WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that the anti-secrecy organization said were classified files revealing scores of secrets about CIA hacking tools used to break into targeted computers, cellphones and even smart TVs. The CIA and the Trump administration have ...
Read More »Republican governors complain about GOP health care plan
Republican governors complain that a GOP proposal to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law would force millions of lower-income earners off insurance rolls or stick states with the cost of keeping them covered. Governors, especially those from political ...
Read More »For 1st time, Casey Anthony speaks about case
Casey Anthony knows that much of the world believes she killed her 2-year-old daughter, despite her acquittal. But nearly nine years later, she insists she doesn’t know how the last hours of Caylee’s life unfolded. “Caylee would be 12 right ...
Read More »American Indians to protest Trump, pipeline in Washington
American Indians from across the country are bringing their frustrations with the Trump administration and its approval of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to the nation’s capital Tuesday, kicking off four days of activities that will culminate in a march ...
Read More »Court: New Orleans can remove 3 Confederate monuments
A federal appeals court cleared the way Monday for the city of New Orleans to take down three Confederate-era monuments that have been a source of tension in the Southern city. A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of ...
Read More »City mayors, lawmakers at odds over minimum wage increase
The effects of a Missouri Supreme Court decision allowing St. Louis to raise its minimum wage to $10 an hour could be short lived if legislation pre-empting the city’s wage ordinance passes through the state Legislature. St. Louis Mayor Francis ...
Read More »Critics on new travel ban: more palatable, still problematic
After a federal appeals court unanimously refused to immediately reinstate his travel ban last month, President Donald Trump tweeted a warning: “SEE YOU IN COURT. THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!” The courts never did get to decide ...
Read More »Justices decline to extend ruling on repeat offenders
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to give some inmates convicted of repeated violent crimes a chance to reduce their prison terms. The justices unanimously rejected a challenge to guidelines that boosted the sentence of a Florida man convicted of ...
Read More »Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen’s case to a lower court without reaching a decision, leaving in limbo the issue of transgender rights in school settings. Monday’s action comes after the Trump administration pulled back federal guidance advising ...
Read More »In past land cases, Gorsuch has limited environmentalists
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has shown a willingness to limit the participation of environmental groups in lawsuits involving public lands, writing in one case that allowing conservationists to intervene could complicate and slow down the judicial process, according to ...
Read More »Tax hike appears inevitable in Kansas after court ruling
A big tax increase for Kansas appears inevitable as the state wrestles with budget problems that have left even Republicans ready to roll back income tax cuts that are Gov. Sam Brownback’s biggest political legacy. A Kansas Supreme Court ruling ...
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