The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to permit the deployment of national guard troops to Illinois, ...

State legislatures in the Deep South, once uniformly committed to white supremacy, now feature sizable minorities of Black, ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to suspend a lower court ruling that temporarily ...

The government shutdown is now the third-longest funding lapse in modern history, and the Senate won't meet until Monday.

The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. We found more than 170 cases this year where ...

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works.

When anyone starts bleating about "dictatorship" they have to start with defining "regal" or "kinglike" actions, and look at ...

A SPECIAL SESSION FOR LAWMAKERS TO HEAD BACK TO THE CAPITOL AND RESET ELECTION DATES FOR THE SPRING. THAT’S RIGHT. IT IS ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 15 heard oral arguments over a Voting Rights Act provision and the White House drew attention ...

The Trump administration on Friday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal judge in Illinois that ...

Trump’s assertion that the United States is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels is based on the same legal ...