President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more

Lawmakers hope to extend a ban on moving detainees to U.S. soil. That would leave the president with no way to make the January deadline. The White House may try to persuade lawmakers that the prison is too costly to sustain. Law professor Kassem said the renewed administration interest in closing the prison is hard to take seriously now: "Those efforts and that kind of resolve should have been shown over the course of the eight years of the Obama administration and not in its final moments."   read more

The Education Dept report found 6.5 million students nationwide were chronically absent in the 2013-14 school year. That's more than one out of every ten students missing at least three full weeks of school. It's the first time the department has collected student absenteeism data. On a positive note, the survey found a significant drop in school suspensions for K-12 students, down nearly 20%. But, the report also suggests sharp disparities between how black and white students are disciplined.   read more

The U.S. Navy imposed a drinking ban on its 19,000 personnel in Japan on Monday, ordering them confined to their bases after a sailor who was thought to have been drinking was arrested on the island of Okinawa in connection with a car accident that left two Japanese civilians injured. The accident occurred at a tense time for the U.S. military in Japan. U.S. forces on Okinawa were already under curfew after a Marine veteran was arrested last month in connection with the killing of a local woman.   read more

Trump was slow to denounce the white supremacist David Duke and talked approvingly of beating up protesters. He has praised Putin and promised to be friends. He would not condemn supporters who launched anti-Semitic blasts at journalists. “This could be one of those moments that’s quite dangerous, and we’ll look back and wonder why we treated it as ho-hum at a time when we could have stopped it,” said Robert Kagan, a scholar at the Brookings Institution.   read more

Some agencies said they thought they were reporting, even though they were not, and some thought they didn't have to file reports because they hadn't investigated any hate crimes. Others that oversee jails might have assumed they were exempt. "If these crimes are never really counted, it's a way of saying they are not important," said Mark Potok with the Southern Poverty Law Center. "For many black people, it's another form of being victimized. It's a way of saying your life doesn't matter."   read more

It's the first time the government has recommended such limits. The guidelines are voluntary, so food companies won't be required to comply, and it could be a year or more before they are final. "It's disappointing that the FDA is only proposing targets and not formal limits, but in this political climate with a Republican Congress and such massive industry opposition, we're gratified that the administration is at least coming out with voluntary targets," Jacobson said.   read more

Few of those interviewed were concerned that video coverage would affect participants' behavior, privacy or security. Instead, the majority of judges and attorneys who spoke to the GAO feared video coverage would result in the media distorting portions of the arguments, especially if a judge's statement is taken out of context. Video-editing distortions of Supreme Court cases could be especially severe, due to the hotly disputed issues the high court handles.   read more

The utility's latest warning comes amid an ongoing lawsuit against 3M and other companies along the Tennessee River, blaming them for polluting the river with industrial chemicals. The scare comes as other states are dealing with serious water-contamination issues: In Flint, Michigan, tests found lead in tap water earlier this year. In West Virginia, lawsuits and an investigation are ongoing over the release of toxic chemicals into the Elk River in 2014.   read more

After more than 1,100 deaths exposed dangerous conditions in Bangladesh in 2013, brands like H&M, Wal-Mart and Gap were among the most powerful companies that pledged to improve the safety of the poorest workers. But human rights groups say that three years later, those promises are still unfulfilled. In Cambodia, for instance, workers toil 10 to 14 hours a day in sweltering heat, without clean drinking water or breaks. In Bangladesh, buildings have no fire exits where thousands work.   read more

"Ivory looks best on its original owners. Killing elephants and hacking off their tusks enriches terrorists, robs Africa of one of its great revenue-generators, and denies future generations the opportunity to see these iconic creatures. This is the right policy on so many levels," said Humane Society CEO Wayne. The new rule, to be published on June 6, is also the latest action implementing the President's 2013 Executive Order to combat wildlife trafficking.   read more

The guidelines provide a framework for FBI testimony involving seven types of forensic evidence, including body fluid, fingerprints and footprints. They seek to inject a more realistic measure of doubt in courtroom testimony. No longer, for instance, would FBI forensic witnesses be allowed to testify that there was a “zero error rate” in comparing one fingerprint to another or that one sample of blood was a certain match to another.   read more

Inslee, who has called climate change "the single most important issue of our time," has gained national attention on environmental issues but so far has failed in his own state to pass ambitious carbon-reduction proposals, including a plan to charge polluters a fee for emissions. Frustrated by inaction in the Legislature, Inslee last year used his executive authority and directed state regulators to limit carbon pollution under the state's Clean Air Act.   read more

In 2003, she went to Berlin as the deputy chief of mission in Finland’s embassy there. In 2005, she moved to Vienna as ambassador to Austria and to serve as her country’s representatives to the United Nation organizations there. During that time, she also served for three years as the Finnish Governor on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors. In 2008, she was elected vice-chair of the agency.   read more

Many conservative scholars warn that electing Trump is a recipe for a constitutional crisis. Trump already said he'd “loosen” libel laws to make it easier to sue news groups. He has encouraged rough treatment of demonstrators. His proposal to bar Muslims tests guarantees of religious freedom. “You would like a president with some idea about constitutional limits on presidential powers...” Barnett said, “and I doubt he has any [such] awareness.” Said Post: “This is how authoritarianism starts."   read more

A 5-year-old Massachusetts boy may have a future in law enforcement. The Quincy Police Department on Wednesday posted to Facebook a recording of a 911 call the boy placed to report his father had run a red light. The boy tells a dispatcher: "Daddy went through a red light." He then describes the vehicle and says it was "in the brand-new car, my mummy's car."   read more

The commander who left Camp 7 in May insisted that Ramzi bin al Shibh has not faced an "eight-year-long conspiracy" of harassment. The testimony contradicts statements by alleged al-Qaida member Hassan Guleed in support of bin al Shibh's claims. Guleed, who has been held at Guantanamo since 2006 without charge, said he has experienced the same noises and vibrations in the camp bin al Shibh routinely reports. "We have mental torturing in the Camp 7," Guleed said Thursday in the courtroom.   read more