Trump's sweeping assertions of executive power during his first weeks back in office appear headed for showdowns at the US Supreme Court where conservatives hold a majority, but it remains an open que ...

House Democrats howling over the flood of unilateral actions streaming from the White House are voicing confidence that the ...

U.S. conservatives have looked to Hungary's Viktor Orban as an inspiration for a right-wing America; the prime minister has become a close Trump ally.

When we asked you, readers of CNN.com and the What Matters newsletter, for your questions about the whirlwind of news that ...

The Democratic Attorneys General Assn. — a political action committee-turned-judicial alliance of progressive top cops — is organizing a barrage of civil lawsuits against the Trump administration.

Courts have become Democrats' best chance of thwarting President Donald Trump's efforts to significantly downsize and reshape ...

For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...

Senate Armed Services Chair Senator Roger Wicker torched Pete Hegseth ’s speeches at the NATO conference in Munich this week, ...

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

Danielle Sassoon’s American bravery. Plus: Susan B. Glasser on Putin’s great day in Washington; Stephen A. Smith for ...

A California appeals court rules a baker can’t refuse to sell a generic cake to a lesbian couple. It’s part of a series of ...