US President Donald Trump on Friday, only hours after being sworn in, signed an executive order aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The order commands government agencies to "waive, defer, grant exemptions from or...

US District Court Judge Sam Sparks issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday to halt Texas' plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood . The cut, which was due to take effect January...

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released a memo on Thursday that provides model language to be used for immigration laws and policies in so-called "sanctuary cities" nationally. Schneiderman's memo suggest not detaining undocumented inmates for...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia on Friday overturned the Columbia County trial court's denial of name change petitions of two transgender individuals. Rowan Elijah Feldhaus, born Rebecca Elizabeth Feldhaus, filed a petition for a name change in...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Navient , the largest servicer of US student loans. The CFPB alleged that Navient "fail borrowers at every stage of repayment" in a press release on Wednesday....

The US Department of Defense announced the transfer of four Guantanamo prisoners Thursday. Jabran al Qahtani will be sent to Saudi Arabia , while Ravil Mingazov, Haji Wali Muhammed, and Yassim Qasim Mohammed Ismail Qasim will be...

The Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was extradited to the US on Thursday night after his appeal to prevent extradition was denied by a Mexican court. Guzmán , who ran the largest drug cartel in Mexico, previously...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act for "records pertaining to financial and other ethical conflicts of interest in connection with the presidential transition of President-Elect Donald...

Outgoing US President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates on Thursday. A majority of the sentences commuted were for non-violent drug offenses. These most recent commutations were the most ever granted...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Thursday. The court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in District of Columbia, et al. v. Wesby, Theodore, et al. and...