He and 20 others were forced to kneel and guards would strike “anyone who fell from exhaustion,” a court filing reveals.

Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.

Ariana Figueroa covers the nation’s capital for States Newsroom. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections and campaign finance.

The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Truthout is an ...

AMY GOODMAN: Medina says Juli’s family filed a missing persons report with the L.A. Police Department as they continued their ...

After the bombing, Trump promptly declared that he had negotiated a ceasefire. But Israel took advantage of the final hours ...

Chemours told ProPublica that it invested more than $400 million to remediate and reduce PFAS emissions. It also noted that ...

The co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation says Texas has no right to dictate how or whether kids worship.

Rights advocates celebrated Wednesday after the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s abortion ...