There is no duty for any government more fundamental than protecting its people. The Constitution speaks of the “common ...

There are moments in history when stone and bronze tumble to the ground, and the world seems to pause, holding its breath.

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If the justices take up a case on Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement law, they’ll be burrowing back to Reconstruction-era ...

Forcing states to change, the suit says, would violate the broad authority the Constitution gives states to set their own election rules. It says they decide the “times, places and manner” of ...

Legal experts warn that the country is sliding toward a constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump openly defies the federal courts.

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Georgia's Fort Benning, formerly Fort Moore, is holding a ceremony to rename the military base. Here are bios of the people behind the names - including the two Bennings.

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Should that threat be realized, the United States and the world will be worse off. Without the dollar to ease trade and financial flows, growth will be slower and people everywhere will be poorer. And ...