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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his support for the first major rewrite of the nation’s criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation, ...

Breaking with the Trump administration, the chief scientist at the U.S. Census Bureau testified that there is “reliable, quantitative evidence” the response to the 2020 ...

Lawyers fighting to make Harvard drop race as an admissions factor and those battling to protect the college’s diversity system have their marching orders. Tell ...

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers has some big ideas about how to change Wisconsin’s overcrowded prison system. The questions now are: How will ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday released an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general. The 20-page ...

The Trump Administration defended its decision to revoke CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass, arguing reporters don’t have a Constitutional right to access the White ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that have been ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorneys for Kentucky’s socially conservative governor and the state’s only abortion clinic opened their latest legal fight Tuesday, this time over a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The resignation of a West Virginia Supreme Court justice recently convicted of federal charges prompted the governor Sunday to cancel a special ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Another redistricting lawsuit has been filed in North Carolina, this one challenging General Assembly boundaries that Democrats and election reform advocates say ...