South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday vetoed a pair of bills that would have loosened the state's regulations on concealed carry laws. Calling the current laws adequate, and the new laws unnecessary and complicated ,...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed an amicus curiae brief urging the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to find the for-cause only removal provision of the Dodd Frank...
The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved the Texas Privacy Act , which would require people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender listed on their birth certificate. Passed by a 21-10 vote along party...
Two federal judges—one in Maryland on Thursday and another in Hawaii on Wednesday—issued temporary restraining orders against President Donald Trump's new 90-day travel ban . Finding that the state had established...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday announced its decision to reject an application to create an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the value of Bitcoin , a virtually currency. The fund, proposed by...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday requested the resignation of 46 Obama-era federal prosecutors, including Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara , who had been asked to stay on by then president-elect Donald Trump in November. Although federal...
The Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday voted 56-39 in favor of allowing charter schools in the state for the first time. House Bill 520, supported by Governor Matt Bevin and amended by Representative Phil Moffett , allows...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday ruled in favor of the Secretary of the Interior in its efforts to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. Once...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils , a case that required the court to decide whether an insurer, guaranteed a right of subrogation through a...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado ruled Monday that there was a sufficient basis for a class action lawsuit, brought on behalf of former and current inmates against one of...