Law

Binders making up the 17 volumes which contain the Energy Department's application to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada are displayed shortly after they were delivered to the offices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 3, 2008. The federal government has yet to rule on whether Yucca can safely store waste in the long term. A 1982 federal law says the government must evaluate whether Yucca can perform that function. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Energy and Environment

Court orders Energy Department to stop collecting nuclear waste fees

Zack Colman · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Republicans accused the Obama administration of meddling in how parents choose to educate their children, preventing students from attending schools they could otherwise not afford. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)

Justice Department drops lawsuit over Louisiana school vouchers

Brian Hughes · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Washington Post: Julian Assange not under sealed indictment, U.S. officials say

Washington Examiner · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Dem. Rep.: Obama Lacks ‘Legal Underpinning’ for Obamacare Fix

Dem. Rep.: Obama Lacks ‘Legal Underpinning’ for Obamacare Fix

Daniel Halper · November 18, 2013 4:31 pm

Newsday: Since at least 2006, Nassau’s deadly force investigators have never ruled an officer’s actions unjustified

Newsday: Since at least 2006, Nassau’s deadly force investigators have never ruled an officer’s actions unjustified

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Houston-based energy marketer Dynegy Inc. wants the same kind of regulations waiver that Ameren Corp. had on a set of Illinois coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Energy and Environment

Illinois ruling points at coal plants’ unsteady future

Washington Examiner · November 17, 2013 5:00 am

‘Under the Old Law …’

Jeffrey H. Anderson · November 15, 2013 7:40 pm

Lorne Jones received praise from supervisors for seizing large loads of marijuana and other drugs during a long career as a U.S. border inspector. Now he faces a judge for helping smuggle drugs himself. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal immigration prosecutions jump in New Mexico

Associated Press · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments on whether the 1935 National Labor Relations Act allows for "neutrality agreements," in which an employer promises not to block a union from seeking to organize its workers in exchange for certain provisions. (AP File)

Supreme Court hears dispute over labor organizing tactic

Sean Lengell · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013, file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses attendees during the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Fla. With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, Republican governors eyeing the 2016 presidential race are pitching themselves as can-do politicians and highlighting records of achievement. "Republican governors are not going to take it anymore," says Jindal, among those state leaders and potential presidential candidates using the shutdown to try to position themselves as outsiders at a time of voter disgust with Congress and anyone connected with Washington. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Judge questions Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget balancing method

Washington Examiner · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Dennis Marton walks with protesters at a rally outside a federal courthouse in Detroit on Oct. 23. Detroit's emergency manager and his legal team squared off against unions and pension funds that claim the city isn't qualified to scrub its books clean under Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit union seeks automatic appeal of any bankruptcy order

Bloomberg News · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Supreme Court unlikely to say union-casino pact illegal

Supreme Court unlikely to say union-casino pact illegal

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am