New IRS rules that hold accountants, lawyers and others who prepare tax returns more accountable for client errors are changing the way some practice and may be driving a wedge…
Lady Bird Johnson, who graciously used her influence as first lady during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson to lobby for human rights and laws protecting the environment, died today…
A meeting with the FBI director yesterday did little to sway privacy advocates from their resolve to curb agents’ power to obtain certain records without a court order.
In the wake of widespread reports that mortgage abuses by so-called subprime lenders have led to increased loan foreclosures, federal and state legislators have expressed concern and promised new laws…
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified two years ago that the FBI had not abused its investigative powers under the USA Patriot Act even though he had received several reports…
In recent years, the California officials have increased the amount of money they spend to locate dormant assets that the government can seize. But they’ve decreased the amount of money…
Recent reports of government raids on companies that employ illegal immigrants and families split up when a non-citizen member living in the U.S. is forced to return to his or…
Illegal immigrants wouldn’t be able to go to public schools, get free medical care or check out library books if Virginia’s second-largest county approves an anti-immigrant measure that is among…
A growing controversy about whether it is appropriate for states to retain high-priced contingency lawyers to pursue mass tort litigation on citizens’ behalf is being argued in courts—and newspapers—throughout the…
A group of shipping companies and trade associations is challenging a Michigan law that requires ships to treat ballast before dumping it in state waters.
A government-backed militia is systematically using rape as a method of so-called ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region of western Sudan, a report by a humanitarian group says.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) didn’t succeed the first time around with an effort to limit President George W. Bush’s controversial practice of using signing statements to contest federal legislation with…
The administration is discussing legislation that would move some Guantanamo detainees to military brigs on American soil where they would be held indefinitely.
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