Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was released from prison on Friday after six years in custody. The planned release was announced earlier this month after Mubarak was cleared of a conspiracy...

The US House Committee on Ethics announced Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) for potentially unlawful campaign spending . According...

The US Senate voted 50-48 Thursday to repeal current privacy rules for Internet service providers (ISPs). In a vote meant to further deregulation goals, the Senate passed a resolution to undo privacy...

Germany Justice Minister Heiko Maas announced Wednesday that the country's cabinet has approved a measure to pardon and provide compensation to approximately 50,000 men convicted under a Nazi-era law against homosexuality. The law, paragraph 175 of Germany's criminal...

The North Carolina legislature on Thursday overrode Governor Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that makes state judicial elections partisan. House Bill 100 (HB100) will make all judicial...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held a new round of hearings on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Thursday's hearings involved testimony from 28 outside witnesses . This list included...

The US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on Thursday released a report finding that a significant portion of federal law enforcement resources were directed to immigration-related offenses. The analysis showed that half of all federal...

The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Wednesday affirmed a ruling requiring a Vice Media reporter to turn over materials and communications used to write three stories regarding an accused terrorist in 2014. Ben Makuch...

The Scottish parliament on Thursday rescheduled a vote on a new independence referendum for next week following Wednesday's terror attack at the United Kingdom parliament in London. The proposed referendum was under debate when the attack...

Members of the US House Oversight Committee questioned FBI officials Wednesday on facial recognition technology during a hearing . The criticism was based on a report that 117 million Americans can be found on the governmental facial...