Behind the scenes, as law enforcement officials tried to stem protests against the Dakota Access pipeline, alumni from the George W. Bush White House were leading a crisis communications effort to discredit pipeline protesters.

Trump could make a plausible legal argument that his pardoning powers extend to himself, Vox reports.

A proposed £14bn class action lawsuit against Mastercard will not proceed after a tribunal ruled the case cannot go to trial. The claim by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks, relating to the card giant's interchange fees, was lodged on behalf of around 46 million consumers.

The decision by President Andrzej Duda was a surprising setback for the far-right governing party.

Criminal justice reform advocates fear stricter enforcement is ahead.

The former sports star and actor is granted parole after almost nine years in prison for armed robbery.

The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia in last year’s election is examining a broad range of transactions involving Trump’s businesses as well as those of his associates, according to a person familiar with the probe.

Axon body cams retain footage for 30 seconds before an officer begins recording.

Polish leaders want to put courts under political control, prompting protests from the opposition, the European Union and three former Polish presidents.

Corporations want to make sure that laborers never again have the power to tell big business how to treat them. Indentured servitude is back in a big way in the United States, and conservative corporatists want to make sure that labor never, ever again has the power to tell big business how to treat them. By Thom Hartmann.

Deescalation isn't something most police officers want to talk about -- especially those who allow their unions to do all their talking for them. But shootings by police have achieved critical mass, forcing the issue to be confronted by law...

A high-powered Silicon Valley attorney dies. His ex-wife investigates, and finds a web of drug abuse in his profession.

A test of Bible Belt tolerance: Can the town of the Scopes “monkey trial” stomach a new statue of the famed agnostic lawyer Clarence Darrow?

Fmr. Asst. Watergate special prosecutor on Trump: "I see déjà vu...there are a lot of similarities that make me really suspicious." pic.twitter.com/Ixj01rDYty

A federal judge in North Carolina ruled Wednesday in favor of an Uber driver who is suing the company, paving the way for a possible notable expansion of the lawsuit. In 2016, Michael Hood, an Uber driver, claimed in a proposed class-action lawsuit last year that he has been misclassified as an independent contractor rather than an employee, and as such is consistently being paid below minimum wage after expenses.

A federal appeals court overturned convictions of former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, citing the Supreme Court’s decision on former Va. Gov. McDonnell.

CBP said in a letter obtained by NBC News that while it can search any traveler's phone, it can't use the phone to access data stored only on remote services.

Mr. Liu, who was convicted in 2009 of inciting subversion and sentenced to prison, was given medical parole recently to be treated for late-stage cancer.

They are just blasting their way into the 12th century....remarkable.

Before they can transform our roads, self-driving cars need rules. But how can we formulate regulations for a technology that doesn't fully exist yet?