The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday ordered an expedited schedule for the appeal of a lower court ruling blocking the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump . The...

The US State Department granted a presidential permit to the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline on Friday allowing it to "construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana...

Lawyers for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl filed a motion to dismiss on Thursday with the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces . The defense attorneys claim that President Trump's statements during the...

The US House Committee on Ethics announced Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) for potentially unlawful campaign spending . According...

The US Senate voted 50-48 Thursday to repeal current privacy rules for Internet service providers (ISPs). In a vote meant to further deregulation goals, the Senate passed a resolution to undo privacy...

The North Carolina legislature on Thursday overrode Governor Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that makes state judicial elections partisan. House Bill 100 (HB100) will make all judicial...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held a new round of hearings on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Thursday's hearings involved testimony from 28 outside witnesses . This list included...

Members of the US House Oversight Committee questioned FBI officials Wednesday on facial recognition technology during a hearing . The criticism was based on a report that 117 million Americans can be found on the governmental facial...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana blocked a law Wednesday that would prevent foreign-born US citizens from marrying. The legislation at issue required a birth certificate to obtain...

A New York judge on Wednesday ordered ExxonMobil to cooperate with a New York investigation into whether the company misled others about the effects of climate change. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had issued previous...