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The Philippine Supreme Court has blocked an impeachment trial against Sara Duterte, marking a victory for the country’s vice-president.The lower house of the Philippine parliament had…

A demonstrator holds an umbrella and a sign saying “STAND UP! PROTECT OUR VOTING RIGHTS” outside the U.S. Supreme Court in March in Washington, D.C. Jemal…

Last month, two Republican federal appeals court judges effectively abolished the law banning race discrimination in elections in seven states. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued…

President Donald Trump speaks during an AI summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Wednesday. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP…

Five Australian women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed guards before some were intimately examined at Doha airport will be…

Umang Poddar and Prerana SharmaBBC HindiNajeeb Ahmed’s familyNajeeb Ahmed mysteriously disappeared in October 2016Nine years ago, an Indian student vanished into thin air. Najeeb Ahmed was…

Just when we thought the US supreme court couldn’t sink any lower in bowing and scraping to Donald Trump, it issued a shocking order last week…

In mid-May, two Republicans on a federal appeals court declared that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — the landmark law that a Senate report once…

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Students walk through Harvard Yard. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption toggle caption Jesse Costa/WBUR Lawyers for Harvard University will argue in federal court on Monday that the…