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In the latest procedural twist, Senate Democrats are waiting to see if Speaker Boehner will agree to DHS funding bill.

A federal court could strike down the justification for immigrant family detentions, which doesn't necessarily mean detentions will wind down.

Congress will now have to decide whether to attempt to override President Obama's veto of the pipeline legislation.

Recent comments made by the Imperial House contradict the view taken by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Islamic State says the schools -- one for boys, one for girls -- will be for the children of its foreign fighters in Syria.

Trayvon Martin's family is "disappointed" there wasn't enough evidence to support civil rights charges against the teen's killer, George Zimmerman.

The "Corinthian 15" are protesting for-profit colleges and the government's role in student loans at such schools.

Suspects are held for up to a day without access to a phone or legal representation, according to a report.

Backed by a Russia unbowed by sanctions, Ukrainian rebels have made major gains -- and may not be done yet.

In EEOC v. Abercrombie, the Supreme Court will consider religious rights in the workplace.

The Justice Department confirms Zimmerman won't face federal civil rights charges in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin.

Expect much longer lines at the border if the Department of Homeland Security runs out of funding later this week.

Afghan officials said negotiations are imminent, but the Taliban called the claims "false."

Sharpton said his attackers have tried and failed to divide him from the victims' families that he has supported during his career.

Suicide bombings continue throughout Nigeria ahead of the rescheduled national elections.

Mainland Chinese tourists are feeling less welcome in Hong Kong, where people are protesting against them.

The war began in April 2014 and the deaths include 63 children, says the U.N. Another 14,500 have been wounded.

Officials are expected to investigate another opposition figure over an alleged coup plot, just days after the high-profile arrest of Caracas' mayor.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the woman, who worked for the oil and gas company Total E&P Yemen.

Rajendra Pachauri, who headed the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, resigned Tuesday over allegations in India.

Orthodox believers in Russia and Ukraine traditionally mark the end of the week leading up to Lent by burning effigies, and Obama and Putin effigies took the hot spot this year.

The leader of a prominent Indian Hindu nationalist party accused the iconic Christian missionary of being motivated by a desire to convert the poor to Christianity.

The ethnic group is the latest of many minorities to be deliberately targeted by ISIS.

Senator Ted Cruz said Lynch has not shown how she would be substantially different from current Attorney General Eric Holder.

The man had posted a video on the Internet showing himself defacing the Quran and hitting it with a shoe.

Thailand's junta is looking to remove whatever influence is left of the Shinawatra family in the country by indicting 250 former MPs who belonged to the former PMs' party.

The party had failed to secure a clear majority in the December elections in the Muslim-dominated state.

The survey was conducted in the middle of a national measles outbreak that has infected 154 people in 2015.

India on Tuesday said it would accept the recommendations of a panel that advocates increasing share of its states in the federal tax revenues.