Puerto Rico's governor Alejandro García-Padilla has just signed a law that will require service providers to accept at least two different types of payments.
Maria Gabriela Chavez, the favorite daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, has become her country’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations.
California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered cities and towns across the state to cut water use by 25 percent as part of a wide-ranging set of mandatory drought restrictions. His decision marks the first time in California history such rules have been imposed.
A day after a federal grand jury indicted New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on corruption charges, the Democrat pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts. He informed Minority Leader Harry Reid that he was temporarily relinquishing his role as ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Starting this summer, approximately 90,000 McDonald's employees working at company-owned stores will received an increase in their paychecks along with paid vacation.
The Mavni program, which expedites citizenship for immigrants with essential medical and language skills, will be expanded to accept 3,000 new soldiers. It will then be expanded again in the next year.
After just two days of testimony in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, defense lawyers representing accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested its case on Tuesday.
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush on Monday was honored at the University of Texas at Austin, which awarded the oldest son of Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush its first Latino Leadership Award.
New Jersey's lottery - once ranked among the nation's top performers - is trailing state income targets for the second straight year even though Gov. Chris Christie had promised in 2013 that its privatization would help "modernize and maximize" its games.
The New York Police Department's Civilian Complaint Review Board is currently investigating a video that appears to show a NYPD detective berating an Uber driver in an xenophobic rant.
The nation's top diplomats came up with a total of four emails when the Associated Press used a Freedom of Information Act request to compel the State Department to produce messages former Secretary Hillary Clinton sent and received concerning drone strikes and U.S. surveillance programs.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who last week signed his state's controversial religious-freedom bill into law, on Tuesday asked lawmakers to make changes to the legislation that critics say permits discrimination against gay and lesbian Hoosiers.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday refused to sign a Republican-backed bill that would have overturned controversial union voting rules; his move marked the fourth time he vetoed legislation during his more than six years in office.
Opposition to same-sex marriage increasingly presents a liability for candidates hoping to move into the White House - and that includes Republicans. While nearly three-quarters of all GOP supporters still reject such unions, more than 60 percent of those under 30 do not, pollster Whit Ayres said.
In an effort to establish outreach programs designed to inform immigrants of their rights regarding U.S.-related labor organizing, The federal government has signed agreements with Mexico, Ecuador, and the Philippines.
A man is charged with calling in a bomb threat that closed the Justice Center last week interrupting the murder trial of Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, South Coast Today reports.
A Washington, D.C.-based organization explains how long residents in all 50 states must work to earn enough money to pay their total tax bills for 2015.
