Lawmakers ask Dept. of Ed to extend student loan discharge for Charlotte School of Law students

The Department of Education has the authority to extend enrollment requirements for school loan discharges if there are "exceptional circumstances," which is what should happen for students at the now-shuttered Charlotte School of Law, say a group of North Carolina U.S. Congress members. The letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, dated Oct. 26, is signed by U.S. Reps.

10th Circuit Court rules against Tribes on rehearing of boundary case;

The United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld its original decision that Congress in 1905 did diminish the boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation. An appeal for the entire court to hear the appeal of that decision was denied, but the court also ordered that an appeal may proceed on an amended complaint.

West Seattle Marines: Celebrate the Corps’ 242nd birthday Friday

The night before Veterans Day , it's the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps - founded by an Act of Congress on November 10, 1775 - and Marine veteran Tim McConnell is organizing an informal celebration: I am seeing if there are any other Marines in the area that want to get together this Friday for an informal celebration of the Marine Corps birthday. The usual Marine Corps birthday is a very formal ball, and is full of pomp and circumstance and formalities that I don't have the time or energy to be a part of.

Trump’s CIA director met with frequent Fox guest to discuss his claim the DNC hack was an inside job

On November 7, The Intercept reported that, at President Donald Trump's urging, "CIA Director Mike Pompeo met late last month with a former U.S. intelligence official," William Binney, who pushed a conspiracy theory that "the theft of the Democratic National Committee's [ ] emails during the 2016 presidential campaign was an inside job, rather than a hack by Russian intelligence." Binney has previously pushed his claim during his appearances on pro-Trump media, including on Infowars , Sean Hannity's Fox News and radio shows, and Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight .

Ronan Farrow’s latest Weinstein piece reflects exactly why women don’t report sexual violence

A month after the start of a wave of reporting chronicling first-hand accounts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape by producer Harvey Weinstein over decades, a new report illuminates the horrifying measures Weinstein took in an attempt to keep women silent. On November 6, reporter Ronan Farrow published his third article in The New Yorker related to reports of decades of sexual misconduct by Weinstein ; this time, it was focused on the extreme efforts Weinstein and his legal team took to surveil and intimidate women seeking to come forward.

Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years

The Pentagon has known for at least two decades about failures to give military criminal history information to the FBI, including the type of information the Air Force didn't report about the Texas church gunman who had assaulted his wife and stepson while an airman. The Air Force lapse in the Devin P. Kelley case, which is now under review by the Pentagon's inspector general, made it possible for him to buy guns before his attack Sunday at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Texas gunman escaped mental hospital: police

The man who carried out one of the deadliest US mass shootings escaped from a mental health facility in 2012, the same year he was convicted by a US Air Force court-martial of domestic abuse, according to a police report. Devin Kelley, who massacred 26 people at a church in rural southeastern Texas on Sunday, was convicted of assaulting his first wife and stepson while serving in the US Air Force in 2012, according to the Pentagon.

New Jersey GOP congressman LoBiondo to retire after 12 terms

Twelve-term GOP Rep. Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey says he plans to retire, declaring that "our nation is now consumed by increasing political polarization" and that "there is no longer middle ground." The 71-year-old became the latest moderate Republican to make plans to step down as his party struggles with internal divisions under President Donald Trump.

There Is No Domestic Violence Loophole in Military Law

Earlier today, Arizona senator Jeff Flake tweeted that he was working with New Mexico's Martin Heinrich on legislation in response to the Texas church massacre: Writing a bill w/ @MartinHeinrich to prevent anyone convicted of domestic violence - be it in criminal or military court - from buying a gun But wait. That's already federal law .

Chariot fined for discriminating against wheelchair users

Chariot , the private bus startup owned by Ford Motor Company, which has been having a rough time navigating San Francisco's political scene lately, settled a dispute with the U.S. Department of Justice, agreeing to pay $50,000 and initiate a series of reforms to amend discriminatory practices against people with disabilities.