The House passed legislation that would make the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America official, despite grumblings from Democrats that lawmakers should be doing more serious work.

The Bidens have the opportunity to make big bucks with a tell-all book about the White House experience, but only if former first lady Jill Biden is willing to shell out the secrets.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. stressed the importance of an independent judiciary Wednesday, saying the courts serve to "check the excesses of Congress or the executive."

The domestic intelligence service of Germany last week labeled “extremist” the political party that won the second-most seats in the Bundestag in February. The finding of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, against the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party will allow for significantly more intensive government surveillance of AfD. […]