After the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Washington, D.C. became one of the first cities to test body cameras for its 2,800 police officers. Last December the measure was signed into law.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to order freedom for the enslaved people of the state — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered in the Civil War.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months and urged states to do the same at the local level.
The conservative majority ruled unconstitutional a New York law requiring individuals to demonstrate a need to carry a gun before obtaining a license to carry in public.
The court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, which is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
Decision has no effect on Oregon’s Reproductive Health Equity Act that guarantees right to receive abortion, health care providers’ right to provide it
The public hearings this month are showing in vivid and clear detail just how close the United States came to a constitutional crisis when President Donald Trump refused to admit his election defeat. Trump tried to use the powers of the presidency to stop Democrat Joe Biden from being certified the winner. When that didn't work, Trump summoned a mob to the Capitol...
Seven states, including Colorado, Illinois and New York, are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week's stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. This week's contests could offer the first clues as to whether the political landscape has shifted and how voters will respond to the Supreme Court's abortion decision...