Donald Trump is back in office and already flexing executive authority in unprecedented ways. NPR hears analysis from Bowdoin University's Andrew Rudalevige, who studies presidential power.

A court sketch of Jason Richard Struhs (left), the father of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs who died from untreated diabetes ...

Canadian military police tampered with evidence, showed bias and acted beyond the scope of their jurisdiction during an ...

Some Georgia Democrats say they're playing catch-up after Republicans used immigration concerns to power electoral gains in November.

The appointment of Maria Elena Cruz broadens the racial, geographic and political diversity of the seven-member, ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may reject religious charter schools from receiving public funding, agreeing to hear arguments in an appeal out of Oklahoma involving the ...

Micheal Martin has formally become Taoiseach during a ceremony with the Irish president, Michael D Higgins.Earlier, Mr Martin said he was “thankful” to his supporters after he received the ...

Sam Feder’s documentary 'Heightened Scrutiny' follows an ongoing Supreme Court case regarding transgender rights.

DUBLIN, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Micheál Martin was elected Irish prime minister for the second time by a coalition of the country's two large centre-right parties and independent lawmakers on Thursday ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The justices said ...

President Trump’s Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to freeze four pending cases implicating the environment or student debt as the new administration considers reversing the ...