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Demonstrators protest outside of the federal courthouse asking Congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment during a rally in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Equal Rights Amendment stumbles in court and on Capitol Hill

The Equal Rights Amendment suffered twin setbacks this week after a federal appeals court shot down an effort to force it into the Constitution, and the nominee to lead the National Archives reaffirmed she won't act on her own to add it to the government's founding document.

March 1, 2023
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The Taliban marked the first-year anniversary of their takeover after the country's western-backed government fled and the Afghan military crumbled in the face of the insurgents' advance. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Taliban comb Kabul records to hunt down U.S. war allies

Operatives of the new Taliban government in Kabul are still trying to identify and retaliate against Afghans who cooperated with the 20-year American military and reconstruction effort, a U.S. government report said.

February 27, 2023
The Supreme Court hears Twitter v. Taamneh on Feb. 22, 2023. The case will decide whether social media companies can be sued for aiding and abetting a specific act of international terrorism when the platforms have hosted user content that expresses general support for the group behind the violence without referring to the specific terrorist act in question. The plaintiffs in the case are the family members of Nawras Alassaf, who was killed in an ISIS attack in Istanbul in 2017. They have alleged that social media companies including Twitter had knowingly aided ISIS in violation of a U.S, antiterrorism law by allowing some of the group's content to persist on their platforms despite policies intended to limit that type of content. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court backs Arizona convict in death sentence case

The Supreme Court said a death row convict in Arizona should get a new chance to argue against his sentence, ruling Wednesday that the state's high court should have given him a chance to tell jurors his alternative was life in prison without parole.

February 22, 2023
Two women from Cuba try to keep warm after crossing the border from Mexico and surrendering to authorities to apply for asylum on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, near Yuma, Arizona. An underground market has emerged for migrants seeking U.S. sponsors since the Biden administration announced last month that it would accept a limited number of people from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti. Applicants for the humanitarian parole program need someone in the U.S. to promise to provide financial support for at least two years. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS revives Trump-style asylum limits to stop new border surge

The Biden administration proposed new rules Tuesday to block illegal immigrants from jumping the border to file bogus asylum claims, embracing a Trump-style policy that President Biden had once labeled a "humanitarian disaster."

February 21, 2023
A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

DOJ tells justices not to erase legal protections for Big Tech

The Justice Department says social media companies like YouTube and Twitter shouldn't be held liable for hosting other people's content, but also says the tech giants may cross lines when they insert themselves into the situation by deciding what to promote.

February 17, 2023