Obama calls for changes in NSA spying
January 17, 2014
Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government’s control of phone data from hundreds of
Spending bill passes Senate, goes to Obama
January 17, 2014
Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill Thursday, easing the harshest effects of last year’s automatic budget cuts after tea party
Will GOP donors stick with Chris Christie?
January 17, 2014
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faces one of his first major tests since his backyard political scandal erupted: reassuring top Republican donors that he has
Supremes to look at police cell-phone searches
January 17, 2014
The Supreme Court decided 40 years ago that police don’t need a search warrant to look through anything a person is carrying when arrested. But
Feds look for ways to curb abuses on racial profiling
January 17, 2014
The Justice Department is likely to expand the definition of racial profiling to bar federal agents from considering religion, national origin, gender and sexual orientation