The Supreme Court heard arguments in Jennings v. Rodriguez , a case which will determine whether or not non-citizen aliens may be held indefinitely without a bond hearing on Tuesday. Specifically, the court will...

Through their questions and various statements during a one-hour oral argument on Tuesday, most of the Supreme Court justices indicated at least some consensus about their opinion of the practice of gerrymandering. With the exception of...

The United States House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 237-189 to approve an abortion bill that would criminalize the medical procedure if performed after the 20 week viability mark. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection...

The Atlanta City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana within the city limits. Following the path of other cities, the council approved, by a 15-0 vote,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 27-page report on Monday alleging that Jordan conducted mass summary deportations of Syrian refugees without affording them an adequate opportunity to challenge their removal from the country. The report...

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Gill v. Whitford , a case directly challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's congressional districts with broad implications for the limits of political gerrymandering nationwide. The Court will address...

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was convicted and sentenced by a Moscow court to 20 days in jail on Monday after for calling on his supporters to join him in an unauthorized rally in Nizhny Nov­gorod. Russian officials...

The Supreme Court began the October 2017 term with oral arguments in two cases, one concerning employment dispute arbitration and the other concerning criminal-removal in immigration proceedings. The first, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis ,...

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev signed an agreement Monday demarcating 85 percent of the 1,280 kilometer Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. The Kyrgyzstan parliament had already approved the legislation early in September, but the president signing the "Draft...

Carles Puigdemont, leader of the Catalonia government, announced Monday that the autonomous Spanish region had "won the right to an independent state in the form of a republic" after conducting a heated referendum in the region, despite the...