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Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death in February and the Senate’s refusal to confirm a successor has left the Supreme Court in a bind on several closely divided cases. Even as some justices have said the short-handed court will continue to get ...

Allies of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are reviewing a 15,000-word draft of the Democratic Party’s platform that will be presented at the party’s convention next month. Members of a Democratic National Convention drafting committee began discussing the document Friday ...

In upholding an affirmative action program at the University of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court provided some reassurance to the minority of the nation’s colleges that continue to consider an applicant’s race in admissions. But Thursday’s ruling is unlikely to ...

Democratic challenger Jason Kander sided Thursday with Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt by declaring his support for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Kander said a balanced budget amendment would “help rein in out of control spending and ...

A new mobile app to combat sex trafficking has been developed in St. Louis. The TraffickCam app is meant to help the search for sex trafficking victims faster. The app asks travelers to snap photos of any hotel rooms they ...

The Supreme Court is making it tougher for federal prosecutors to seek longer prison terms for people convicted of repeated violent crimes. The justices ruled 5-3 Thursday that lower courts are limited in how they can consider prior state crimes for ...

On a Friday evening almost a year ago, the White House was awash in rainbow-colored lights, celebrating the momentous Supreme Court ruling that led to nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage. Across the country, gays and lesbians embraced and partied and ...

A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama’s immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The justices’ one-sentence opinion on Thursday effectively kills the plan for the rest of Obama’s ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on state laws that make it a crime for motorists suspected of drunken driving to refuse alcohol tests. The justices ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before requiring drivers to take ...

With the cameras it uses to cover Congress shut off, C-SPAN turned to social media feeds on to beam live coverage of the House Democrat’s sit-in to demand votes on gun control legislation “No bills, no break,” the Democrats chanted ...

Led Zeppelin did not steal a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental tune to use for the introduction of its classic rock anthem “Stairway to Heaven,” a federal court jury decided Thursday. The verdict in Los Angeles settles a point ...