Taliban Lawyer Tony West Has a New Client: His Sister-in-Law Kamala Harris

West said ‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh was ‘not a terrorist’ Associate Attorney General Tony West speaks August 21, 2014 at the Justice Department (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris has a “powerful” new campaign adviser: her brother-in-law Tony West, the former Obama Justice Department attorney who defended a convicted terrorist sentenced to 20

Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to secure nomination in DNC vote

A majority of Democratic delegates has voted to select Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote, her campaign and the Democratic Party said Friday, cementing her status at the top of the ticket heading into November. The Democratic National Committee began the formal process for selecting

House Oversight Committee investigating plea deal for 9/11 defendants

Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee is opening an investigation into whether the White House was involved in the plea deal that military prosecutors reached with the alleged architect of the 9/11 terror attacks and two other defendants. GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the Oversight panel, sent a letter

Top VP Contenders Govs Walz, Beshear To Host Harris Fundraisers

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, two top contenders whom presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is considering for her vice president, are both headlining Harris Victory Fund events Monday. Both fundraisers will take place the night before Harris said she would hold her first rally with her running mate, signaling the veepstakes