A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama issued an order on Wednesday prohibiting Alabama Governor Robert Bentley from terminating the provider agreement between Medicaid and Planned Parenthood...

Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz was released from detention and sent back to his home country of Mauritania, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Thursday. The Guantanamo Review Task Force, created in...

The USSenate on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at improving cyber-security defenses in the US. The Cybersecurity Sharing Information Act of 2015 encourages private entities "to monitor, and operate defensive measures," which will allow them "to detect,...

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday passed a handgun storage law requiring owners to either lock guns away or have the trigger disabled when not in reach. The law is "aimed at curbing...

US President Barack Obama made the case for overhauling the nation's sentencing laws on Tuesday in front of top law enforcement officials at the 122nd Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Exposition. The president...

A federal judge who had previously ordered the US to release a series of force-feeding videotapes from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday denied a request by the government to reconsider the order. US District Judge Gladys...

The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a petition writ of certiorari on Monday asking the US Supreme Court to hear their case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) under Article 1, Section...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday blocked an abortion law that was set to go into effect on November 1. The law, Senate Bill 642, covered four subjects related to abortions: parental consent for minors, tissue preservation,...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other human rights organizations...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii said Friday that a Native Hawaiian election scheduled for November 1 may take place. The election, known as the Na'i Aupuni election, will...