By some national measurements, the U.S. House already is politically fair. The 220-215 majority that Republicans won over ...

Property taxes are due Jan. 31, and most homeowners in Harris County should have already received their bills.

In 1964, the Pew Research Center reported, 77% of the country expressed trust in their government. Trust in government ...

Shilpi Agarwal is the Legal Director at the ACLU of Northern California. A seasoned civil-rights attorney, Agarwal began her ...

With President Donald Trump labeling the media “the enemy” and threatening broadcast licenses and political enemies, First Amendment scholars are asking:  Is the First Amendment under more ...

Across the country, ICE officers accustomed to operating below the radar have been thrust into the spotlight by Trump's ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday.

In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.

In organizing a street theater performance in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Burlington this week, activists from western Massachusetts relayed, both orally and in writing ...

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.

Public entities are required to “take every reasonable step” to ensure people are using the bathroom designated for the sex ...

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — One baby Jesus lays in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists ...