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WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday seized on a federal judge’s ruling against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, saying the judge’s preliminary conclusions bolstered their fight to block the…
Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare…
Larry Harvey, 71, thought he was doing everything right growing medical marijuana for his personal use. His home state of Washington legalized medical cannabis in 1998, and Harvey says his…
READ: Chief Alabama judge pledges to defy Supreme Court ruling – “This order should make clear to all of the probate judges across Alabama that they need to follow the…
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered a county official in Alabama to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples Thursday, saying they can no longer ignore her earlier ruling that struck…
The girl’s life was changed forever, she said, when the accused predator, a fellow student, allegedly sodomized her in a school bathroom. “I just felt like I was set up…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House education committee approved a partisan bill Wednesday to update the No Child Left Behind education law, maintaining annual testing requirements but stripping the federal…
By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Several U.S. senators from far-reaching ends of the political spectrum, including some with presidential aspirations, will reintroduce on Thursday a bill to…
A government study on impaired driving released last week found that drivers who had used marijuana were at a far lower risk of getting into a car accident than drivers…
Same-sex marriage spread farther across Alabama on Tuesday as more courthouses issued licenses to gays and lesbians, yet some counties still defied a federal judge’s order, so couples took their…
READ: Common Core fight is a larger battle – “I think we’ll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what’s the proper…
NEW YORK – Preet Bharara, New York’s top federal prosecutor, is rejecting claims by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a federal review of corruption investigations has muzzled the governor’s…
BUENOS AIRES — The judge overseeing an investigation into the mysterious death of a federal prosecutor here last month has asked forensic experts to identify DNA traces found at his…
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A federal judge has signaled support for a medical marijuana dispensary in Berkeley, California, despite numerous attempts by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag to shut it down. Judge Jon S. Tigar…
Moore was once best known for having a monument to the Ten Commandments built at a public Alabama judicial building. Federal courts ordered him to take it down in 2003….
The crew of American Flight 223 knew hours before takeoff that they couldn’t go the distance to Los Angeles. The first officer was going to exceed his allotted work time,…
The media fell hard for the news of a new federal criminal investigation of the governor. But there’s no investigation and nothing new. Read the whole story at The Daily…
Late last month, a federal district judge struck down Alabama’s laws prohibiting same sex marriage but stayed the order until today. Gay rights advocates plan to marry beginning at 8…
Insurers aren’t required to encrypt consumers’ data under a 1990s federal law that remains the foundation for health care privacy in the Internet age — an omission that seems striking…
U.S. drug czar Michael Botticelli, though banned from supporting marijuana legalization due to federal law, says that the nation’s capital should be able to implement its own laws using its…
WASHINGTON — The federal government is cracking down on drug courts that refuse to let opioid addicts access medical treatments such as Suboxone, said Michael Botticelli, acting director of the…
Attorney General Eric Holder last month announced reforms to asset forfeitures, the controversial government practice of seizing property associated with alleged illicit activity. But the new Justice Department budget released…
WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through two bills this week designed to undermine key environmental and financial regulations by jamming federal courts with lawsuits. The first bill, passed Wednesday, rejuvenates…
Farm animals used in federal experiments to help the meat industry would receive new protections against mistreatment and neglect under legislation introduced on Thursday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers…
Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but federal law makes banking nearly impossible for the cannabis industry. The result: a dangerous all-cash operation that requires armed guards and layers of security….
A New Jersey man has admitted scheming to sell several firearms federal prosecutors say are believed to have once belonged to the family of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. –…
The federal government has decided that a captive killer whale that has been performing for decades at the Miami Seaquarium deserves the same protection as a small population of endangered…
WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler revealed a big win for net neutrality advocates on Wednesday, asking for strong authority to enforce open Internet protections. – Wheeler added,…
In Alabama, which is set to begin allowing same-sex marriages on Monday, two old foes are facing off over the future of gay rights in the state. A legal group…