The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked federal judge Roger Vinson to clarify his ruling to require states to enact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during the...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a congressional hearing Thursday that Guantanamo Bay is unlikely to be closed because of security concerns. Responding to a question from the Senate Armed Forces Committee...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , ruling that he has no right to sue...

former financier Allen Stanford , accused of defrauding investors out of $7 billion in a Ponzi scheme, filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating his constitutional rights. The suit,...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted 279-143 to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act through May 27. The measures were set to expire on February...

UN Special Representative to Kosovo Lamberto Zannier on Wednesday requested that the UN Security Council open an independent investigation into alleged incidents of organ trafficking , inhuman treatment and other crimes by the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Tuesday that former Somali prime minister and defense minister Mohamed Ali Samantar is not entitled to legal immunity from civil lawsuits. Samantar, who...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report asserting new evidence that the the Supreme Military Council of Egypt has been torturing protester-detainees. Through various detainee accounts, AI stated that individuals were tortured "to intimidate protesters...

The Supreme Court of California announced Wednesday that it will decide a critical procedural issue to determine whether a pending federal appeal of the invalidation of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex...

Hawaii's Senate voted 18-5 on Wednesday to give final approval to a bill that will allow civil unions for same-sex couples. Governor Neil Abercrombie (D) must now sign...