Hours after Gov. Glenn Youngkin commuted the three-year sentence of a former Fairfax County police sergeant convicted of recklessly discharging a firearm in the shooting death of an unarmed ...

Labor is considering wiping $1.1bn in welfare debt after a landmark ruling in the Federal Court this week that cleared the Department of Social Services to pursue historical welfare debts.

And Democrats keep their foot on the gas in opposition to the recently passed "Big, Beautiful" spending bill. Here are the top stories involving the U.S. government this past week.

“This announcement is a death sentence for the uncontacted Hongana Manyawa,” said Caroline Pearce, head of Survival International, in a statement.

Personal income declined by $109.6 billion, or 0.4% on a monthly basis, as the country experienced a pullback in government social benefits and a decrease in farm proprietors’ income.

How is it a breast cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence? Government-funded, university-supported research gives me — and those like me in Pennsylvania and all around the world — a ...

Elizabeth Gutfahr is sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison followed by three years probation. She pleaded guilty to crimes related stealing about $38 million from Santa Cruz County taxpayers.

The Kansas Legislature and the governor enacted 129 new laws in 2025, and 101 take effect July 1. Here are some highlights from the legislation.

Get rid of states? , , has just published a book, “,” that proposes a radical idea: Abolish state government. The Conversation’s politics and democracy editor, Naomi Schalit – a former ...

For decades, Robert Menendez, 71, was one of New Jersey’s most influential Democrats. He began serving an 11-year sentence on Tuesday.

MARYLAND (WBFF) — A Baltimore man is facing a life sentence in federal prison after pleading guilty to using a gun during and in relation to a violent crime in May 2016. Matthew Hightower, 43 ...

Syrian doctor gets life sentence in Germany for slayings, torture under Assad The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on ...