Former FBI director James Comey testified on Thursday in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . During more than two hours of testimony, Comey recounted nine encounters with President Donald Trump. Comey had...
The Connecticut General Assembly on Tuesday passed HB 5743 , an anti-hate crime bill that could be the strongest in the country. The legislation makes any hate crime an automatic felony rather than a misdemeanor. The bill...
The US Supreme Court lifted the stay of execution granted last week by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for Robert Melson late Tuesday. The brief order was issued by [AL...
The Delaware legislature approved a bill on Tuesday that guarantees access to abortion. The bill, which was previously approved by the state Senate, was approved by a vote of 22-16 after five hours of debate and...
Fugitive ex-governor of Quintana Roo, Mexico, Roberto Borge, was arrested on Monday in Panama. Borge, a member of President Enrique Peña Nieto's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was taken into custody on charges of corruption. He was wanted ...
Philippine opposition lawmakers petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to reject President Rodrigo Duterte's imposition of martial law. Duterte declared martial law on May 23 when heavily armed militants linked to the Islamic State ...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. that as-of-right intervenors must have independent Article III standing to intervene under Rule 24(a)(2) . Justice Samuel Alito delivered...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on the Government of Bahrain on Friday to investigate the deaths of five protesters that occurred during a security operation last week. The protesters...
The Kansas legislature approved SB 235 on Thursday exempting state mental hospitals, community mental health centers and the University of Kansas Health System's hospitals from a previously passed law allowing people to carry concealed...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday night that significantly loosens voter identification requirements. Senate Bill 5 is intended to salvage portions of a 2011 law that was found to be discriminatory against minority voters...
