Investigations

Vacant rowhouses line a portion of Franklin Square, a formerly redlined neighborhood in Baltimore. New research shows many communities subjected to discriminatory housing practices in the 1930s are hotter today.

Racist Housing Practices From The 1930s Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods Today

5:05pm January 14, 2020

by Meg Anderson

A study of more than 100 cities nationwide shows neighborhoods subjected to discriminatory housing policies nearly a century ago are hotter today than other areas.

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An Air Force team moves a transfer case containing the remains of one of the young sailors killed after a Saudi military student opened fire at a Pensacola naval base last month. Officials are expected to soon announce that about 20 Saudi military student

U.S. Officials: More Than 20 Saudi Students To Be Expelled In Wake Of Fla. Shooting

9:53pm January 12, 2020

Following the December attack on a naval air station, the Pentagon has suspended training of all Saudi military students, as investigators conduct a review of the more than 800 students in the U.S.

This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon.

World News

Interpol Sends Lebanon Notice About Fugitive Auto Exec Carlos Ghosn

6:04pm January 02, 2020

by David Welna

The notification is a request to law enforcement to locate and hold the former head of Nissan, who jumped bail in Japan, where he faces financial misconduct charges.

Ramapo police officers escort Grafton E. Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in the Orthodox Jewish community north of New York

National

Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Appears To Have Been Driven By Anti-Semitism, FBI Says

4:34pm December 30, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Citing journals written by the suspect, Grafton E. Thomas, and his Internet search history, the FBI says it appears that he was driven by anti-Semitism.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wait on stage together at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center before Schumer's scheduled speech last year.

Politics & Government

Past Impeachment Stands Dog Senate Leaders In Witness Stalemate

7:29pm December 23, 2019

by David Welna

The Senate's Republican and Democratic leaders disagree about including witnesses in an impeachment trial of President Trump. But each has flipped his stance since Bill Clinton's 1999 acquittal.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi departs a press conference following the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives against President Trump Wednesday evening.

House Democrats Weigh A Move To Delay Senate Impeachment Trial

10:21pm December 18, 2019

Most Senate Republicans have said they want to acquit President Trump in a quick trial. In turn, some House Democrats are talking about withholding the impeachment articles from the Senate.

The impeachment proceedings against President Trump have featured testimony by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland on a key cellphone conversation with Trump regarding Ukraine. Sondland is seen here being sworn in last month.

Politics & Government

Presidential Impeachments Mirror Technological Advances; This Time, It's Smartphones

4:45pm December 18, 2019

by David Welna

Each of the United States' four presidential impeachment proceedings has highlighted increasingly sophisticated technologies, beginning with telegrams in the case against Andrew Johnson.

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Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., attends a meeting of the House Committee on Rules to consider the resolution to impeach President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

After Being Impeached Himself, Congressman Looks To Impeach Trump

10:36am December 18, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Rep. Alcee Hastings is helping advance the full House vote to impeach Trump. Being a participant on both sides of impeachment places him alone in American political history.

The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., is the focus of one of three pending lawsuits claiming the president is violating the Constitution by not divesting from his business empire.

Trump Still Faces 3 Lawsuits Over His Business Empire

2:17pm December 12, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The suits allege that Trump is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution — and demand that the president divest from his private dealings.

Attorney Charles Cooper, representing former national security aide Charles Kupperman (center) departs federal court in Washington in October. On Tuesday, Cooper asked a federal court to keep alive a lawsuit centered on a now-withdrawn subpoena filed by H

Lawyer: Bolton Aide Charles Kupperman Fears House Will Reissue Subpoena For Testimony

7:41pm December 10, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

An attorney for former national security adviser Charles Kupperman told a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday that the pledge from Democrats that they won't reissue a subpoena cannot be trusted.