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Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Sunday that Egyptian police and National Security Agency (NSA) have arrested more than 40 human rights activists, lawyers and political activists since late October. As many as 80 people may have been arrested, but so far only 40 names were able to be verified by HRW. No arrest warrants [...]

Former US intelligence contractor Reality Winner was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Thursday after she accepted a plea deal  with federal prosecutors in June. Winner pleaded guilty to charges  of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. In May 2017 Winner kept a classified National Security Agency report concerning a Russian cyberattack [...]

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two letters on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Trump v. Members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit lawmakers from paying settlements...

The US Senate voted 65-34 on Thursday in favor of a six-year extension of the FISA Amendments Act , which authorizes the National Security Agency (NSA) to gather intelligence by means of...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that...

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that extends Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. The bill was approved by a vote of 256-164. Title VII...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Human Rights Watch on Thursday released a report detailing the lack of respect for the rights of intersex individuals in the United States. The Lawyers’ Committee...

A bipartisan group of US senators introduced the USA Rights Act on Tuesday that would overhaul aspects of the National Security Agency (NSA) warrantless internet surveillance program. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , which...

US President https://www.donaldjtrump.com/">Donald Trump's campaign attorney Michael Carvin filed a brief on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit that...