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Presidential Power Must Be Curbed After Trump, 2020 Candidates Say
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates broadly agree that President Donald Trump has shaken the presidency loose from its constitutional limits and say that the White House needs major new legal curbs, foreshadowing a potential era of reform akin to the post-Watergate period if any of them wins next year’s election.
Justice Dept. stops FDA from regulating death-penalty drugs
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has declared that the Food and Drug Administration lacks legal authority to regulate drugs that are used to carry out lethal injections, opening the door for states to import scarce death-penalty drugs even if the agency has not approved their use.
'I'm Really Opening Myself Up': Chelsea Manning signs book deal
WASHINGTON — Ever since she was publicly identified as the source who had disclosed a huge trove of military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks in 2011, Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst, has been a polarizing cultural figure — called a traitor by prosecutors, but celebrated as an icon by transparency and anti-war activists.
Press Freedoms and the Case Against Julian Assange, Explained
WASHINGTON — Charges against Julian Assange, the founder and leader of WikiLeaks, that were unsealed Thursday brought to a head a long-running debate about whether his actions construed a crime and what prosecuting him would mean for American press freedoms.European court rules against 9/11 victims seeking $1.6 billion from Iran
WASHINGTON — A court in Luxembourg has ruled against a group of Sept. 11 victims in a novel lawsuit seeking $1.6 billion in Iranian assets, bringing to a head a long growing disagreement about a significant question of international law: Should governments be immune from lawsuits even when they are accused of responsibility for terrorist attacks?
Disclosing subpoena for testimony, Chelsea Manning vows to fight
The subpoena does not say what prosecutors intend to ask her about.
Trump's border wall and national emergency powers, explained
That route could resolve the immediate crisis by giving Trump a face-saving way to sign spending bills that do not include funding for his wall.
Trump's Border Wall and Presidential Emergency Powers, Explained
WASHINGTON — As the budget standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats grinds into the third week of a partial government shutdown, the White House has floated the idea that Trump might invoke emergency powers to build his proposed wall on the Mexican border without lawmakers’ approval.
Trump Administration Imposes Ban on Bump Stocks
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a new rule banning bump stocks, the attachments that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire in sustained, rapid bursts and that a gunman used to massacre 58 people and wound hundreds of others at a Las Vegas concert in October 2017.Trump Administration Imposes Ban on Bump Stocks
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a new rule banning bump stocks, the attachments that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire in sustained, rapid bursts and that a gunman used to massacre 58 people and wound hundreds of others at a Las Vegas concert in October 2017.Trump Administration Imposes Ban on Bump Stocks
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a new rule banning bump stocks, the attachments that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire in sustained, rapid bursts and that a gunman used to massacre 58 people and wound hundreds of others at a Las Vegas concert in October 2017.
