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.

Fourteen religious sect members were found guilty of the manslaughter of a diabetic girl after denying her insulin, relying ...

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.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural ...

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

Irish lawmakers have voted to make veteran politician Micheál Martin prime minister for a second time at the helm of a coalition government DUBLIN -- Irish lawmakers voted Thursday to make ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court spent nearly 80 minutes Wednesday debating a traffic stop outside Houston that turned deadly in just five seconds. In a decision that could determine whether courts may consider ...

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 ...