Politics Dec 11 Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit attempting to overturn Biden victory The Electoral College meets Monday to formally elect Biden as the next president.
Politics Dec 10 Texas-led election lawsuit becomes conservative litmus test Seventeen Republican attorneys general are backing the unprecedented case that Trump is calling "the big one." That come as the president and his allies have lost dozens of times in courts across the country and have no evidence of widespread…
Politics Dec 08 Trump’s false election claims take hold among some Republicans Some activists say they see the so-called "stop the steal" campaign as the animating force behind the next wave of Trump-era conservative politics.
Politics Nov 19 Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across at least five states. But his attorneys have repeatedly made elementary errors in those high-profile cases.
Politics Nov 18 Judge orders U.S. to stop deporting children who cross border alone U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued a preliminary injunction sought by legal groups suing on behalf of children whom the government sought to expel before they could request protections.
Politics Nov 02 Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes The county is the nation's third largest and a crucial battleground in Texas, where President Donald Trump and Republicans are bracing for the closest election in decades on Tuesday.
Nation Sep 18 AP exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery An Associated Press review of medical records for four detained immigrant women and interviews with lawyers have revealed growing allegations that a gynecologist performed surgeries and other procedures that the women never sought or didn’t fully understand.
Nation Aug 29 Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins Cleanup after Hurricane Laura has begun but residents returning to Southwestern Louisiana are coming back to weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer.
Nation Aug 06 Seeking refuge in U.S. amid pandemic, children fleeing danger are expelled More than 2,000 unaccompanied children have been expelled from the United States since March under an emergency declaration enacted by the Trump administration.
Nation Jul 28 Despite judge’s order, migrant kids remain in ICE custody The U.S. government did not release 100 immigrant children detained with their parents despite this week's deadline set by a judge who had described family detention centers as "on fire" due to the threat of the coronavirus.