US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has criticized a bipartisan amendment to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 that seeks to loosen the worker verification program by requiring employers to verify...

A German Presidency policy paper proposing that European Union nations abandon talks on a constitutional treaty circulated Wednesday, just prior to Thursday's summit meeting of European Council in Brussels. Last week German...

The Colombian Senate voted 34-29 against landmark gay rights legislation Tuesday. The bill, endorsed by President Alvaro Uribe , was approved by the lower house 62-43 last week....

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday moved to ease accounting procedures required for foreign companies trading on US exchanges. The SEC commissioners voted 5-0 to amend federal regulations to...

The New York State Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage following three hours of often emotional debate. The bill was proposed in April by...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) brought a federal class action lawsuit against the US Tuesday on behalf of two immigrants who said they were forcibly drugged with sedatives during deportation proceedings. The ACLU/SC...

US President George W. Bush Wednesday followed through on his promised veto of a Democrat-backed bill that would have relaxed funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research . The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of...

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged EU member states to compromise to resolve key differences in negotiations over the proposed constitutional treaty during a press conference Tuesday, reiterating...

The US House of Representatives Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act by 422-2 . The bill would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section within the civil rights ...

The Libyan Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will rule on the appeal of six foreign medics in three weeks. The five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor were convicted last year of knowingly infecting...