On Sunday, a Turkish court formally arrested Erdogan's main political foe, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, on sham corruption and terrorism charges, sparking huge protests.
House Republicans will vote next week on a bill to limit nationwide injunctions from federal district judges, amid party frustration over rulings blocking President Trump's agenda.
A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science.
A federal appellate judge slammed the Trump administration on Monday for treating Venezuelan gang deportees worse than Nazis as her court grappled with President Trump's expansive claims of immigration and national security powers.
The U.S. and Russia opened up a new set of talks Monday aimed at reaching a partial ceasefire in Ukraine with both sides warning negotiations to end the three-year-old war will be difficult.
A judge on Monday blocked the release of a former Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor, after prosecutors leveled fresh allegations that he tried to obstruct the FBI's investigation from jail.
The White House on Monday ordered an inquiry into how the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine was added to a senior-level encrypted group chat that discussed the recent U.S. military strikes against the Houthi forces in Yemen.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is calling for a congressional investigation into a group text chain where top national security officials mistakenly included a journalist in their discussion of plans to bomb Houthi targets across Yemen.