West Virginia and South Dakota on Thursday enacted controversial laws limiting abortions. In West Virginia, lawmakers overrode Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's veto and passed a law preventing the dilation and evacuation abortion procedure,...
The ceasefire between the Syrian government and rebels seeking to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad survived its first week on Saturday, and the nation experienced a marked drop in violence. The five-year civil war has killed...
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a Louisiana abortion law that would require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital and significant surgical upgrades to abortion centers. In a one-sentence order, the...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument on a Texas law that would require abortion clinics to upgrade facilities to hospital-like standards and would require doctors to have admitting privileges at local...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released its Annual Report 2015/16 , a summary of an international survey of human rights concluding that "short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic...
Republicans in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday vowed to block any Supreme Court nominee by President Obama . In a letter to the majority leader of the primarily-Republican Senate, all 11 of the Judiciary Committee's Republicans...
The US Supreme Court upheld on Friday, in a one-sentence order, a decision of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina forcing the state to redraw the 1st...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to compel Apple to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters . The Federal Bureau of...
The US Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a wide-ranging House bill aiming to strengthen US trade, sending the bill to President Barack Obama to be signed. The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015...
A partnership of voting rights groups on Friday filed suit against Brian Newby , executive director for the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), alleging that his recent decision limiting the use of national voter registration in...
