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Is it time to stop looking for Jimmy Hoffa?
Harold Maass | June 19, 2013The FBI comes up short — again — in the search for the remains of the long-missing former Teamsters boss
Has Snowden crossed a red line?
Marc Ambinder | June 19, 2013Who watches those who watch the watchers?
The FBI has purposefully — and, it says, justifiably — shot 150 Americans since 1993
Peter Weber | June 19, 2013A by-the-numbers look at the bureau's apparently blameless firing at suspected criminals and other intentional targets
Today in history: June 19
West Wing Reports | June 19, 2013In 1964, Congress approved the Civil Rights Act
Is the debate over sexual abuse in the military really a 'war on men'?
Jon Terbush | June 18, 2013So says a columnist for The Wall Street Journal
Today in history: June 18
West Wing Reports | June 18, 2013In 1812, President James Madison signed a Congressional declaration of war against Great Britain
Is the momentum for gay marriage real, or just media hype?
Peter Weber | June 18, 2013A new Pew study shows media coverage this year tilted toward positive coverage of same-sex marriage by a 5-to-1 margin
Should Mayor Michael Bloomberg force New Yorkers to compost?
Keith Wagstaff | June 17, 2013NYC produces 1.2 million tons of food waste a year. Bloomberg wants to turn it into energy
How the Supreme Court struck a huge blow to voter registration laws
Jon Terbush | June 17, 2013In the latest fight over voter registration, the justices invalidate an Arizona proof-of-citizenship requirement
'This country is worth dying for,' and other revelations from Edward Snowden's Q&A
Keith Wagstaff | June 17, 2013The NSA leaker took to the internet to defend his actions and answer questions about the government's surveillance program
Today in history: June 17
West Wing Reports | June 17, 2013In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington
America Leaks! It started with a president
Marc Ambinder | June 17, 2013Woodrow Wilson might have been the first modern leaker
DNI: NSA can't spy on Americans without a warrant
Marc Ambinder | June 16, 2013No matter what Jerry Nadler thinks he was told in a briefing
Only in America: Getting toy guns out of playrooms
Samantha Rollins | June 16, 2013An elementary school hosts a toy-gun buyback — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
Minimize this!
Marc Ambinder | June 16, 2013How the NSA avoids listening to your phone calls (or tries to)
For those who have everything: Trashy fashion
The Week Staff | June 15, 2013High-fashion trash cans — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products
Only in America: The big breasts ban
Samantha Rollins | June 15, 2013A high schooler is denied entry to prom because her breasts are too big — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
WATCH: Is the NRA's new anti-Obama ad racist?
Keith Wagstaff | June 14, 2013"It just seems patently obvious what they're doing," says Joe Scarborough
Has the death of federal gun legislation been greatly exaggerated?
Peter Weber | June 14, 2013Six months after the Newtown mass shooting, Democrats are starting to quietly restart the gun-control engines
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- Michael Hastings, remembered
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- Former employees say Bank of America lied to a lot of homeowners
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