House passes ‘unthinkable’ NRA-backed bill lifting local gun restrictions

Ex-congresswoman Gabby Giffords attacks the bill, which passed by 231 to 197 and removes states’ power to control who can carry concealed, loaded handgunsOn the day of an annual vigil in Washington DC that honors the victims of American gun violence, congressional Republicans passed a...

Can the US president obstruct justice? Yes he can | Lawrence Douglas

Donald Trump’s lawyer, John Dowd, is not alone in arguing that the president is immune to the usual constitutional checks and balancesThe president has not obstructed justice because the president cannot obstruct justice. Such was the astonishing argument advanced on Monday by the president’s...