Lawyers for the Obama administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold the president's changes to US immigration policy. Earlier this month the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law that bars an individual front bringing a "wrongful birth" lawsuit. With all justices joining the majority opinion, the court dismissed Rebecca and Lawerence...

A California judge on Wednesday ordered the destruction of five embryos following a couple's divorce. In 2010, Mimi Lee and her former husband Stephen Findley participated in in vitro fertilization (IVF). While participating in IVF, the couple...

The US House of Representatives voted 289-137 Thursday in favor of suspending the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the US. On Wednesday the White House stated that President Barack Obama would...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the US Wednesday to halt the sale of weapons to the government of Saudi Arabia . The call comes days after the US Department of Defense (DOD) ...

US President Barack Obama stated Thursday that he intends to continue his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay prison, despite likely push back from Congress after the Paris attacks . Obama made remarks to reporters...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that same-sex couples with children who had been in a union before same-sex marriage was legalized may be granted custodial rights. The case involves parents Charlene Ramey and...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday issued an order allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue compiling telephone records of a California-based law firm. Last...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Monday that the method used by the Boston Police Department to promote sergeants to the rank of lieutenant had a...

An Alabama woman on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to review the decision of an Alabama court not to recognize her adoption of her same-sex partner's three children. She has also asked the Supreme...