Civil unions grew out of a lawsuit filed by three gay and lesbian couples in 1999 who had been denied marriage licenses in Vermont. It would take until 2009 for the state to legalize same-sex marriage ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing troves of ...

A New York City jury’s decision to convict Sean “Diddy” Combs on prostitution-related offenses and acquit the music mogul on ...

Trump administration live updates: House leaders and White House officials scramble to sway GOP holdouts on Trump agenda bill ...

In 1950, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith wrote “A Declaration of Conscience” as a way to oppose Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his ...

DOJ sues all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland for "egregious example of unlawful judicial overreach." ...

A federal judge in San Diego has struck down two California laws that effectively banned most non-California residents from ...

A federal judge blocked a Trump administration policy barring migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum, issuing a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has sought to seal off ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was nominating Maine attorney Joshua Dunlap for a seat on the United States ...

The judge wrote that neither the Constitution nor federal immigration law gave the president the authority to “adopt an ...

The US Labor Department announced plans this week to slash more than 60 regulations — including eliminating overtime and ...

A series of letters sent to the University of Virginia by the U.S. Department of Justice outlines allegations of “illegal” ...