Pillay was honored for her courage in defending international law and justice as a pioneering South African judge

WASHINGTON — After taking their annual monthlong August break, members of the U.S. House of Representatives worked three and a half days this week. That was enough for Speaker Mike Johnson. Once the House passed a measure funding the government through December, he decided to give Congress an extra ...

The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening a pair of major airports in the state — over public washing areas designed for Muslim travelers.Abbott demanded a federal Department of Transportation investigation into both Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport, for installing an Islamic "wudu" washing ...

ICE arrested Beata Siemionkowicz, a Poland native and green card holder of more than two decades, last year while she was gardening in her daughter’s backyard in Des Plaines.

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