Beau Biden, left, and his father, Vice President Joe Biden, pictured here at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 27, 2008. Beau Biden died at age 46 after a battle with brain cancer, his father said Saturday. Chris Wattie/Reuters … [Read more...]

An airline passenger stands in a full-body scanner at Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, Calif. in this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo. An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able … [Read more...]

  Republicans and Democrats engaged in a fervent round of finger-pointing Monday after inaction in the Senate led to the expiration of key counterterrorism programs including the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records.  … [Read more...]

Section 215 has expired. At least for now. The law that the NSA used to authorize its collection of vast amounts of information about the telephone calls of ordinary Americans is no more. Even though it’s likely temporary, it’s a good thing and we should pause to celebrate a little. The calls and emails Congress received from people across the country and across the political … [Read more...]