President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Wednesday authorizing the National Guard to deploy the US southern border for additional security support. Trump described the order as necessary to respond to a "crisis" that is "fundamentally incompatible...

Maryland's House of Delegates passed a bill on Wednesday banning the controversial practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth. The Senate first considered the Youth Mental Health Protection Act in February and passed ...

Exiled Venezuelan supreme court justices met in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday to conduct a preliminary hearing on corruption allegations against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brought by the country's former top prosecutor, Attorney General Luisa Ortega. The self-proclaimed...

Federal judge Orlando Garcia in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio has granted summary judgment to a group of voters who argued that the voter registration measures of Texas'...

The Missouri House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortions occurring 20 weeks after fertilization. House Bill 1266, known as the "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," was sponsored by Republican House...

New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation to allow people who were previously convicted of homosexual offenses to have their criminal records wiped. The bill "seeks to reduce prejudice, stigma, and all other negative effects" that would come from a...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California - Orange County Wednesday seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) and Orange County Sheriff (OCSD) [official...

UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. "Migrants, regardless of their status," the...

At the conclusion of a 10-day visit to Thailand, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights issued a statement Wednesday saluting progress by the Thai government but urging improvements in some areas. The group's...

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a group of 17 states and seven cities in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday against the Census Beureau and Commerce Department in an attempt to...