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January 12, 2017

Will illegal immigrant kids stay or be sent home? Depends if they have a lawyer

What a difference a lawyer makes. As the immigration crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border deepens, a review of deportation hearings for minors caught crossing the border reveals stark disparities depending on their legal representation. If they've got an attorney, they stand a fairly good chance of staying in the U.S. Without one -- they're probably getting sent home. 

January 12, 2017

Groups rally around think tank, publication being sued for global warming views

News outlets, advocacy groups and fellow think tanks are jumping to the defense of a conservative-leaning D.C. policy center and publication being sued for libel by a scientist who didn't like what they had to say about his work on global warming.

January 12, 2017

Agents shocked as cartel boss involved in torture death of DEA colleague slips away

Mexican and U.S. authorities are scrambling to find a 60-year-old former drug lord -- who was behind the brutal killing of an American agent nearly two decades ago -- following his recent, and unexpected, release from a Mexican prison. 

September 9, 2016

North Dakota tribe's request to stop work on pipeline denied

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's attempt to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline near their North Dakota reservation, a cause that has drawn thousands to join a protest, was denied Friday by a federal judge.

August 11, 2016

Former Marine's religious freedom claims rejected by appeals court

A former Marine court-martialed in part for refusing to remove a biblical phrase from her workspace lost her appeal on Wednesday, when a federal court concluded the orders from her superiors did not constitute a "substantial burden" on her First Amendment rights.

July 20, 2016

Federal appeals court orders changes to Texas voter ID law

A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas' strict voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and has ordered changes before the November election.

July 13, 2016

Appeals court orders Utah to fund Planned Parenthood branch

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Utah to keep sending money to the state branch of Planned Parenthood, overturning an unusual lower-court ruling that allowed the governor to block the group's funding.

July 11, 2016

Ruling could make sharing passwords for subscription services a federal crime

A new federal court ruling could make sharing your passwords for subscription services -- covering everything from Netflix to HBO GO -- a federal crime punishable by prison time, according to a judge who opposed the decision.

May 2, 2016

DEA blasted for no-warrant searches of patient records, court battle heats up

Drug Enforcement Administration agents have been accessing personal medical files without a warrant, generating a backlash from doctors and privacy advocates who say the practice is intrusive and unconstitutional -- and have taken the agency to court.

May 2, 2016

Judge blocks new federal rule on jurisdiction of waterways

A federal judge in North Dakota on Thursday blocked a new Obama administration rule that would give the federal government jurisdiction over some state waterways.