The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it will file charges for misdemeanor contempt-of-court against Arizona Sheriff Joseph Arpaio. Arpaio is being charged for violating a court order that required him to end...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional, holding that too much power is vested in its...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in three cases. In the three consolidated cases of Ziglar v. Turkmen, Ashcroft v. Turkmen and Hasty v. Turkmen , the court will decide whether government...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of an Oklahoma man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two children. During sentencing, the prosecution had asked three members of the victim's family...

Maina Kiai , UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, warned Tuesday that the Egyptian government "seems to be systematically attacking civil society in an effort to silence its voice." Specifically targeting...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in the cases of Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple, Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado and Manrique v. United States . In Samsung Electronics, Samsung Corporation challenged [transcript,...

A federal judge on Monday partially granted a request by the Florida Democratic Party to extend the state's voter registration deadline in light of Hurricane Matthew evacuations. The party filed a federal lawsuit ...

A federal judge on Friday signed an order permanently preventing Louisiana from enforcing a state law that required websites to age-verify every Internet user before providing access to non-obscene material that could be deemed harmful to any minor....

According to a report released Monday, the Obama administration conducted a $1.3 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia last year despite warnings that such contribution to the country's activities could implicate the US for war crimes. The information...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against Native American tribes on Sunday, allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward. The Standing Rock Sioux and the Cheyenne River...