A federal appeals court finds banning handgun sales for 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, raising questions about the ...

Donald Trump on birthright citizenship: " “Everybody coming in, and totally unqualified people with perhaps unqualified ...

President Donald Trump stated that birthright citizenship was intended for the children of slaves, not for global immigrants.

Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. “He can’t do it!” ...

The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is ...

The Muscogee Nation has filed a lawsuit in federal courts against District Attorney Carol Iski and District Attorney Matthew ...

The United States Supreme Court has denied an application to suspend the execution of a death row inmate one day before his scheduled execution on Friday night.

Ogles’ proposed nationwide abortion-pill ban is a reversal of a position he took in 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

The ruling comes amid major shifts in the national firearm legal landscape following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ...

Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year. “Judge Maria Elena Cruz has ...

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