The White House issued a statement on Monday declaring that Sally Yates would be replaced as acting Attorney General after she directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to defend President Donald...
US Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Monday introduced the 2017 Patient Freedom Act as their proposed health care bill amidst the Republican movement to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act...
New York City on Monday agreed to settle a 2010 lawsuit filed against the New York Police Department (NYPD) for issuing summonses without legal justification. The lawsuit regards approximately 900,000 summonses...
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson stated during a news conference on Monday that legislation has been proposed to abolish the death penalty. The state's stance on capital punishment has recently been under question, though lawmakers...
The Illinois House of Representatives on Monday approved a new criminal justice reform bill by a vote of 83-26 during the latest meeting of the General Assembly. The bill would amend the Illinois Criminal Justice Information...
The US Treasury Department announced on Monday that five Russian officials have been sanctioned for human rights abuses. The officials include Aleksandr Bastrykin, who serves as both chief public investigator and close aide...
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday that 2016 had more recorded migrant deaths than any previous year. According to preliminary figures, 363,348 migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe arrived successfully...
China's President Xi Jinping declared on Friday that the nation's battle against corruption "must go deeper," stressing the need for the Communist Party to be governed "systematically, creatively and efficiently." Upon becoming party chief in...
Four Yemeni detainees were transferred Thursday from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia. After the detainees landed, a White House spokesman confirmed that there would likely be more Guantanamo detainees released before the January 20 inauguration...
Egyptian activist and youth leader Ahmed Maher, known for his role in the 2011 revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak , was released from prison on Wednesday following his arrest in 2013. Maher, as well as...
