A three-judge panel of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled Friday that the boundaries of three voting districts violated the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban on Friday to a Syrian asylum seeker and his family. The...

Volkswagen (corporate website) plead guilty to fraud, obstruction of justice, and falsifying statements on Friday as required by the $4.3 billion settlement agreement between the German auto manufacturer and the US Department of Justice Department (DOJ)...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday announced its decision to reject an application to create an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the value of Bitcoin , a virtually currency. The fund, proposed by...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday requested the resignation of 46 Obama-era federal prosecutors, including Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara , who had been asked to stay on by then president-elect Donald Trump in November. Although federal...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey declared on Thursday that Massachusetts will be joining fellow states in suing President Donald Trump to block his new travel ban executed on Monday. Trump's new executive order has removed Iraq...

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Thursday requested that federal judge James L. Robart block President Trump's new travel ban, arguing that the suspension of the first ban should apply to the second. The...

The Colorado House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday that would ban sexual orientation conversion therapy for people under 18. The bill would also make licensed physicians and mental health providers "subject to disciplinary...

A Texas Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would limit access to public restrooms to those corresponding to a person's gender as marked on their birth certificate. The bill, promoted as advocating for women's...

More than 170 organizations urged acting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai Tuesday to preserve net neutrality . The letter , signed by organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Greenpeace and...