pardon Himself

By Megan Mineiro, Jack Rodgers
courthousenews.com — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON (CN) — Picking back up with Amy Coney Barrett on the heels of an 11-hour day of questioning, senators on Wednesday confronted the Supreme Court nominee on Wednesday about hot-button issues like abortion, health care, voting rights and the power of the presidency.
Oct 14, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Barrett Volleys Fire on Health Care Law as Democrats Highlight Pandemic Threat

By Megan Mineiro, Jack Rodgers
courthousenews.com — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)WASHINGTON (CN) — Democrats drilling Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett buckled down Tuesday on their warnings that Republicans are commandeering the high court to overturn the landmark health care legislation that protects those with preexisting conditions, among the 7 million Americans who contracted Covid-19 this year.
Oct 13, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Barrett Confirmation Hearing Powers Up Under Shadow of Virus Outbreak

By Megan Mineiro, Jack Rodgers
courthousenews.com — Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, meets with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer on October 1, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters via AP)WASHINGTON (CN) — President Donald Trump opted out of this week’s presidential debate, calling the virtual format a “waste of time,” but the Senate’s fervid work to confirm his Supreme Court pick, Judge Amy Coney Barret, pushed forward Monday in a partially virtual hearing.
Oct 12, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

California Tribes Fight Border Wall Disruption of Religious Sites

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott as he tours a section of the border wall in June 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (CN) — The Kumeyaay Nation, 13 federally recognized Indian tribes living in Southern California, urged a federal judge on Friday to force the Trump administration to survey the grounds around an under-construction border wall to prevent the disruption of religious sites, including burial grounds. U.S. District Judge Trevor N.
Oct 09, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Health, Environment Groups Clash With Feds Over Clean Power

By Megan Mineiro
courthousenews.com — WASHINGTON (CN) — In a marathon day of oral arguments on the Trump administration’s rollback of an Obama-era rule on power plant emissions, more than a dozen health and environmental groups argued new regulations brazenly fail to combat climate change. The American Lung Association and the American Public Health Association first sued to challenge Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy, or ACE, rule in 2019.
Oct 08, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?
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