Civil Liberties

Carl Higbie resigned on Thursday as chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency, after reports revealed his history of racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic statements. (Screenshot)

Immigration

Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns after racist, sexist remarks reported

Naomi Lim -

January 19, 2018 1:26 am

Reform advocates, many pointing to Trump as reason to add protections, tried unsuccessfully to amend a bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

News

Defeated privacy groups plead with Trump to veto surveillance law

Steven Nelson -

January 18, 2018 9:24 pm

News

6 people accused of rioting at the inauguration acquitted on all counts

Steven Nelson -

December 21, 2017 5:42 pm

President Donald Trump stands with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., during an event to sign an executive order on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, in Washington.

Campaigns

The unlikely alliance between Trump and Rand Paul

W. James Antle III -

October 13, 2017 4:01 am

Amash said the conservative House Freedom Caucus wouldn't have been the only group of Republicans opposed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Campaigns

Libertarian Republicans strike back against Trump’s Washington

W. James Antle III -

September 17, 2017 4:01 am

As the House Liberty Caucus, which is chaired by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., explained in its July 2016 vote alert, the

Beltway Confidential

Congress might expand the Patriot Act to areas that have nothing to do with terrorism

Jason Pye -

September 8, 2017 10:09 pm

We hope President Trump responds by keeping civil rights alive while killing as many terrorists as possible. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Opinion

Civil rights are alive and the terrorists are dead — now that’s a great idea!

Washington Examiner -

August 21, 2017 4:01 am

A Washington Post analyzed documents released by Edward Snowden and reported on July 5, 2014 that,

Foreign Policy

FISA reform is needed, and conservatives should lead the way

Brian Darling -

July 17, 2017 4:01 am

National Security

John Kelly: DHS can search American phones at border

Joel Gehrke -

June 6, 2017 4:57 pm

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s roving commission to investigate ‘evil’ is a danger to civil liberties

Alan Dershowitz -

May 28, 2017 6:23 pm

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