CAPITOL HILL—One week after the FBI recommended no charges against Hillary Clinton for her handling of emails as secretary of state, America’s top law enforcement officer declined to discuss specifics of the matter on Capitol Hill. Again and again Tuesday, Republican lawmakers demanded answers as to why the Justice Department is not prosecuting Clinton, the […]
WASHINGTON—Nearly 15 years after terrorists hijacked four passenger jets and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., and a farm field in Pennsylvania, 28 pages detailing foreign support for the attackers could soon be made public. Only a select group of U.S. officials have read the highly […]
In a Wednesday Supreme Court ruling, the court ruled that Congress had acted correctly and constitutionally when they decided to pass a law proposing to turn over almost $2 billion in Iranian funds to victims of Iranian terrorist attacks. The case did not argue whether or not the funds should be paid, but rather that Congress had […]
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration redoubled its push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland as a new opinion poll showed 62 percent of Americans think the Senate should vote on the nomination, rather than leaving the high court seat vacant until a new president is sworn in next year. “Chief Judge Garland deserves a hearing, just […]