Tag: Nation

FILE - This May 17, 1954 file photo shows, from left, George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit joining hands as they pose outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The three lawyers led the fight for abolition of segregation in public schools before the Supreme Court, which ruled today that segregation is unconstitutional. On May 17, 1954, a hushed crowd of spectators packed the Supreme Court, awaiting word on Brown v. Board of Education, a combination of five lawsuits brought by the NAACP's legal arm to challenge racial segregation in public schools. The high court decided unanimously that "separate but equal" education denied black children their constitutional right to equal protection under the law, effectively removing a cornerstone that propped up Jim Crow, or state-sanctioned segregation of the races. (AP Photo, File)

AP WAS THERE: Original 1954 Brown v. Board story

Herb Altschull · May 16, 2014 7:08 pm

Data: DHS freed thousands of criminal immigrants

Data: DHS freed thousands of criminal immigrants

Alicia Caldwell · May 16, 2014 6:07 pm

Congress growing impatient on inquiry in VA deaths

Congress growing impatient on inquiry in VA deaths

Matthew Daly · May 16, 2014 8:10 am

China: US must be objective about Asia tensions

National Security

China: US must be objective about Asia tensions

Lolita Baldor · May 16, 2014 3:34 am

FILE - This March 11, 2014 file photo shows Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration says there are legal safeguards in place in the event suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay are ever relocated to the United States, and that detainees would be barred from receiving asylum and would have no right to remain in the country permanently. Leahy said a report to Congress lends support for lifting the congressional ban on transferring detainees to the US and should calm fears that it would harm public safety. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

US explores legal rights for Guantanamo detainees

ERIC TUCKERDONNA CASSATA · May 16, 2014 1:10 am

Biden cautions China in its dispute with Vietnam

Biden cautions China in its dispute with Vietnam

Josh Lederman · May 16, 2014 12:55 am

House, Senate unveil water project bill compromise

Energy and Environment

House, Senate unveil water project bill compromise

Henry Jackson · May 15, 2014 11:27 pm

Pentagon punished nearly 500 for sexual harassment

National Security

Pentagon punished nearly 500 for sexual harassment

Lolita Baldor · May 15, 2014 11:23 pm

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2014, prior to testify before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Watchdog: No proof treatment delays killed vets

Matthew Daly · May 15, 2014 10:04 pm

Judge upholds DC gun registration requirements

Judge upholds DC gun registration requirements

Jessica Gresko · May 15, 2014 9:55 pm

Merger plan for DC’s Corcoran Gallery now final

Brett Zongker · May 15, 2014 9:52 pm

Reid opposes Obama court pick

Reid opposes Obama court pick

David Espo · May 15, 2014 9:47 pm