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Library of Congress What Is a 'Proactive Cooperator'?
Former Trump foreign-policy aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents during the Russia investigation, may have been secretly cooperating with investigators for months.
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G. Newman Lowrance / Getty Images Stanching the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Recent reports highlight school disciplinary practices and suggest ways to stop them.
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Keith Lane / Getty How the Manafort Indictment Gave Bite to a Toothless Law
The prosecution of Trump’s former campaign chairman and his associate Rick Gates could be the most significant prosecution under the Foreign Agents Registration Act ever.
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David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters When Can Private Entities Censor Speech?
Trump’s pressure on the NFL to censor its players is a First Amendment issue.
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Julie Dermansky / Getty Images New Orleans' Great Bail-Reform Experiment
The most incarcerated city in the most incarcerated state is experimenting with programs to reduce its jail population. And so far, they seem to be working.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Department of Justice Takes a Stand Against Transgender Rights in the Workplace
A new memo rescinds an Obama-era policy on gender-identity discrimination, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court fight.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters How Al-Qaeda Benefits From America's Political Divisions
If the United States wishes to defeat Osama bin Laden's heirs and the toxic potency of their message, it needs to recommit to its most basic values.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Should a Judge's Nomination Be Derailed by Her Faith?
During a recent hearing, Democratic senators pushed an appellate-court nominee to explain how her religious beliefs would affect her legal decisions.
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Lexey Swall The Deal Prosecutors Offer When They Have No Cards Left to Play
When DNA evidence exonerated two men convicted in a 1987 murder, one took his chances on a retrial to overturn his conviction. The other accepted a special deal and left prison immediately—as a convicted killer.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump's Buck Passing on Immigration
The president’s decision to try to shift responsibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to Congress could turn out to be one of his politically shrewder moves.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Anti-Sanctuary-Cities Bill That Outlawed Dissent
A federal court enjoined much of a Texas law that punished officials who dared “endorse” the view that its provisions were harmful to public safety.
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Associated Press Making Sense of the Violence in Charlottesville
Was the white-nationalist march better understood as a departure from America’s traditional values, or viewed in the context of its history?
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John Moore / Getty Images It's Almost Impossible for Inmates to Get a Divorce
The average prisoner has neither the power to compel transportation to court nor the money to hire an attorney. But one Chicago court may have found a fix.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters How Will the Supreme Court Respond to the Arpaio Pardon?
Though its major import is President Trump’s official endorsement of racist discrimination in law enforcement, a flagrant contempt for judges is the subtext.
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Stringer / Reuters 'Alt-Right' Leaders Won't Condemn Ramming Suspect
Two prominent white nationalist leaders held a press conference Monday in which they responded to the fallout from Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia.
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Bryan Woolston / Reuters The JCC Bomb-Threat Suspect Had a Client
Newly unsealed FBI documents suggest the Israeli arrested for sending the threats was selling his services for a fee.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Battle Over LGBT Discrimination Is Just Beginning
The Trump administration steps into an on-going legal battle over civil rights—and steps on another agency’s turf.
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Jeff Roberson / AP Lawmakers Grill Defense Officials on Equipment-Transfer Program
Members of a House committee expressed their concerns over a recent report revealing holes in how the agency turns over unused military gear to law enforcement.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why Trump Might Fire Robert Mueller
President Trump is reportedly considering drastic action to end the Russia investigation.
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Mandel Ngan / Getty Images Why Texas Courts Will Stop 'Nickel-and-Diming' the Poor
A new law could alleviate hardship for those thrown into debt—or jail—because of mounting fines. But does it go far enough?
