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Collins casts 7,000th straight vote as reelection race looms

Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday took her 7,000th consecutive vote as a member of the U.S. Senate, extending a streak ...

'Greening of America' author Charles Reich dead at 91

Charles Reich, the author and Ivy League academic whose "The Greening of America" blessed the counterculture of the 1960s and ...

Supreme Court upholds rule allowing state, federal charges

The Supreme Court is upholding a constitutional rule that allows state and federal governments to prosecute someone for the ...

High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake

The Supreme Court decided Monday against a high-stakes, election-year case about the competing rights of gay and lesbian ...

Court rules against Trump on immigrant teen abortion policy

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Friday against a Trump administration policy it described as a "blanket ban" ...

Anita Hill open to voting for Biden if he wins 2020 Dem nod

Anita Hill says she'd be open to voting for Joe Biden if he wins the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Hill, who ...

Elijah E. Cummings, Jim Jordan

House panel votes to hold top US officials in contempt

A House committee voted Wednesday to hold two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib

The Latest: ACLU seeks delay in decision on census question

The Latest on the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census (all times local): 8:15 p.m. The American Civil ...

Ex-Algerian PM jailed in sweeping anti-corruption campaign

Former Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia was imprisoned Wednesday by a Supreme Court judge investigating corruption, ...

Brazil transgender soccer team fights prejudice

On a late May afternoon, the Bigtboys soccer team played its first match, a friendly game on a flood-lit neighborhood pitch ...

Daughter of 'tiger mom' Chua picked as Kavanaugh law clerk

The daughter of Yale Law School professor and "tiger mom" Amy Chua, who praised Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a mentor to women ...

Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in ...

Supreme Court rules against oil drilling platform workers

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday against workers on oil drilling platforms off California who argued they should ...

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Guantanamo detainee

The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a Yemeni man who has been held without charges at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba ...

Kim Dotcom fights US extradition in New Zealand's top court

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his former colleagues on Monday took their fight against being extradited to ...

Near-erasure of Cambodian opposition makes noodles a target

The bitter rivalry between Cambodian strongman Hun Sen and his self-exiled chief political rival Sam Rainsy has sometimes ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ginsburg warns of more 5-4 decisions ahead

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Friday that there will be sharp divisions among her colleagues as they ...

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even ...

Missouri official stresses safety over abortion access

Patient safety takes priority over access to abortion, Missouri's health department director said Wednesday after a court ...

Judge: Doctor testimony not needed in Missouri abortion case

A St. Louis judge ruled Tuesday that testimony from non-staff doctors at Missouri's only abortion clinic will not be ...