The Texas Legislature came to an agreement to pass a bail reform package. It will now head to Texas voters to decide. The ...

The spirit of the movement has endured, but the broader zeal for reforms has been tempered by a shifting political climate on ...

UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner left the door open on whether the government will lift the two-child benefit cap even ...

When George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis under a police officer's bent knee, it sent shockwaves more than 1,200 miles ...

Keir Starmer wants to 'rewire' Whitehall, which he has claimed is too 'comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline' ...

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A billion-dollar bailout, a bribery scandal, and a speaker in federal prison. Why hasn’t Ohio changed its ethics laws?

With three weeks left in the session, proponents are still trying to figure out what – if any – changes may move forward ...

The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, ...

The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in ...

DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated ...

Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would ...