The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the cross-border shooting of a Mexican citizen by a US Border Patrol Agent. In Hernandez v. Mesa , the court is considering the extraterritorial application of the Fourth...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday to halt Texas' plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood . The injunction...

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have defunded Planned Parenthood and other women's health providers. HB 2264 sought to remove funding from any provider that performed any abortion or...

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly officially issued on Monday two memoranda to the department directing its workforce to implement two executive orders on the enforcement of immigration laws. The first memorandum...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lethal injection case from Alabama, over the dissent of Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer. The appeal was filed by inmate Tommy Arthur, who was...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Tuesday to determine whether a guilty plea waives a defendant's right to challenge the constitutionality of the statute under which he was convicted. The case, Class v. US [docket;...

The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that prosecutors can seek the death penalty during an ongoing case despite constitutional concerns with Florida's death penalty law. Last October the state's Supreme Court ruled ...

An Iowa union filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a new Iowa law that eliminates most collective bargaining rights for public workers. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61 ...

The New Zealand High Court ruled on Monday that Kim Dotcom , the founder of content-sharing site Megaupload.com, is eligible for extradition to the US on fraud offenses. Dotcom and his alleged co-conspirators are facing numerous...

US Republican senators announced on Sunday that they are planning to introduce a bill further sanctioning Iran for testing ballistic missiles and attempting to "destabilize" the Middle East. Tehran recently increased international tensions after testing ballistic missiles...