Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear on Tuesday signed an executive order that automatically restores voting rights and the right to hold public office to certain offenders after their sentences have been satisfied. The order,...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana filed a lawsuit against Governor Mike Pence and the state's Secretary of Family and Social Services Administration on Monday, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration , after...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that a Wisconsin abortion law requiring providers to have admitting privileges is unconstitutional. The suit, brought by Planned Parenthood , argued that since abortion...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday released its ruling that the US government may keep secret memoranda related to the legal justification for the use of drones for targeted killings of those...

President Obama, on Sunday, ordered an assessment of whether intelligence reports from US Central Command (Centcom) were changed by supervisory military personnel before formal submission to present a more optimistic picture of the American military campaign against...

The Iranian state news service on Sunday announced the sentencing of a Washington Post journalist to an unspecified prison term after he was convicted on charges that include espionage. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, the spokesman for...

Narcotics detective Damacio Diaz of the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) in California was arrested on Friday on charges of bribery, drug trafficking, obstruction and filing false tax returns. The 16-count indictment, announced by...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral argument in a challenge to a Federal judge's authority to issue a ruling that struck down modifications to firearm possession laws in...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a new resolution calling on all member states to fight to eradicate the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) . Introduced...

Lawyers for the Obama administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold the president's changes to US immigration policy. Earlier this month the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...