Allen Chaney, Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union, argued that guard members were forbidden from actual policing under "Operation Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful," asking the justices, "How can guard members help with the "safe" part, if they have no authority to make an arrest?"
A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted a Florida man for defrauding Allen University, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and other victims of over $6 million.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this yearโs midterms, saying justices who opposed him were โnot the people I interviewed.โ
A nonprofit run by Black federal lawmakers launched a multimillion-dollar effort Tuesday to engage lower-propensity voters in key districts in the midterm elections, following years of dissatisfaction over traditional efforts to reach such voters.
Theย Federal Reserveย is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first timeย in three yearsย to fightย stubbornly high inflation, a move that would put the central bank at odds with President Donald Trump's support for a cut.
First ladyย Melania Trumpย is visiting northwestern North Carolina on Tuesday to talk to elementary school students, teachers and staff about how they're usingย technology in the classroom.
FBI Director Kash Patelย on Tuesday defended theย bureau's loosening of hiring requirementsย regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification.
"This is a very promising tool. So I feel like it can be employed very well. That's why I am not in the bracket of people who are overly worried about it," he says.
Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they're calling the "New Battlefield Project,โ intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal officers show up.