Texas executes Steven Nelson, convicted for a pastor's 2011 murder, amidst debates on capital punishment ethics.

The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon agreed to pause the briefing in a challenge to a Biden-era rule intended to streamline the process for reviewing requests for student loan forgiveness from ...

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune took a snapshot of the blitz of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office by tallying nearly three dozen from his first day.

A man was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Texas on Thursday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insisted ...

Efforts in some states might clash with the legal precedent that children without legal immigration status are allowed a free ...

Clarence Jordan has been a death row inmate for 47 years, yet his execution was never carried out. Jordan, now 68, was convicted of the 1977 murder and robbery of Houston grocery store worker, Joe ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, a Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas pastor in his church during a robbery over a decade ago, was executed Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in ...

There’s real danger in opening up wallets to betting apps, even if most Texans want online sports wagering legalized. | ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days ...

Days after Louisiana prosecutors indicted a New York doctor for mailing abortion pills, Trump's Attorney General said she ...

Can you still have DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs? How about affirmative action plans? The Supreme Court’s ...

If the case reaches the Supreme Court, its conservative majority will be receptive to Donald J. Trump’s argument that ...