Within hours of Trump declaring a national emergency on the border, the ACLU announced it would sue the president to prevent him from using military funds to pay for border wall construction.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign have spoken out against the South Dakota bill, arguing that it would further stigmatize transgender youth

Over 100 members of Congress refused their paychecks in solidarity with unpaid workers.

The five-week partial government shutdown fell during a critical window for fire-prone states to lessen the impact of the coming fire season through prescribed burns.

McInnes is suing the Southern Poverty Law Center over its decision to include the Proud Boys on its list of hate groups.

The NPS lost an estimated $10 to $11 million in revenue during the partial government shutdown, taking critical funding away from things like park maintenance and visitor services.

A bill put forth in Virginia that would have eliminated certain requirements on late-term abortions in the state has prompted outcries of infanticide among its critics.

The bill would restore the areas excised from the monument by Trump, and add additional acreage.

Many national parks were kept open but unstaffed or understaffed, with serious consequences for the parks, their employees, and their visitors.

ICE officers have expanded their scope to target all undocumented immigrants, regardless of background.

Trump's agreement to re-open the government comes without any guaranteed funding for a border wall, representing a capitulation to Democrats' demands.

Research has long shown that detention of youth can cause harm and is ineffective at preventing crime.

A Chinese scientist who engineered the first gene-edited babies may now face serious charges for fraudulent practices.

The two regulations, which would have let employers with "religious and moral objections" deny employees cost-free birth control coverage, briefly took effect Monday.

Overdoses on opioid drugs—including heroin, prescription painkillers, and certain street drugs—were the top cause of unintentional, preventable deaths in the United States in 2017.

Some states have halted training and may be underprepared for the 2019 fire season.

National parks that remain open during the shutdown have seen a number of issues as a result of understaffing, including litter and vandalism.

The Senate confirmed the president's picks to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Census Bureau.

Ten additional states, and the District of Columbia, have joined lawsuits against the Trump administration, over allowing groups to opt out of covering birth control for their employees.

Savanna's Act passed the Senate unanimously. If it doesn't pass the House, it will be back to square one next session.

Will it be enough to save coal jobs?

The low number is part of a steep and steady drop that's been ongoing since 2007.

Advocacy groups say that's an unprecedented show of public interest.

Peter Brown remained locked in a county jail for weeks, as county officials waited for immigration authorities to deport him to Jamaica—a country he had never lived in.