A US District judge declared a mistrial in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Thursday after questioning the 12 jurors. Following several hours of deliberation, the jury announced that they were "hopelessly deadlocked" ...

The US House of Representatives approved HR 1 , a bill which will overhaul the US tax code, by a vote of 227-205 on Thursday. The bill proposes a $1.5 trillion dollar tax cut...

An unnamed transgender woman being held in an all-male prison in Massachusetts filed suit Wednesday alleging unfair treatment. The lawsuit, filed by GLAD Legal Advocates and Defenders in the US District Court for the District of...

An LGBT rights activist filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Tennessee law that allows counselors to refuse to serve clients based on religious views. The law, signed in April 2016 by Tennessee Governor...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued an order Wednesday placing restrictions on how the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department may interact with protesters. The order states that the City of...

Five House Democrats on Wednesday introduced five new Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. Tennessee Representative Steve Cohen sponsored the measure, joined by Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, Al Green of Texas, Marcia Fudge...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday ruled for the city of Philadelphia in a dispute over Attorney General Jeff Sessions withholding federal law enforcement grants in response to the...

Attorneys general from 44 states on Tuesday signed a letter asking Congress to repeal the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act , which they claim prevents the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) from using effective drug...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee , denying claims that he had misled Congress during his previous testimonies regarding ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. In Sessions' last...

Two women filed a lawsuit against Uber on Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court alleging that they had been sexually assaulted by their Uber drivers. The women claim that they are not the only ones—that drivers have...