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WASHINGTON - For Muhammad Ali, the idea of being a humble athlete - someone pre-packaged and palatable for white America - was never an option.Instead, he demanded respect not only as a boxer but as a brash, unbought and unbossed black man and endeared himself to African-Americans as a symbol of black pride.
The Supreme Court will hear appeals from two African-American death-row inmates in Texas, including one who argued his sentence was based on his race. The justices on Monday said they will review death sentences for inmates Bobby Moore and Duane Buck.
Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico's Democratic presidential primary on Sunday, putting her within striking distance of capturing her party's nomination. After a blowout victory Saturday in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a decisive win in the U.S. territory, Clinton is now less than 30 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to win the nomination, according to an Associated Press count.
The Obama administration is running out of time and options to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, so officials are scrambling to release as many prisoners as possible and considering novel legal strategies that include allowing some men to strike plea deals by video-teleconference. Another option would be to send others to foreign countries to be prosecuted.
Donald Trump sounded an awful lot like the mafia types he's been linked to in the past when he told CBS' Face The Nation , that he wants foreign countries to pay "protection money," to the U.S. In responding to host John Dickerson's question about Hillary's criticisms of Trump's policies, Dickerson asked, "what policy of yours did she mischaracterize?" Trump responded by saying she only gave a "Trump policy" speech and said, "She talked about I wanted to nuke all of these countries, that's ridiculous. No, I want these countries to pay for protection."
Washington, Jun 5 : Two Indian-American brothers have been sentenced to over seven years in prison for committing fraud in H1B visa programme, popular among IT and software professionals, to create a low-cost workforce in the US. Atul Nanda, 46, and Jiten 'Jay' Nanda, 45, were each sentenced by Chief US District Judge Barbara MG Lynn in Texas to 87 months in federal prison.
Hillary Clinton 's "major foreign policy address" on Thursday turned out to be nothing more than another campaign stop and an opportunity to bash her presumptive presidential opponent. The word "presumptive" means Clinton must wait for the findings of the FBI criminal investigation.
President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of more than 40 drug offenders as his administration continues its effort to lessen the punishments of non-violent criminals. Most of the 42 federal prisoners had been convicted for cocaine-related offenses, including distribution and trafficking.
An accused war criminal living in the United States is now working as a security guard at Dulles International Airport near Washington, DC. A CNN investigation found that Yusuf Abdi Ali, who is accused of committing atrocities while he was a military commander during Somalia's brutal civil war, has been living a quiet life near the nation's capital for about 20 years.
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who's presiding over two of the three lawsuits against Trump University in San Diego, is clearly now in the cross hairs of the bombastic presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But Curiel is no stranger to being targeted - and in the 1990s he was even reportedly on the hit list of a Mexican drug cartel.
Former CIA captive will be seen for the first time in more than 10 years if he testifies at war court in Guantanamo as scheduled This screengrab of the GuantA namo captive Abu Zubaydah was taken from a video interview he made sometime between the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and his March 28, 2002 capture by U.S. intelligence agents in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
The Library of Congress will pay the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay $100,000 and correct his personnel file to settle his claim that he was wrongly fired for criticizing military commissions for detainees. The deal announced Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented retired Air Force colonel Morris Davis, marks the end of a nearly seven-year free-speech case that tested the rights of federal employees to speak out as private citizens.
Donald Trump's national security adviser said Tuesday he would recommend using U.S. troops to implement a safe zone for refugees in Syria and Turkey to protect Europeans from accepting terrorists embedded as asylum seekers. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said the move would prevent Europe from having to continue to accept the millions arriving at its borders.
US Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson walks in Lafayette Park across from the White House during an interview with AFP in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2016. Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is running for president as a Libertarian, just as he did 2012 when he managed to get 1.2 million votes.
In this March 4, 2015, file photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder says Edward Snowden performed a "public service" in stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programmes, but that he should still return to the United States to stand trial.
Military leaders are thinking about whether they will need a wheelchair lift, widen some cell doors and add ramps for geriatric captives in the Guantanamo three or four years from now. None of the 80 prisoners are now in wheelchairs and most are in their 30s or 40s.
For nearly a century, the Jones Act has been a reliable safeguard against American and global corporatists wanting to make higher profits at the expense of U.S. national security and jobs. Thanks to the Jones Act, shipping vessels that operate in U.S. waters must be American crewed, American owned and American built.
Broker-dealer Drexel Hamilton, led by disabled veterans, gives ex-military personnel a chance to use skills learned on the battlefield on a new frontier -- Wall Street. Daniel Morales doesn't discount the stress of working on Wall Street, but it pales in comparison to his experiences in the U.S. Marine Corps.
USA president Barack Obama is scheduled to serve his last full day in the White House on 19 January 2017. When he looks back at the legacy of his administration, including the elimination of Osama bin Laden, introduction of Obamacare, initial steps towards normalising relations with Cuba, shutting down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison for "combatants", and many others, are likely to be high on the list of his achievements during his eight-year presidency.