The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that a decades-old federal prohibition against gun ownership by people committed to mental health institutions could violate the Second Amendment, reviving a challenge to the...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would temporarily block the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The bill, which passed with a 244-174 vote, would prevent...

The Missouri legislature on Wednesday overrode vetoes by Governor Jay Nixon to approve bills requiring voter identification and removing the need to renew permits in order to carry a concealed weapon. HB 1931 ...

Human rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) , are calling on US President Barack Obama to pardon former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor...

Chelsea Manning ended her five-day hunger strike Wednesday after the Army agreed to allow her to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Manning, a former military private serving a 35-year prison sentence on an espionage conviction...

A transgender non-citizen from Mexico filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Indiana Governor Mike Pence and two other state officials over Indiana's law that prevents non-citizens from changing their names. The law was enacted [WSJ...

Several organizations filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging Georgia's voter registration system. Since 2010, Georgia has required voter applications to match databases managed by the Georgia Department of Driver Services and the Social Security...

Oklahoma will have a two-year delay in lethal injections after the government board of the prison system declined to consider new execution procedures on Tuesday. After a botched execution in 2014 and numerous drug mix-ups in 2015, Attorney General Scott...

A lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Tuesday alleging inadequate education facilities and standards in Detroit. Seven students are contending that the state of Michigan...

South Sudan officials have said the country will take legal action against the US-based advocacy group, The Sentry , after a report published by the group accused the nation's leaders of profiting from country's violent three-year conflict. The report,...