Federal Judge Andrew Hanen this week delivered a temporary delay to President Barack Obama’s deferred action programs, which would affect approximately 4.9 million undocumented immigrants. Hanen’s judicial history, however, has resulted in mixed opinions even ahead of his decision on Feb. 16.
The second open enrollment period of Healthcare.gov and state-based health insurance marketplaces accrued 11.4 million enrollees, with the final day recording the most sign-ups than any previous open enrollment day.
Bill and Hillary Clinton's nonprofit received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Canadian government agency. Ottawa's Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Department in 2014 donated between $250,000 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation in an apparent attempt to promote the embattled Keystone XL project.
A New York state senator has proposed legislation that would outlaw the sale of machetes in the state and sentence those in possession of the large knives with up to a year in jail.
The terminology Barack Obama employs as the United States fights ISIS, al-Qaida and other Islamist militants has come under scrutiny as the president hosts a three-day White House summit on the fight against terrorism.
The Assembly Education Committee passed a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants in Nevada with temporary legal status to obtain a teaching license.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and a coalition of congressional Democrats have arrived to Cuba in an effort to help improve U.S. and Cuba's diplomatic relations.
The temporary injunction to delay the launch of President Obama's immigration executive action programs has not only impacted eligible undocumented immigrants, but it has also made an impact on women, and women's rights groups are not holding back their anger at the federal judge who delayed the programs.
Following Judge Andrew Hanen’s temporary injunction ruling to pause President Barack Obama’s deferred action programs, the president addressed the delay to his immigration executive actions, saying he was confident his actions would eventually proceed despite the ruling.
The White House announced on Tuesday that about 11.4 million Americans have enrolled in private health insurance through Obamacare during its open enrollment period.
Immigrants' rights attorneys expect that the "extremist" and "unnecessary" temporary injunction issued on President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions will be lifted.
Governor Scott Walker hired two new senior advisors as he sets up his Iowa office Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has taken two steps closer to running in the 2016 presidential election.
Immigrants' rights groups are blasting Federal Judge Andrew Hanen's decision to issue a temporary block this week on President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions, specifically the president's two deferred action programs.
A vote on Friday in Utah's House of Representatives has brought execution by firing squad closer to reality. The bill now moves to the state senate, where it could pass and reinstate an execution method banned a decade ago.
A Texas judge has temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions, which affects his two deferred action programs: the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA).
Tucson Arizona Bishop Gerald Kicanas is pushing for Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill stating that "no one is illegal in God's eyes," in an interview with the Vatican Radio.
With the renewed diplomatic relations between the United States (U.S.) and Cuba, the U.S. State Department disclosed updates on supporting the island's "nascent" private sector.
The head of the Alabama court system is using a states' rights argument that conjures up "ghosts of slavery, the Civil War and the battle against desegregation" in his fight to stop same-sex marriage in the state. Chief Justice Roy Moore instructed probate judges to defy federal court rulings and refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
The collapse of the American-backed government in Yemen took the U.S. intelligence community by surprise, the Obama administration's senior counterterrorism official admitted on Thursday as he testified before Congress.
