Some lawmakers are crying foul about the plan to "reconsider" the bill defeated by the House Judiciary Committee, which would ...

Aggravated theft of employee retirement benefits would constitute a Class C felony, carrying a sentence of up to 10 years in ...

Judge Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a key deadline for ...

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing before the Congressional recess, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) spoke about his ...

Senate Bill 401 would ban the sale or import of semi-automatic rifles and shotguns with magazines larger than ten rounds -- ...

The first-year Democratic senator is ignoring one colleague's advice to "dump the House" as the longtime party star comes into his own across the Capitol.

The House Judiciary Committee is escalating its ongoing investigation into what it calls “politically motivated prosecutions, ...

The retiring Sen. Richard J. Durbin became a leading voice on immigration and criminal justice during his time on the ...

Touted as a comprehensive measure to support Florida’s first responders, HB 1371 introduces several provisions, including a ...

The decision by Durbin, the Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, to retire opens the door for a more liberal replacement like ...