WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard members to begin patrolling the streets of the nation's capital, a federal appeals court on Wednesday opened a hearing on the legality of his action by asking the government if there were any limits on a president's authority to do so. The hearing began with the three-judge panel collectively questioning the government’s attorney, Eric McArthur. Judge Cornelia T. L. Pillard asked how the government's an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard members to begin patrolling the streets of the nation's capital, a federal appeals court on Wednesday opened a hearing on the legality of his action by asking the government if there were any limits on a president's authority to do so. The hearing began with the three-judge panel collectively questioning the government’s attorney, Eric McArthur. Judge Cornelia T. L. Pillard asked how the government's an...

Wyoming wildlife managers are reporting that no black-footed ferrets are being detected in the cradle of the species’ conservation: the Absaroka Range foothills outside of Meeteetse, where the ferrets were saved after presumed extinction in the 1980s. A tough combination of plague and drought — both big issues for the embattled western species — are suspected causes of a population collapse in the Meeteetse area, where wildlife managers returned ferrets to the wild in 2016 after a It’s...