Josh Gerstein
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 06:01
Defense authorization bills winding their way through Congress are prompting alarm among transparency advocates over a series of proposals that would roll back the scope of decades-old sunshine laws, like the Freedom of Information Act.
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 10:51
Defense authorization bills winding their way through Congress are prompting alarm among transparency advocates over a series of proposals that would roll back the scope of decades-old sunshine laws, like the Freedom of Information Act.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:13
While in Guatemala, officials said, Biden will speak out publicly to discourage parents from sending children north to the U.S.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:29
The failed prosecution of an alleged Somali pirate — and the fact that that failure could leave him living freely, and permanently, inside U.S. borders — is highlighting anew the risks of trying terror suspects in American courts.
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 00:00
While the president himself may have escaped the media frenzy over allegations of misconduct by his security detail, what he did encounter early Saturday wasn't exactly smooth sailing.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 00:00
Attorney General Eric Holder faced sharp questioning from lawmakers Tuesday about why the Justice Department allowed as many as 2,000 guns in Operation Fast and Furious to flow to Mexico with little control over the weapons and about why the department's
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 00:00
With Obama scheduled to depart Wednesday morning, the White House has yet to announce any major economic or diplomatic progress.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 00:00
Obama suggested U.S. policies and actions in that era may have been unwise but he went no further.
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 00:00
A former chief of staff and Latin America envoy for President Bill Clinton, Mack McLarty, said Obama should press on with the journey, despite the world's attentions being elsewhere.
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 00:00
The events to be discussed at the briefing stem from April 2001, when the Peruvian Air Force shot down a Cessna which had been identified as potential drug trafficking aircraft by a CIA surveillance plane