Heritage Foundation legal expert discusses Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh is going to be confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. He has more of a defined approach to the Constitution than Justice Anthony Kennedy, but it’s not possible to say how he’d rule in a case seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade. That’s all according to Thomas Jedding, senior legal fellow with the free-market Heritage Foundation.

Trump’s claim NATO will spend more on defense is disputed

President Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to the NATO alliance after he said member nations agreed to his demands by making significant pledges to increasing defense spending.

 
US opens probe of slaying that sparked civil rights movement

The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago.

 
Pardoned ranchers back home, focused on grazing rights fight

Father and son ranchers, who were the focus of a battle about public lands and were freed from prison after receiving a presidential pardon, were welcomed home Wednesday in Oregon by relatives and horseback riders carrying American flags.