Stanford Law School professor Mark Lemley said Trump's targeting of Covington and Perkins Coie based on clients they represented raises concerns under the First Amendment's free speech protections, calling it a potential example of "blatant viewpoint discrimination."

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday suspending the security clearances of employees at Perkins Coie, citing the law firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

The suspension of security clearances for private practice lawyers at Covington who previously held significant DOJ roles is a startling political approach that has rattled lawyers across Washington. It’s long been a protected right for defendants and ...

Trump sent the directive as a memo to heads of agencies that may have granted security clearances to Covington attorneys or may interact with the law firm. A Washington Post review of public federal contracting data did not show the firm held any active ...

Several law firm leaders agreed that the unprecedented suspension of security clearances was troubling, but none would discuss the presidential action publicly.

President Donald Trump’s decision to punish Covington & Burling for representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith will feed some firms’ worries about letting lawyers volunteer to represent former Justice Department attorneys.

President Trump’s executive order targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith’s personal attorney and the attorney’s law firm, Covington & Burling, underscores an emerging policy targeting the agents of what Mr. Trump and his aides call “the weaponization of government.”

Covington & Burling is an international law firm whose current ... It’s not the first time that Trump as president has sought to suspend clearances of Washington figures who have provoked his ire. Last month, for instance, he moved to revoke the ...

The firm cited in Donald Trump's memo, Covington & Burling, provided pro bono services to Jack Smith, which he revealed shortly before resigning.

President Donald Trump retaliated Tuesday against a Washington law firm that provided ... clearances of lawyers and other personnel at Covington & Burling involved in representing Smith before ...

West Sixth Brewing opened a new taproom in the building that served as a fire station for nearly a century.The Richardsonian Romanesque style building for Covington Fire House No. 1 was built in 1898 and was a working fire station until 1975.

The 12th-seeded Lions were hosting a second straight playoff game with a chance to return to the state quarterfinals for the first time since 2010. An exuberant and extremely loud fan base helped the Lions hold on for a dramatic 65-60 Division I nonselect second-round victory over 28th-seeded Airline on March 4.