Speak Out features reader opinions on various topics, highlighting local achievements and controversies. This edition includes discussions on Trump's cryptocurrency launch, pardons, and policy ...

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump will appeal a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday to block his executive order against ...

Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa , a well-deserved honor for the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, Roosevelt Medal, fellow of the Royal Society in London, and posthumous ...

Around three dozen other countries offer automatic citizenship to children born within their borders, regardless of their ...

A federal judge blocked President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship from taking effect on Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, said the […] ...

A group of congressional republicans introduced a bill on Thursday that they said would codify President Donald Trump's ...

For years, powerful right-wing figures have pushed a plan: Have states call a convention to amend the Constitution. It now ...

The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...

Judge James Ho stood out among conservative judges for his uncompromising support for birthright citizenship. With Trump's ...

A Seattle-based federal judge granted a request from the Washington Attorney General’s Office for a temporary restraining ...

Democratic attorneys general told USA TODAY they fear Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order will erase funding for children's health care.

Extending birthright citizenship to everyone born in the United States raises important concerns and diminishes the meaning and value of being a citizen.