US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday calling for the US Trade Representative to develop a list of proposed tariffs against goods from China. The trade representative has 15 days to publish...
In a ruling from the bench on Thursday, Wisconsin Dane County Circuit Judge Josann Reynolds ordered the state's Governor Scott Walker to call special elections to fill two empty seats which were previously held by...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill known as the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA) into law on Wednesday, which will require insurers in the state of Washington to provide coverage for elective abortions and contraception if...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the "Right to Try Act of 2017," which would give terminally ill patients the "right to try" unproven experimental treatments. Under the bill, the government would not be...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether a court may exercise jurisdiction over property owned by a tribal government despite a generally applicable sovereign immunity to suit....
Several Republican legislators in Pennsylvania filed resolutions on Tuesday to impeach Democratic Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Max Baer, David Wecht, Debra Todd, Christine Donohue, and Kevin Dougherty . The resolutions claim that the Justices should be impeached due...
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Wednesday signed SB 419 , legislation that permits immigrants representing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients to obtain "professional or occupational" licenses within the state. Specifically,...
The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Marinello v. United States that the federal government must prove a defendant was aware of pending tax-related proceeding in order to convict them under federal law, which makes it...
The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Ayestas v Davis that the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the wrong standard when they denied Carlos Ayestas funding for investigative services in...
The United States Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of a motion to proceed with consideration of House Bill 1865 aimed at curbing online sex trafficking. House Bill 1865 was first introduced on the floor of the...