A federal judge on Tuesday shot down the administration's lawsuit seeking to puncture sanctuary policies in Colorado and Denver that protect illegal immigrants, saying the feds were trying to commandeer state authorities to do their bidding.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets across the embattled Palestinian territories on Tuesday, a day after Israel's parliament passed a measure establishing the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing Colorado and Denver of interfering with the enforcement of immigration laws.