A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ruled against Thursday that a nativity scene on Baxter County Courthouse grounds violates the First Amendment. The lawsuit was filed by the American...

Luis Segovia, a veteran and former resident of Illinois who now lives in Guam, filed a complaint on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois claiming the laws affording residents of certain...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that had held that California's death penalty system was unconstitutional . The appeals court held that the excessive...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two bills on Wednesday in order to expedite the distribution of medical marijuana to citizens with critical health conditions. Though statewide medical marijuana distribution will begin in January, the governor...

A White House spokesperson on Tuesday expressed President Barack Obama's support for legislationy that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity through an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The legislation had...

A group of 23 House Republicans told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) "lacks the authority it claims ... and improperly bypassed the democratic process"...

The US Senate on Tuesday approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (NDAA ), which is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama despite further delaying the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Section...

Federal prosecutors in New York announced Tuesday that they are expanding criminal charges against the three individuals responsible for orchestrating a massive computer hack against financial institutions, brokerage firms and financial news publishers. Gery Shalon, Joshua...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Tyson v. Bouaphakeo the court heard arguments on whether differences among plaintiff members can be ignored for the...

A federal judge on Monday ruled against part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program that collects domestic phone records in bulk. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of...