• WATCH: Justice Department has asked court to unseal the search warrant of Mar-a-Lago

    WATCH: Justice Department has asked court to unseal the search warrant of Mar-a-Lago

    Aug 11, 2022 06:13 PM EDT

    ... documents traditionally remain sealed during a pending investigation. But the Justice Department appeared to recognize that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter attacks from the former president and his allies, and Garland felt it wise to respond to the widespread demands for details about what ...

  • Jackson Browne: ‘We could have a society in which justice is real’

    Jackson Browne: ‘We could have a society in which justice is real’

    Jul 25, 2021 06:46 PM EDT

    Tom Casciato: Searching is one of several themes he has pursued throughout more than half a century as a singer songwriter. Though in one of his biggest hits, “Running On Empty,” he professed to be uncertain what he was looking for. Jackson Browne (singing):  I'm don’t even know ...

  • One Minnesota mayor on why communities need 'deep soul searching' after George Floyd's death

    One Minnesota mayor on why communities need 'deep soul searching' after George Floyd's death

    May 31, 2020 09:04 PM EDT

    ... system, the criminal justice system?  Melvin Carter:  Well, I'll tell you, one of the things that's true about St. Paul is I ran for mayor as perhaps one of relatively few elected leaders around the country who knows what it feels like to be pulled over for driving ...

  • For Clinton, a daily dose of faith along with politics

    For Clinton, a daily dose of faith along with politics

    Oct 15, 2016 04:11 PM EDT

    At about 5 a.m. each day — maybe a little later on weekends — an email from the Rev. Bill Shillady arrives in Hillary Clinton's inbox. The contents? A reading from Scripture. A devotional commentary. And a prayer. They're sometimes inspired by the headlines — focusing recently, for example, on ...

  • Democrats begin to do some soul searching

    Democrats begin to do some soul searching

    Jan 29, 2015 02:14 PM EDT

    ... Be the first to tweet us the correct answer using #PoliticsTrivia and you’ll get a Morning Line shout-out. Congratulations to Joni Johnson ‏(@celeste1958) for guessing Wednesday’s trivia: How many current Supreme Court justices are Jewish? The answer: 3- Justices Kagan, Breyer and Ginsburg. 2016 Everyone slow down ...

  • How do we bridge the divide among Americans over race and justice? - Part 2

    How do we bridge the divide among Americans over race and justice? - Part 2

    Nov 27, 2014 01:21 AM EDT

    ... Are you as optimistic, Isabel Wilkerson? ISABEL WILKERSON: In the long term, I'm optimistic. In the short term, I think that we're in for a great deal of soul-searching and needing to reach across boundaries to understand our differing perceived and lived experiences. I think that that ...

  • Mideast tensions escalate in cycle of retribution for teen killings

    Mideast tensions escalate in cycle of retribution for teen killings

    Jul 07, 2014 11:54 PM EDT

    ... the Palestinian teen confessed to the crime today. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned the teen's father and vowed the killers would be brought to justice. Tonight, Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel, claiming revenge for Israeli airstrikes overnight which they say killed six of its members. A short ...

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    Cantor to Present Way Forward for GOP

    Feb 05, 2013 02:17 PM EDT

    ... a lot of lessons from the last election." He and his colleagues must do a better job of explaining to the public "why we are for the things that we're for," Cantor said. But Cantor indicated that does not mean the party should abandon its core principles. "We're ...

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    Why Alan Krueger Is An Interesting Fit for White House

    Sep 07, 2011 06:06 PM EDT

    Photo of Alan Krueger by Ralph Alswang via flickr user Center for American Progress on April 30, 2010. Alan Krueger of Princeton is President Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisors. That doesn't mean he gets the job, though, as he needs Senate confirmation. "The choice," said Jim Inhofe, a Republican senator...

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    Making Sense: Why Alan Krueger Is An Interesting Fit for the White House

    Sep 07, 2011 06:04 PM EDT

    Photo of Alan Krueger by Ralph Alswang via flickr user Center for American Progress on April 30, 2010. Alan Krueger of Princeton is President Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisors. That doesn't mean he gets the job, though, as he needs Senate confirmation. "The choice," said Jim Inhofe, a Republican senator...