December 20, 2015 Administration moves on 2 fronts to preserve NSA surveillance The administration moved on two fronts to preserve the National Security Agency's controversial spy programs, appealing a major ruling and winning permission to keep collecting phone records.
December 20, 2015 Arizona Supreme Court allows lawsuit against Brewer Medicaid expansion The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion plan to move forward, a decision that deals a major blow to the outgoing governor's signature achievement.
December 20, 2015 Congressional Black Caucus calls Ferguson decision 'slap in the face' Members of the Congressional Black Caucus strongly spoke out against the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
December 20, 2015 Can’t beat ‘em at the polls? Slash their tires A former congressional candidate in New Mexico draws high honors when it comes to loopy behavior.
December 20, 2015 25 years for Miss. man guilty of sending poisoned letters to Obama A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
December 20, 2015 Pennsylvania Supreme Court allows warrantless vehicle searches Pennsylvania's highest court says police don't necessarily need a warrant to search a vehicle, but can do it based on reasonable probable cause.
December 20, 2015 EPA accused of stonewalling records requests from conservative groups A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, accusing the agency of stonewalling records requests from conservative groups and engaging in political bias in granting fee waivers for documents.
December 20, 2015 Appeals court halts gay marriages in Mich. A federal appeals court issued an order Saturday preventing more same-sex couples from getting married in Michigan for at least several more days.
December 20, 2015 Justice Department to begin release of over 6,000 federal inmates under new guidelines The Department of Justice will begin the process Friday of releasing some 6,112 federal inmates under the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s new sentencing retroactivity guidelines for drug offenders.
December 20, 2015 Judge orders temporary halt to executions in Mississippi A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state of Mississippi from using two drugs in executions, shutting down the death penalty in the state for now.
