US President Barack Obama and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff met Tuesday and announced an agreement to address climate change. Both countries pledged to reduce carbon emissions by increasing the use of wind and solar power sources to 20 percent...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in four cases. The court will rule on Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States and decide whether the D.C. Circuit misapplied the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted a motion to stay , allowing over half of Texas' 18 abortion clinics to stay open by temporarily blocking a law that would place stringent requirements on clinics...
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) released a final environmental impact statement on the dangers of fracking on Monday, which carries the force of law and officially bans fracking in the state. Signed...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin , Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin (UT...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that the EPA could not make regulations regarding the toxic emissions of power plants without considering costs. In Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency ,...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Glossip v. Gross that Oklahoma's use of the sedative midazolam as part of its lethal injection protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban on...
The US Periodic Review Board (PRB) announced Friday that one of the longest-held detainees at Guantanamo Bay may now be released to his home country of Saudi Arabia. Abdul Rahman Shalabi has been on a...
The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled 8-1 in Johnson v. United States that increasing sentences on certain felons found in illegal possession of a firearm under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)...
The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled 5-4 in Obergefell v. Hodges that states must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and also must recognize same-sex marriages that take place in other states. The...