The Penobscot County Jail sent an average of 69 people a day to other Maine jails last year, costing $2.1 million.

Gov. Greg Abbott this week directed state agencies to work with federal immigration authorities to crack down on illegal immigration.

The promise of the Sixth Amendment, foundational in our democracy, is that no matter who you are — how poor or unpopular, no matter your politics or your personal history — you deserve a skilled, ...

Kansas lawmakers consider ending grace period for mailed ballots, curing voter rolls and stopping cities from letting ...

“The Department of State is reviewing all agency programs, contracts and grants that promote or incubate gender ideology,” ...

Hundreds of Mainers are stuck waiting for defense attorneys. In early January, a Maine Superior Court judge ruled that the ...

DeSantis claims Trump wants the strongest possible proposals, yet POTUS hasn't weighed in on the fight between Florida ...

The case is the latest—and arguably biggest—test of the conservative majority’s appetite to remove legal barriers for religious groups seeking to participate in taxpayer-funded programs, with ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday will sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation. It mandates the detention and potential deportation of ...

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has filed a lawsuit against the new Trump presidential administration.

“For me, it was a process full of pain and suffering,” she says. In September 2023, she was finally released from ICE detention after a federal court granted ACLU’s request for review. Today, she is ...