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  • NSA considered scrapping phone program before Snowden leaks

    NSA considered scrapping phone program before Snowden leaks

    Mar 29, 2015 07:43 PM EDT

    ... the program to continue as is. Alexander argued that the program was an essential tool because it allows the FBI and the NSA to hunt for domestic plots by searching American calling records against phone numbers associated with international terrorists. He and other NSA officials support Obama's plan to ...

  • Supreme Court: Police need warrants to search mobile phones

    Supreme Court: Police need warrants to search mobile phones

    Jun 25, 2014 02:36 PM EDT

    ... cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants. Cellphones are powerful devices unlike anything else police may find on someone they arrest, Chief Justice John Roberts said for the court. Because mobile phones contain so much information, police must get a warrant before looking through them. "Modern cellphones ...

  • How Mueller could use evidence from the FBI’s raid on Michael Cohen

    How Mueller could use evidence from the FBI’s raid on Michael Cohen

    Apr 10, 2018 10:30 PM EDT

    ... papers and e-mail and documents relevant to his representation of a client is among the most sensitive things a federal prosecutor can do. And for that reason, the Department of Justice has very high levels of authority for who has to approve it. It has to go through an ...

  • Free speech and national security collide as TikTok's case arrives at Supreme Court

    Free speech and national security collide as TikTok's case arrives at Supreme Court

    Jan 09, 2025 06:49 PM EDT

    ... Shou Zi Chew at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, in December. He has 14.7 million followers on TikTok. The justices have set aside two hours for arguments, and the session likely will extend well beyond that. Three highly experienced Supreme Court lawyers will be ...

  • Death toll from Kentucky floods climbs to 26 amid threat of more rain

    Death toll from Kentucky floods climbs to 26 amid threat of more rain

    Jul 31, 2022 03:43 PM EDT

    ... a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties. Last week's flooding extended to West Virginia, where Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six southern counties, and to Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration that enabled officials ...

  • Three police misconduct cases -- all involving body cameras -- had new developments this week. Here's what happened

    Three police misconduct cases -- all involving body cameras -- had new developments this week. Here's what happened

    Aug 11, 2017 09:44 PM EDT

    ... are the latest chapter in the troubled police department's attempts to weed out misconduct and regain public trust. In March, seven officers were arrested for abusing their power. In April, the Justice Department placed the city under a consent decree aimed at reforming the city's policing practices -- a ...

  • Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown of the first Democratic presidential debate

    Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown of the first Democratic presidential debate

    Oct 14, 2015 12:50 AM EDT

    ... or "black lives matter." He responded, "Black lives matter." Sanders says the nation must combat "institutional racism from top to bottom." He's also calling for major reforms to the nation's criminal justice system. He says the U.S. has more people in jail than China — and a disproportionate ...

  • Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    Jun 18, 2025 02:27 PM EDT

    ... clause of the 14th Amendment, which requires the government to treat similarly situated people the same. Tennessee’s law bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, but it allows the same drugs to be used for other purposes. Soon after Trump took office, the Justice Department told the ...

  • Syria's rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country

    Syria's rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country

    Dec 16, 2024 11:40 PM EDT

    Leila Molana-Allen: So, Latakia is this area on the coast. Between Latakia and Tartus, there are multiple Russian bases, so it's an area where the Russians have reinforced and, of course, supported the Assad family and the regime for many years now. It's also where the Assad ...

  • Brazil Supreme Court authorizes probe of Bolsonaro for Jan. 8 riot

    Brazil Supreme Court authorizes probe of Bolsonaro for Jan. 8 riot

    Jan 14, 2023 02:12 AM EDT

    The Brazilian prosecutor-general's office has asked the Supreme Court to include former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation of who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation's capital.

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