On the Senate floor Tuesday night, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was prevented from reading Coretta Scott King's 1986 opposition letter to Jeff Sessions' nomination for a federal judgeship. Here's how some of that letter breaks down. “The actions taken by Mr.

Two Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country's Supreme Court to overturn a new law legalizing West Bank settlements, in the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious measure. Adalah and the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights ...

Escalating a war of words with President Trump, Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the Islamic republic was "not afraid of threats" and vowed large anti-American protests beginning Friday. The Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks were his first ...

Even before Donald Trump entered the White House, many were predicting federal courts would serve as an important check on his use of presidential power, particularly given his aggressive style and a GOP-led Congress that has so far been loath to ...

As a federal appeals court prepared to hear arguments Tuesday on whether to continue blocking enforcement of President Trump's moratorium on admissions from seven countries in the Middle East and Africa, a broad coalition of states, business leaders ...

As a federal appeals court prepared to hear arguments Tuesday on whether to continue blocking enforcement of President Trump's moratorium on admissions from seven countries in the Middle East and Africa, a broad coalition of states, business leaders ...

After a federal appeals court on Sunday rejected President Trump's emergency bid to reinstate his contentious travel ban, the White House signaled fresh determination to push forward in a legal dispute that is fast becoming a test of executive power.

Sure, presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway corrected herself after referencing a "Bowling Green Massacre" that never happened, but it didn't matter one bit to the online crowd, which had a massive field day with her gaffe on Friday. Who was it that ...

Kellyanne Conway, a top advisor to Donald Trump, admitted Friday that she mistakenly cited a nonexistent "massacre" while defending the president's order suspending entry to refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations. Conway's backtrack ...

A knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu akbar” attacked French soldiers on patrol near the Louvre Museum Friday in what officials described as a suspected terror attack. The soldiers first tried to fight off the attacker and then opened fire, shooting ...

Iran was on the verge of collapse until the U.S. gave it a "lifeline" in the form of the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, President Trump said Thursday. "Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile," Trump tweeted ...

Iran was on the verge of collapse until the U.S. gave it a "lifeline" in the form of the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, President Trump said Thursday. "Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile," Trump tweeted ...

Liberal activists and Senate Democrats on Wednesday launched what is likely to be a protracted battle to block President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, focusing on how his conservative views could threaten women's rights, gay ...

Liberal activists and Senate Democrats on Wednesday launched what is likely to be a protracted battle to block President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, focusing on how his conservative views could threaten women's rights, gay ...

During his presidential campaign, no single promise electrified Donald Trump's supporters more than the pledge to build a “big, beautiful wall” all along the border with Mexico. Wednesday, President Trump turned that promise into an executive order ...

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said he rejects and condemns U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to immediately begin construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In a televised address Wednesday night, Pena Nieto said Mexico "does not ...

President Trump directed federal workers Wednesday to start building a border wall and begin punishing so-called sanctuary cities and is considering dramatically limiting the flow of people from other countries, including a ban on Syrian refugees, in a ...

President Trump will direct federal workers Wednesday to start building a border wall and to punish sanctuary cities and is considering dramatically limiting the flow of people from other countries, including a ban on Syrian refugees, a flurry of steps ...

At least eight people were killed and 14 injured Wednesday as Somali security forces ended a siege by extremist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital, police said. Four attackers were also killed in the assault on the Dayah Hotel, which is often ...

It was quick and easy for President Trump to fulfill his campaign promise to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. With a stroke of his new presidential pen, he buried the massive Pacific free-trade agreement that the Obama administration had ...