An Australian journalist for Al Jazeera television imprisoned for more than a year in Egypt on terrorism-related charges was released from prison and will be deported.
Bill in favour of pipeline’s construction glides to 62-36 passage in the Senate, but the president has repeatedly said he will veto the proposal.
Eight Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal all restrictions on U.S. citizens´ travel to Cuba, the first step in Congress toward ending the U.S. embargo since President Barack Obama moved toward normal relations last month.
Texas-based oil company Harvest Natural Resources Inc said on Thursday its affiliates have withdrawn a request for arbitration against Venezuela for blocking the sale of the company´s stake in an oil project in the country.
Sen. John McCain earned some applause inside a Senate Armed Services hearing this morning after he erupted at protesters of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, calling them “low-life scum.”
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation today that would end the travel ban between the U.S. and Cuba -– the first legislation to be introduced this year following President Obama’s executive action to start opening diplomatic relations with Cuba.
If the Illinois Supreme Court voids Illinois´ pension reform law, that ruling will not derail another law aimed at shoring up two of Chicago´s public pension funds.
The U.S. Secret Service cannot hire new agents for the next presidential election or make improvements at the agency until Congress settles a dispute over funding.
A Venezuelan financier was sentenced on Thursday to 13 years in prison for running what U.S. prosecutors called a Ponzi scheme in Connecticut that caused $382.2 million of losses.
A California lawmaker introduced legislation on Thursday that aims to raise the legal smoking age to 21 from 18, his office said in a statement, just over a week after a similar move by Washington state´s top lawyer.
Lead industry negotiator Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Thursday it was "optimistic" a new three-year agreement could be reached with a union representing hourly workers at 63 U.S.
University of Toronto team launches a cognitive computing application that helps lawyers conduct world-class case research
he Obama administration estimates that up to 29 percent of U.S. taxpayers could have to take the law known as Obamacare into account as they complete their 2014 income tax returns, officials said on Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said a Montana bride who admitted pushing her new husband off a cliff at Glacier National Park has no grounds to appeal her murder conviction after lying to officials and using trickery in a bid to conceal her crime.
Nevada´s newly minted Republican attorney general has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama´s order easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday that both Nevada and Tennessee have joined the state-led coalition in its suit against the Obama administration over November´s executive action on immigration.
As if Amazon doesn’t do everything already, The Wall Street Journal reports today that it’s also getting into providing corporate email service.
European commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship ordered to redraft PNR legislation after terror attacks as counter-terror discussions loom
For decades, most urban Chinese families could have only one child. Now officials in China’s biggest city are telling young couples: please have more children.
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