US citizens: support the Military Justice Improvement Act, which would deny commanders the power to interfere with prosecution of rape accusations made by those under their command.

Courts will hear the case of whether the president has the power to pardon someone for contempt of court.

Brazil's president Temer faces new corruption charges, but only if his supporters in the legislature vote to allow him to be tried.

Since they protected him not long ago, I expect they will protect him now.

Que o Brazil não si rinda ao Temer!
(May Brazil not yield to Fear!)

Motel 6 reported unauthorized migrants directly to the deportation agency.

As a US citizen, I don't worry about being deported from the US, but this reaffirms my concern about putting my name in a hotel's data base. The NSA snoops on hotel reservations outside the US so it can find where people will be staying.

The Environmental Pollution Agency plans to rewrite the rule to limit toxic metal pollution from coal-burning power plants. The metals that the EPA wants to facilitate release of include arsenic, mercury, and lead.