Tens of thousands of people marched in Mexico in protest of same-sex marriage Saturday, a controversial topic in the country exacerbated by a proposal from embattled President Enrique Peña Nieto to recognize same-sex marriage. The marches [Reuters...

A Volkswagen (VW) engineer pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to one count of conspiracy to defraud the US, commit wire fraud and violate the Clean Air Act by implementing software in...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday blocked a proof of citizenship requirement imposed upon voters by the states of Alabama, Georgia and Kansas. The court found that the parties...

Chelsea Manning, a former US soldier imprisoned for leaking classified documents, has gone on a hunger strike to protest her mistreatment at the Fort Leavenworth facility in Kansas where she has been imprisoned since her conviction in military...

Construction on the Dakota Access oil pipeline was paused on Friday by request of three federal agencies that urged pipeline owner Energy Transfer Partners to pause its lawful building after a federal judge ruled in...

The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected Michigan's appeal of an injunction that would not allow the state to ban straight-ticket voting. The ban had been passed by the...

The Obama administration on Thursday shut down a Guantanamo Bay prison camp to expedite the permanent closing of the detention center. Camp 5 was a 100-cell maximum security prison that was known for receiving problematic detainees ...

The US House of Representatives approved legislation Friday that would allow US nationals to seek relief from foreign governments if that entity is believed to have had involvement with a terrorist attack taking place within the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Thursday dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of the Mississippi state flag. In his opinion, Judge Carlton Reeves noted that the flag, which...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday restored gun ownership rights of two individuals convicted of minor crimes. One of these individuals was 41-year-old Daniel Binderup, who was convicted of having a...