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Details: Written by Donna Cassata, Erica Werner, Associated Press; Published: 01 August 2014

Senate Republicans rejected a border bill this session; House GOP leaders made changes to prevent dream program expansion

After failing to repeal Obamacare despite numerous votes, GOP lawmakers seize on another way to attack President Obama

The college sports body also agreed to create a single return-to-play policy that all teams will follow.

Details: Written by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 29 July 2014

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to retroactively reduce sentences for drug offenders who meet seven guidelines

Details: Written by David Espo, AP Special Correspondent; Published: 28 July 2014

Republicans have 'opened the door for impeachment' with their plans to sue the president over allegedly failing to carry out the health care law

Theodore Wafer, charged with second-degree murder had other choices besides shooting McBride, prosecutors told the court.

How bad does an execution need to be before it becomes an unconstitutional "cruel and unusual" punishment?

Under Sudanese law, a child born to a Muslim father must not leave the faith.

Eighty-five percent of those stopped were black in a city where blacks make up 54 percent of the population

Details: Written by Verena Dobnik, Associated Press; Published: 21 July 2014

Chokeholds are banned under NYC Police Department policy