A group of rights experts from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Wednesday demanded that the US government release Guantánamo detainee Ammar al Baluchi, a 40-year-old Pakistan national, stating that his detention the center is "arbitrary...

The Iowa Senate on Wednesday voted 30-20 to approve a draft of an anti-abortion bill that would ban most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat. The bill now proceeds to the Iowa House of Representatives for consideration....

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a revised, five-count indictment filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the US District Court for the District of Columbia . At the...

The Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday approved three bills to tighten gun control. HB1467 would criminalize selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing or carrying a bump stock or trigger crank that would allow non-automatic rifles to be used...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case challenging a Minnesota law that bans political apparel in polling places. The Minnesota law at issue states, "A political badge, political button, or...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it will be filing a statement of interest in the multi-district opioid lawsuit against distributors and manufacturers. In the statement of interest, the DOJ will assert that...

The US House of Representatives voted 388-25 Tuesday to approve a bill meant to curb online sex trafficking. HB 1865, introduced last April, would amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 , which...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of California granted summary judgment for the Trump administration Tuesday, allowing construction of a border wall between the US and Mexico to proceed. Plaintiffs, including the Center...

Two women sued the college town of Starkville, Mississippi, Monday after it denied a permit for a gay pride parade. The women had submitted an application for a parade permit to the city of Starkville, following the city's...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted the government's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's 2 for 1 executive order ...