Six Democrats in the North Carolina House of Representatives filed a bill on Thursday to reverse House Bill 2 , commonly known as the "bathroom bill." HB2 requires transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds...

US President Donald Trump signed three executive orders on Thursday aimed at targeting drug cartels, creating a task force to reduce crime and stopping crimes against law enforcement. Attorney General Jeff Sessions presented the orders to...

A former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges that he willfully retained national defense information. US officials are stating that the theft by Harold...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court decision blocking President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration. In a per curiam decision, the three-judge panel held, "that the...

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on Thursday filed a legal challenge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in an attempt to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) ....

A three-judge panel in North Carolina issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday that limits a law stripping the state's new governor, Roy Cooper , of some of his powers. The law required Senate approval...

The Texas Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would effectively ban so-called sanctuary cities, requiring cities to be in compliance with federal immigration law. SB 4 would require law enforcement in cities and on college campuses to hold...

The Mississippi House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would allow execution by firing squad, nitrogen gas or electrocution if the current method of execution, lethal injection, is deemed unconstitutional by a court....

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday rejected a challenge by the US Chamber of Commerce to a rule governing retirement investment advice. The regulation requires...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday issued an order to enjoin the proposed merger of health insurance giant Anthem and Cigna . The US Department of Justice...