AKRON, Ohio — The judge overseeing the high-profile bribery trial of two former FirstEnergy executives kept a second jury question secret from the public. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross wrote in a late Thursday order that she believed she needed to keep the jury’s fourth question secret from the public because of the public interest in the case.

Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro heads to court again this week. The judge overseeing this case is longtime federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein. At 92 years old, Hellerstein is older than the average age of a federal judge by more than 20 years.

A federal judge in Rhode Island denied a request from the Trump administration to “moot out” a preliminary injunction preserving the American Federation of Government Employees’ contract with the Veterans Affairs Department.

Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross questioned jurors who saw documents they were supposed to have during the seventh day of deliberations in the FirstEnergy bribery trial.

A judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drillin.

A judge found former Governor Matt Bevin in contempt of court amid a legal dispute with his estranged son

Judge Loretta Biggs, an Obama appointee, ruled North Carolina's voter ID law constitutional after a seven-year court fight, a major Republican win.