Despite security objections, Hillary Clinton used Blackberry as SecState

Judicial Watch , a Washington-based watchdog organization, submitted new evidence to U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on Thursday showing that former Hillary Clinton knowingly used an unsecure BlackBerry device during her stint as Secretary of State despite being warned by "security hawks" against doing so.

Judicial Watch Sues ICE for Information Regarding the Suspension of…

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for all records concerning the suspension of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Declined Detainer Outcome Report. ). The suit was filed after the Department of Homeland Security failed to respond to an April 13, 2017, FOIA request seeking: The Declined Detainer Outcome Reports highlighted state and local governments, often referred to as sanctuary cities, that did not comply with ICE's detainer program .

Post-riot review finds Delaware prison poorly run, managed

An independent review ordered by Delaware's governor after a deadly inmate riot describes the state's maximum-security prison as dangerously overcrowded, critically understaffed, and poorly run and managed. According to the preliminary report, prison workers consider communication to be the top problem at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.

Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Removed from YouTube at Judgea s…

Yesterday evening, the Center for Medical Progress undercover footage - recorded at the 2014 and 2015 National Abortion Federation conventions - was removed from YouTube, supposedly for a violation of the site's Terms of Service agreement. A few hours later, news emerged that Judge William Orrick - the California district judge who granted NAF and Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the release of this video footage - had ordered the CMP's lead investigator David Daleiden and his attorneys to appear at a June 14 hearing to consider holding them in contempt for releasing the footage yesterday morning.

South Carolina editorial roundup

Proponents of legislative reforms to improve South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act didn't get everything they had hoped for in the bill that passed on the last day of the session. But the bill came close, and it should be regarded as a victory for open government and citizens' ability to gain access to public information.

Texas House overhauls voter ID bill, setting up showdown with Senate

The Texas House on Tuesday made major changes to a bill aimed at revamping the state's controversial voter identification law, setting up a showdown with the Senate in the final week of the legislative session. Senate Bill 5 is a high priority for some state leaders - including Gov. Greg Abbott, who declared it an emergency item Sunday night.

Authorities: Stabbing being probed as a possible hate crime

The FBI is investigating the stabbing of a visiting black student by a white University of Maryland student as a possible hate crime, authorities say. Sean Christopher Urbanski has been charged with first- and second-degree murder as well as first-degree assault in the weekend attack that killed Richard Collins III, police said.

Trump tried to avoid certifying financial disclosure as true

President Donald Trump's attorneys initially wanted him to submit an updated financial disclosure without certifying the information as true, according to correspondence with the Office of Government Ethics. Attorney Sheri Dillon said she saw no need for Trump to sign his 2016 personal financial disclosure because he is filing voluntarily this year.

Weiner pleads guilty in sexting case, could go to prison

Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose penchant for sexting strangers ended his political career and sparked a probe that upended the presidential race, pleaded guilty Friday to a sex charge, tearfully apologizing for communications with a 15-year-old girl that he said destroyed his "life's dream in public service." Weiner, who could go to prison, pleaded guilty to a single count of transmitting obscene material to a minor.

Prosecutors: Times Square driver wanted to ‘kill them all’

A man accused of mowing down a crowd of Times Square pedestrians, killing a teenage tourist, waited for traffic to move before making a U-turn and purposely driving onto the sidewalk, prosecutors said Friday. Rojas told police after he was tackled following the mayhem in Times Square that police should have shot him to stop him and that he wanted to "kill them all," prosecutors said.