Federal Government
The Feds Are Investigating Hate Crimes Against Muslims After the San Bernardino Shootings
A wave of anti-Muslim vandalism and arson is being probed in the vicinity of the terrorist attack, but incidents across America suggest it's no regional problem.
A Native American Tribe Just Panicked and Burned All Its Weed
The South Dakota tribe planned to open a marijuana resort, but then freaked out about the possibility of a federal raid and burned all of the marijuana.
Do High-Profile Terrorism Arrests Actually Help the Islamic State?
Every time government officials make noise about how the Islamic State is threatening a series of deadly attacks on American soil, it only adds to the group's notoriety.
US Feds Are Making It Harder for Local Cops to Seize Private Property
Attorney General Eric Holder is axing a programme called Equitable Sharing, dealing a brutal – if not fatal – blow to the system of formalised American police corruption that is civil asset forfeiture.
The Feds Are Suing New York City Because Rikers Island Is a Hellhole
US Attorney Preet Bharara says Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking too long to reform the notoriously horrific collection of jails.
The Feds Are Trying to Decimate the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
This week, seven members of the powerful race-based prison gang were sentenced for their roles in its culture of violence.
The Dark Side of the Rainbow Gathering
Authorities in Utah are already grappling with the more sinister elements of the Rainbow Family Gathering.
An Armed Standoff in Nevada Is Only the Beginning for America’s Right-Wing Militias
Armed conservatives faced down the federal government and won... for now.