LONDON (AP) Former British Prime Minister John Major accused current leader Boris Johnson of a conspicuous failure to explain why he suspended Parliament for five weeks, as a landmark Brexit case at the Supreme…
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices order late Wednesday temporarily…
WASHINGTON As mass shootings revive the U.S. debate over gun policy, the Supreme Court is weighing whether to go forward with a Second Amendment showdown for the first time in a decade. The justices…
WASHINGTON (AP) John Paul Stevens moved left as the Supreme Court shifted to the right during his nearly 35 years as a justice. Thats how the bow-tie wearing Republican from the Midwest emerged as…
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court says federal courts have no role to play in policing political districts drawn for partisan gain. The decision could embolden political line-drawing for partisan gain when state lawmakers undertake…
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court says a World War I memorial in the shape of a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland. The court has rejected a challenge to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouris Republican-led Senate has passed a wide-ranging bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, acting only hours after Alabamas governor signed a near-total abortion ban into law. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A ruling from Kansas highest court could force the state Senate to vote on a nominee for a lower-court judgeship whose nomination was withdrawn because of his political tweets. The state…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Laura Kelly has signed legislation to increase public school funding a day after Kansas lawmakers approved the plan. Kelly, a Democrat, signed the bill at a ceremony Saturday, saying she…
DALLAS (AP) Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the death chamber after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a man who argued his religious freedom would be violated if…