judicial appointments and nominations

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An inquiry into a former Australian prime minister secretly appointing himself to multiple…

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An inquiry into a former Australian prime minister secretly appointing himself to multiple…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions…

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to…

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham won reelection Tuesday to a second term by defeating…

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is seeking a second term in Tuesday's election on promises…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With both abortions in North Carolina and the number of out-of-state clinic patients soaring after Roe v. Wade was struck down, judges should permit…

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration's…

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gayl Jones' “The Birdcatcher,” a short, lyrical novel about a writer's trip to Ibiza and the…

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With public confidence diminished and justices sparring openly over the…