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Egypt liberals, Islamists add pressure on Morsi
A hardline Islamist party normally allied to Egypt's president joined the liberal opposition on Wednesday in calling for a national unity government ...
'No budget, no pay' advances despite reservations
In an earlier era, a move like the one engineered by House GOP leaders to pass a "no budget, no pay" measure probably would have been stopped in its ...
A glance at Jordan's 84-year history of elections
Jordan's monarchy has touted Wednesday's parliamentary election as a watershed in the kingdom's democratization. It is the first after last year's ...
North African nations take different reform routes
Two years after an itinerant Tunisian fruit-seller set himself on fire to protest government injustice and ignited uprisings across the Middle East, ...
Key events in Egypt's revolution and transition
Egyptians are voting Saturday in the second round of a referendum on disputed draft constitution that has polarized the country and plunged it into ...
Wisconsin court upholds domestic partner registry
Gay rights advocates scored a major win Friday when an appeals court ruled Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry was constitutional, but the ...
Pot legalized in Colorado with gov's proclamation
Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization ...
Same-sex marriage cases get Supreme Court review
The Supreme Court is taking a potentially historic look at same-sex marriage by agreeing to hear two cases that challenge governments' different ...
Supreme Court will hear same-sex marriage cases
The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California's ban on same-sex unions and a ...
Gay marriage before Supreme Court? Cases weighed
The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three ...
US appeals court stays affirmative action ruling
A federal appeals court is temporarily staying its declaration that Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional ...
Egypt's president stands by his decrees
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi struck an uncompromising stand Monday over his seizure of near absolute powers, refusing in a meeting with top ...
Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers
Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had ...
US court strikes down Mich. affirmative action ban
Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions was declared unconstitutional Thursday by a deeply divided federal appeals court, six years ...
Ireland to vote on expanding rights for children
Ireland's leaders issued last-minute appeals Friday for voters to amend the constitution to include stronger rights for children, making it easier for ...
Washington voters approve gay marriage
Washington state has approved gay marriage, joining Maine and Maryland as the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote. With about ...
ND voters add farmer protection to constitution
Voters in heavily agriculture-dependent North Dakota became the first to enshrine the right to farm in their state constitution, a move that some say ...
Maine, Maryland vote to legalize gay marriage
Voters a continent apart made history Tuesday on two divisive social issues, with Maine and Maryland becoming the first states to approve same-sex ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
On Minn. gay marriage vote, seniors a tough crowd
The word "homosexual" was rarely uttered in public when Louise Pardee was growing up, but now the 81-year-old is dialing up fellow Minnesota senior ...
At 0-32, gay-marriage forces seek 1st win at polls
Irene Huskens has the wedding venue picked out: a charming bed-and-breakfast in southern Maryland. But the wedding is no sure thing. The plans made ...
Rights group: Egypt draft charter curbs freedoms
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the panel writing Egypt's new constitution to amend articles in the draft that the New York-based group says ...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi says willing to be president
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared her willingness on Monday to serve as president, and her party's intention to amend the ...
Scalia says abortion, gay rights are easy cases
Justice Antonin Scalia says his method of interpreting the Constitution makes some of the most hotly disputed issues that come before the Supreme ...