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December 8, 2017

Head of House intelligence panel finds evidence of abuse in US government surveillance

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., told Fox News on Friday that his investigators have already uncovered evidence of "abuse" in the U.S. government's surveillance practices.

September 18, 2017

Illegal immigrants get OK to vote in Maryland city's elections

A city council in Maryland has voted in favor of allowing resident non-citizens such as illegal immigrants to participate in local elections.

February 12, 2017

Massive crowd protests Trump, anti-LGBT law in North Carolina

A massive crowd took to the streets in North Carolina on Saturday in opposition of President Donald Trump and to a state law limiting LGBT rights for an annual civil rights march.

January 12, 2017

American dreaming: failure, your government and success

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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. 

January 12, 2017

DOJ stirs free-speech fight after demanding libertarian site turn over info on commenters

Federal prosecutors are demanding libertarian news outlet Reason help track down six readers who made threatening comments about a judge in response to an online article, touching off a fierce debate over whether such comments are protected free speech.

August 3, 2016

Texas reaches deal on weaker voter ID rules for November

Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law as courts across the U.S., with only months before the November election, are blocking Republican-controlled states from imposing polling place restrictions that critics say target minorities and the poor.

May 2, 2016

Feds to return $107G they seized from NC business owner, attorneys say

 Lyndon McLellan fought the law -- and apparently, he won.

April 28, 2016

Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voter ID law

Lawsuits challenging changes to North Carolina's election law failed to show it hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled Monday in dismissing the cases.