US Senate Banking Committee chair Chris Dodd (D-CT) introduced Tuesday wide-ranging financial regulatory legislation designed to limit systemic risk to the country's economy. If passed, the bill would introduce a...

Convicted DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night after Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine rejected Muhammad's request for clemency and refused to suspend the execution. The US Supreme Court...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Kucana v. Holder , the Court heard arguments on whether a federal...

The Supreme Court of Kansas has announced that it may have to shut down state courts for one week every month as a result of an $8 million judiciary budget deficit created by a legislative oversight. The...

President of Italy's Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini said Tuesday that he would support legislation to limit the length of trials in the country. The reforms were proposed by...

More than 350 Taliban inmates began a hunger strike on Sunday at the Sarposa prison in Kandahar province in Afghanistan. The protest is in response to the allegedly poor...

The US Senate official website] on Monday confirmed Judge Andre Davis, President Barack Obama's nominee to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit , by a vote of 72-16 . Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday made a public call for greater adherence to the rule of law, more transparent elections, and increased business competition in Mexico, during a speech at the...

President of the Honduran National Congress Jose Alfredo Saavedra said Monday that lawmakers will most likely not make a decision about whether to restore ousted president Manuel Zelaya before the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday extended a deadline for filing an amended settlement agreement between Google and groups of authors and...