A federal appeals court on Thursday restored a U.S. agency rule restricting lobster and Jonah crab fishing off the Massachusetts coast to protect endangered whales, rejecting a claim that the agency ...

The appellate panel ruled that a federal law prohibiting firearms dealers from selling handguns to adults under 21 is ...

A new exempt well proposal enters a venue with a history of ‘knock-down, drag-out’ fights over a tool developers increasingly ...

Officials in Santa Clara County on Thursday said they have filed a federal lawsuit over President Trump's executive order ...

Are There 5 SCOTUS Justices That Would Support Your Position On Birthright Citizenship? While talking with reporters on Thursday, President Donald Trump was asked if he believed 5 Supreme Court ...

The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding.

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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