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Activists demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

ACLU trying to stop Trump administration from preventing fourth illegal immigrant teen from getting an abortion

Kimberly Leonard -

January 11, 2018 4:36 pm

On Thursday, members are expected to vote on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as well as an amendment by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. (pictured center), and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., that would strictly limit the way intelligence officials can collect communications involving Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Foreign Policy

GOP gambles with vote on controversial surveillance bill

Susan Ferrechio -

January 11, 2018 5:01 am

In this Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, image made from a video provided by KATC-TV middle-school English teacher Deyshia Hargrave speaks during a Vermilion Parish School Board meeting in Abbeville, La., west of New Orleans. Hargrave was removed from the school board meeting, forcibly handcuffed, and jailed after questioning pay policies during a public comment period. (KATC-TV via AP)

Education

Louisiana teacher involved in viral arrest won’t be prosecuted, school superintendent gets death threats

Victor I. Nava -

January 11, 2018 12:47 am

News

6 people accused of rioting at the inauguration acquitted on all counts

Steven Nelson -

December 21, 2017 5:42 pm

Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., gave a joint talk at George Washington University about the implication of mass surveillance and the eroding of the Fourth Amendment due to the War on Terror. (screenshot)

Business

The tech generation should reject mass surveillance

Elias Atienza -

December 20, 2017 11:54 pm

Two months ago, attorneys for the ACLU gamed the judicial system to secure an expedited decision from the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that unaccompanied minors illegally present in the United States have a constitutional right to an abortion. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The ACLU wants an illegal immigrant minor who’s 22 weeks pregnant to have an abortion

Margot Cleveland -

December 18, 2017 4:43 pm

Kennedy's comments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission appear to side somewhat with the baker's argument on free speech and free exercise. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Liberals are freaking out that Justice Anthony Kennedy might not be their Supreme Court savior after all

Nicole Russell -

December 6, 2017 4:36 pm

Gregg Pitts, left, and Brooks Brunson read to their son, Thomas Brunson-Pitts, 6 months, before heading to work in the morning at their home in Washington. Married in 2013, Brooks Brunson and Gregg Pitts always knew they wanted to have a family together, and were delighted when they were able to start the adoption process for their son. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Healthcare

Fight over religious liberty vs. LGBT rights expands to adoption

Kimberly Leonard -

November 28, 2017 5:01 am

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Carpenter v. United States, a case about the constitutionality of law enforcement searching and seizing -- without a warrant -- a cellphone user's records to reveal that person's locations and movements. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

News

Supreme Court to hear major cellphone privacy case amid end-of-year blockbusters

Ryan Lovelace -

November 27, 2017 5:01 am

There are at least five prominent disputes working their law through lower courts -- ranging from religious liberty and abortion rights to prayer before football games and e-commerce -- that could hit the Supreme Court's docket soon. (iStock)

Immigration

5 new controversies that the Supreme Court could take up

Ryan Lovelace -

November 13, 2017 5:01 am

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