Jun 03 Photos: Gay rodeo contestants compete in Little Rock By Ariel Min In April, contestants competed at the International Gay Rodeo event in Little Rock, Arkansas, one of the key battleground states for the fight for equality and legalization of same-sex marriage. Continue reading
Jun 03 6 things to know about the newly approved USA Freedom Act By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act. It also overhauls the most controversial provision, which had been interpreted to allow bulk collection of U.S. Continue reading
Jun 03 What does Lincoln Chafee believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues By Rachel Wellford, Lisa Desjardins He is a former blacksmith who spent years shoeing horses. He's also a former mayor, U.S. senator and governor in Rhode Island. Lincoln Chafee is known for his Republican-to-independent-to-Democrat migration. Here is where he stands on 10 key issues. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 5:23 News Wrap: Senate approves bill reshaping NSA surveillance By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate passed the USA Freedom Act to replace expired provisions of the Patriot Act, including the NSA’s legal authority to collect bulk phone records. The new legislation will impose limits on collection and access… Continue watching
Jun 02 Congress sends NSA phone-records bill to Obama By Erica Werner, Associated Press Two days after Congress let the phone-records and several other anti-terror programs expire, the Senate's 67-32 vote sent the legislation to President Barack Obama, who planned to sign it promptly. Continue reading
Jun 02 Government watchdog says IRS vulnerable to computer hackers By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press The IRS has failed to implement dozens of security upgrades to combat cyberattacks, leaving the agency's computer systems vulnerable to hackers, a government watchdog told Congress on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 02 Senate intelligence committee rebuffs former CIA official's defense of detainee treatment By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The former deputy CIA director made a series of factual misstatements while defending the agency's harsh treatment of detainees in his recent book, Senate intelligence committee staffers assert in a 54-page document filed with citations from CIA records. Continue reading
Jun 02 Court supports EPA decision on smog pollution limits By Associated Press A federal appeals court says the Environmental Protection Agency complied with the law in deciding which areas of the country failed to meet federal limits on smog-forming pollution. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 8:48 Will Rand Paul's surveillance stance pay off with Republican voters? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR about the 2016 campaign launches of former Gov. Martin O’Malley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, why Sen. Rand Paul took a stand on the Patriot… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 6:52 Supreme Court rules on headscarf dress code discrimination, threatening speech online By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court offered two decisions today. The justices ruled in favor of a young Muslim woman who was rejected from working at Abercrombie & Fitch because she wears a hijab. The court also overturned the conviction of a man… Continue watching