Laurel Wamsley | NPR|The government says customs will search the phone in flight mode and not look at data stored in the cloud. But civil liberties advocates are calling the law "a grave invasion of privacy."
Senators are questioning Steven Dillingham, President Trump's nominee to lead the federal agency in charge of the 2020 census. The Census Bureau has not had permanent leadership for more than a year.
Democrat Jason Kander said the abrupt decision to leave the field of candidates was related to post-traumatic stress disorder linked to his time in Afghanistan as an Army intelligence officer.
The men are said to be linked to a militant white supremacist street-fighting club based in Southern California. "They were essentially serial rioters," said U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen.
Police Officer Jason Van Dyke faces charges in the Oct. 20, 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald on busy street on Chicago's southwest side. On Tuesday, he gave a teary defense of that night.
The disasters crippled communications and damaged roads — problems that are also complicating efforts to bring aid to the city of Palu and other affected areas.
Around the country, communities are learning their drinking water is polluted with a potentially harmful group of chemicals. The Trump Administration is working on a plan to manage them.
