• WATCH: Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

    WATCH: Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

    May 31, 2021 02:06 PM EST

    ... liberation, opportunity, justice are far more likely to come to pass in a democracy than in an autocracy,” Biden said. “These Americans weren’t fighting for dictators, they were fighting for democracy. They weren’t fighting to exclude or to enslave, they were fighting to build and broaden and liberate ...

  • Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims of violence

    Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims of violence

    May 05, 2021 08:25 PM EST

    ... first Native American to lead a U.S. cabinet agency and a former Democratic U.S. representative from New Mexico, recalled hearing families testify about searching for loved ones on their own and bringing a red ribbon skirt to a congressional hearing that represented missing and slain Native Americans. Haaland ...

  • Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps U.S. prosecutors

    Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps U.S. prosecutors

    Mar 18, 2021 07:21 PM EST

    ... giving the federal government sudden jurisdiction over crimes on more Native American lands have put enormous pressure on the Justice Department, creating an immediate challenge for new Attorney General Merrick Garland. And defendants could be waiting a long time - some of them behind bars - for their day in court. U ...

  • 2 views on the judicial philosophy of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett

    2 views on the judicial philosophy of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett

    Sep 28, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    John Adams: Well, John, let me begin by responding to Professor Nourse. Textualism, as Justice Kagan has famously said, we are all textualists now. Textualism allows judges to follow the words of the statute duly enacted by the legislature, instead of searching for unknown purposes that could have been behind ...

  • Feds see uptick in virus frauds preying on Medicare recipients

    Feds see uptick in virus frauds preying on Medicare recipients

    Mar 24, 2020 12:50 AM EST

    ... Medicare number is required. A scheme in the Midwest offers a "Senior Care Package" that includes hand sanitizer. "As we know, it's very difficult for beneficiaries to get out to the store," Schrank said. "At this time when seniors are searching for answers, these individuals are preying on their ...

  • Documents: Extremist group wanted Virginia gun rights rally to start a 'civil war'

    Documents: Extremist group wanted Virginia gun rights rally to start a 'civil war'

    Jan 21, 2020 10:51 PM EST

    ... toilet, a prosecutor said.Bilbrough was arrested in Maryland. Prosecutors say Bilbrough has repeatedly expressed an interest in traveling to Ukraine to fight alongside "nationalists" for several months. U.S. and Canadian authorities had been searching for Mathews after his truck was found in September near the border between the ...

  • How automotive tycoon Carlos Ghosn became a global fugitive

    How automotive tycoon Carlos Ghosn became a global fugitive

    Jan 02, 2020 11:25 PM EST

    ... to catch a glimpse of ousted Nissan Motors chief Carlos Ghosn, once a CEO, now an international fugitive. In Tokyo, prosecutors raided his home there, searching for clues to how the high-profile businessman, facing trial for alleged financial misconduct, mysteriously escaped house arrest and embarked on a flight to ...

  • Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count

    Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count

    Oct 25, 2019 02:54 PM EST

    ... with their parents. Children from that period can be difficult to find because the government had inadequate tracking systems. Volunteers working with the ACLU are searching for some of them and their parents by going door-to-door in Guatemala and Honduras. Of those separated during the 12-month period ...

  • Israeli troops search West Bank after killing of soldier

    Israeli troops search West Bank after killing of soldier

    Aug 08, 2019 03:50 PM EST

    ... the soldier was neither armed nor in uniform when his body was found. He said the military was investigating the circumstances of his death and searching for suspects. As part of the searches, a column of Israeli jeeps entered the nearby Palestinian village of Beit Fajar, a mile south of ...

  • Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection, but won’t resign

    Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection, but won’t resign

    Jul 21, 2019 10:20 PM EST

    ... amid a 13-year recession in this territory more than 3 million American citizens who do not have full representation in Congress or a vote for president. “Today, I have the great responsibility to direct my efforts, and those of my administration, to keep searching for ways and means for ...