Congress gives police in other countries easier access to U.S. data, raising privacy concerns

Police in other countries will be able to get emails and other electronic communication more easily from their own citizens and from Americans under a bill that Congress stuffed inside the massive $1.3 trillion spending deal passed this week. Supporters say the bill, dubbed the CLOUD Act, will simplify the process for the U.S. government and its allies to get evidence of serious crimes and terrorist threats when that evidence is stored on a server in another country.

March for Our Lives: The moments that made up a movement

Thousands of students, teachers and other concerned citizens descended on the capital Saturday carrying signs and wearing symbolic price tags to say "enough" to gun violence. Many of the speakers at the March for Our Lives rally were students propelled into the debate over gun laws when a 19-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle mowed down their classmates and teachers last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Microsoft’s epic court battle with DOJ is coming to an end

Microsoft fought a court battle with the Department of Justice all the way to the Supreme Court - but the saga could soon be coming to an end. The Cloud Act, which is tucked into the spending bill that Trump signed Friday, addresses the question at the heart of the issue: Can law enforcement officials force US companies to hand over data that's stored on servers in foreign countries? The Cloud Act establishes a legal pathway for the US to form agreements with other nations that make it easier for law enforcement to collect data stored on foreign soil.

Film examines Dolores Huerta from jazz to ‘Si, Se Puede’

In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, from left, Lois Vossen, Dolores Huerta, Peter Bratt and Benjamin Bratt participate in the "Dolores" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Huerta, the social activist who formed a farm workers union with CAfA sar ChAfA vez and whose "Si, Se Puede" chant inspired Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign slogan, is the subject of a new PBS documentary.

Gina Haspel, nominated by Trump as first woman to lead CIA, has controversial past

Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee to become the first woman to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, made her career in covert action, but her involvement in controversial interrogations has already provoked opposition in the Senate to her confirmation. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, earned high-level awards during her career and was sworn in as deputy director of the agency on Feb. 7, 2017.

The Latest: Judge bars government from revoking DACA status

The Latest on a lawsuit alleging the U.S. government is unfairly revoking work permits from some immigrants : A U.S. judge has barred the government from revoking work permits of immigrants without giving them a chance to defend themselves. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to block a Trump administration policy it claims arbitrarily targets people for deportation who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and had some permission to remain and work under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Congress Calls For Investigation Into Obama Holdover Who Colluded With Unions

The chairman of a House investigative subcommittee asked the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General to investigate reports an Obama administration appointee may have violated anti-lobbying laws. Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold wants EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins to investigate Chemical Safety Board member Rick Engler's working with union activists to pressure Congress for funding.

Under Trump, a growing number of metro Detroit millennials are turning to socialism

A DSA member stands in solidarity with immigration activists at a January demonstration to urge Congress to pass the Dream Act. On the first Saturday of the year, more than 50 people were packed into a fluorescent-lit room at the Royal Oak Senior Center with the ultimate goal of overhauling the country's economic order.

Nobel nomination’s impact on reform can only be negative

The nomination of radical student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung, two allies and the 2014 Occupy movement adds power to the arm of hawks in Beijing and marginalises those who are not unamenable to some degree of electoral freedom for Hong Kong It is not normally known who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize - let alone who is being seriously considered - unless the nominators reveal the names to serve their own agenda. The Norwegian Nobel committee applies a 50-year secrecy rule to the nominees.

The Latest: Freed immigrant activist to go to Trumpa s speech

The Latest on Ravi Ragbir, an immigrant activist facing deportation who was ordered freed from detention : An immigrant activist who was freed from detention as he fights deportation will attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Rep. Yvette Clarke's office says Ravi Ragbir will be the Brooklyn congresswoman's guest at the speech Tuesday night.

Congresswoman invites detainees’ wife to Trump speech

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez addresses Amy Gottlieb, left, the wife of detained immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir during a demonstration in front of the Manhattan office building that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 in New York.