David G. Savage

By agreeing to hear a challenge to Chicago's sweeping ban on handguns, the U.S. Supreme Court set the stage Wednesday for a historic ruling on gun rights. At issue is...

Facebook moved quickly Monday to take down a user's poll that asked "Should Obama be killed?", but only after 730 responses were submitted. The poll listed four possible answers: Yes....

Key members of the Senate Finance Committee, who are expected to play a pivotal role in the final struggle over revamping health care, are seeking to extinguish the furor over...

The near-party-line vote to approve Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a message that Supreme Court nominees cannot be assured of winning support in the...

Six months after President Barack Obama took office and promised to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, administration officials acknowledged Monday they have failed to meet self-imposed deadlines for...

The Supreme Court cleared the way for cable TV companies to offer their customers a new service that would permit subscribers to copy and store programs for later viewing. The...

The Supreme Court put elected judges on notice Monday they must step aside from deciding cases involving big-money donors who helped them win their jobs. The decision comes after a...

President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court has provoked concern among advocates for abortion rights, who say they have seen no evidence she supports legal...

Despite the growing demands to bring criminal charges against the authors of memos regarding harsh interrogation techniques, even sharp critics of the Bush administration see problems with seeking to prosecute...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Supreme Court limits car searches Merely arresting a driver does not 'provide a police entitlement' to search the vehicle, says Justice John Paul Stevens The Supreme Court put...