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  • FILE - In this May 1, 2008 file photo, Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington is seen in Washington. Lamberth, the outgoing chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington says perceptions that a secret court there acts as a rubber stamp for the government are wrong. Lamberth was chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 1995 to 2002. Among other things, the court oversees the National Security Agency's secret surveillance programs, now under scrutiny in the wake of revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

    Federal judge: FISA court not a rubber stamp

    Perceptions that a secret court in the nation's capital acts as a rubber stamp for the government are wrong, the outgoing chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington said Thursday.

  • The undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shows a Sumatran tiger skin/California confiscated by the USFWS. More than 150 people face federal and state charges after authorities disrupted wildlife trafficking operations involving tiger and leopard pelts, elephant ivory and live birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the arrests Thursday an undercover operation that included officers from 16 states, three federal agencies and three Asian countries.

    More than 150 accused in online wildlife sales

    More than 150 people face federal and state charges after authorities disrupted online wildlife trafficking operations involving tiger, leopard and jaguar pelts, elephant ivory and live birds.

  • Port container traffic in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland

    Consumer groups fret as first round of European trade talks nears end

    Hoping to win the largest trade deal in history, the president’s new U.S. trade representative offered negotiators some advice as they launched new trade talks with the European Union this week.

  • Lawmakers demand answers on Afghan helicopter deal

    A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon over a contract to buy helicopters for the Afghan security forces from a state-run Russian arms exporter that is a top weapons supplier to the Syrian government.

  • US sharpens criticism of Egyptian arrests

    The Obama administration on Thursday sharpened its criticism of the Egyptian military and interim government's arrests of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, saying the continuing detentions are inconsistent with pledges of inclusivity made by authorities and may affect future U.S. assistance.

  • Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders meet with reporters following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Republicans have seized on the White House delay of a health law requirement for employers and are demanding that the Obama administration give individual Americans an equal break.

    Q&A: Latest health law fight: Battle of mandates

    If businesses get an extra year to meet a new health care mandate, why not everybody else? Photo Gallery Available

  • China ready to negotiate investment treaty with US

    China agreed Thursday to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, a move hailed by Washington as a significant step in the Asian giant's economic reforms that could level the playing field for American businesses.

  • FILE - This undated file photo shows the National Registry Office for Classified Information, also known as ORNISS, in a busy residential neighborhood minutes from the center of Romania’s capital city of Bucharest. Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his jailers whether he could embark on an unusual project: Would the spy agency allow Mohammed, who had earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, to design a vacuum cleaner? The agency officer in charge of the prison called CIA headquarters and a manager approved the request, a former senior CIA official told The Associated Press.

    Harry Potters series favorite at CIA black site

    Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his jailers whether he could embark on an unusual project: Would the spy agency allow Mohammed, who had earned his bachelor's in mechanical engineering, to design a vacuum cleaner? Photo Gallery Available

  • Stand with Texas Women bus tour draws crowd at Fort Worth stop

    A crowd of more than 1,400 women’s advocates gathered in Fort Worth on Wednesday to take a stand for reproductive rights. “I want you to be angry and remember,” Davis said after referring to her filibuster, which helped stop a bill that would further regulate abortions.

  • In this file photo, a detainee is escorted by military police at Guantanamo Navy Base, Aug. 26, 2004 in Guantanamo, Cuba.

    Guantánamo genital searches halted

    A federal judge has ordered the government to stop genital searches of Guantánamo Bay detainees who want to meet with their lawyers. Photo Gallery Available

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