SCOTUS nixes part of law requiring deportation of immigrants convicted of some crimes. The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a provision of federal law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants who have been convicted of some “crimes of violence,” holding that the law is unconstitutionally vague. The case, Sessions […]
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GOP fears rise over West Virginia Senate fiasco Senate Republicans are escalating their attacks on West Virginia Senate GOP candidate Don Blankenship, increasingly worried that the coal baron and ex-prisoner will blow a winnable race against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Republicans see West Virginia as a prime pickup opportunity in […]
One dead after engine explodes midair on Southwest flight An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air on Tuesday, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a shattered window, according to airline and federal authorities and witness and media […]
CIA Chief Pompeo Met Kim to Lay Ground for Trump Summit CIA Director Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea a few weeks ago to meet Kim Jong Un to prepare for a possible summit with President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter, raising optimism the meeting […]
Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92 Barbara Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died Tuesday evening at her home in Houston. She was 92. Jim McGrath, a family spokesman, announced the death in a […]
Sacramento police release more footage in Stephon Clark shooting The Sacramento Police Department on Monday released hours of additional video footage and 911 calls from a fatal police-involved shooting of an unarmed black man last month that sparked days of protests. The department released video from 23 dash cameras, 28 […]
Video shows police punching a Harvard student after he was found naked in the street Police in Cambridge, Mass., are being criticized for the arrest of a black Harvard student in which the 21-year-old was pinned down and struck in the stomach repeatedly by an officer. The student, who police […]
The enforcer’ how Barbara Bush became the matriarch of the Republican Party Over the weekend came word that Barbara Bush, the 92-year-old doyenne of the first family of Republican politics, was in declining health and had decided to cease medical care. To some, Barbara Bush is nothing but a shock […]
E.P.A. Chief’s $43,000 Phone Booth Broke the Law, Congressional Auditors Say The Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it installed a soundproof phone booth for the administrator, Scott Pruitt, at a cost of roughly $43,000, a congressional watchdog agency ruled on Monday. The congressional agency, the Government Accountability Office, […]
Arrest Made After Binghamton Stabbing, the Second Student Death in 5 Weeks A suspect is in custody after a freshman was fatally stabbed at Binghamton University. It was the second killing of a student there in five weeks, leaving the campus tense and grieving. The victim, Joao Souza, 19, was […]
