Trump hasn’t made Supreme Court appointments yet this term. But his three first-term picks — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh ...

In the United States, the paradox reaches its extreme: the assault on the Capitol in January 2021 was carried out in the name of democracy. The protesters claimed to be defending a democracy that had ...

Come 2028, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy might be a very lucky man. In the presidential primary era, four non-incumbent Democratic nominees became president: Jimmy Carter (1976), Bill Clinton ...

If mobilized, the Iowa National Guard would serve a federal mission but operate under state control. It has not yet received ...

The end of the liberal world order is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in conference rooms and university lecture halls ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking investigation ...

Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic ...

In its clash with Columbia University, the Trump administration is touting a historic $221 million settlement as a major triumph for conservative ideology—even though it had originally framed the case ...

Five universities, including the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University, are being investigated for allegedly violating the federal civil rights law by offering scholarships ...