A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Friday struck down several Wisconsin election laws, passed in recent years, stating that "parts of Wisconsin's election regime fail to comply with...
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In a 4-1 opinion on Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the state's parental "notification law" requiring doctors to inform the parents of minors seeking an abortion is unconstitutional, and cannot be enforced. The Court...
In a 4-3 ruling on Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court held that Governor Terry McAuliffe's executive order granting a blanket restoration of the state's felon voting rights is unconstitutional. The voter-disqualification provision...
The Israeli Knesset voted 62-45 on Wednesday to enable it to impeach legislators for inciting racism or supporting armed struggle against the state. Impeachment under the new law would reach the full Knesset after referral from...
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen on Wednesday blocked a ballot measure proposing an amendment to the Illinois Consitution that aimed to eliminate the General Assembly's power to draw legislative district boundaries. The proposal advanced...
According to a judicial source, four men believed to be linked to Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian who killed 84 people as he drove a truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, have been arrested . One of...
The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska voted on Friday to hold a referendum within its territory on September 25 to decide whether to set its Statehood Day on January 9. The date...
The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, taking the unusual step of placing the country's leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other officials on a blacklist for human rights abusers. The sanctions would bar...
The findings of the seven-year inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot , into Britain's role in the invasion of Iraq were delivered on Wednesday in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony...
The First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin near Beijing jailed Ling Jihua, a top aide to former China president Hu Jintao , and sentenced him to life after finding him guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state...
