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A new lawsuit in Louisiana challenges the state's public defense system as unconstitutional. Indigent people there arrested for serious crimes are put on waiting lists to see a public defender.

The administration has cleared out the State Department's top echelons. Congress is noticing the vacuum. So are other countries: Mexico's visiting foreign secretary went straight to the White House.

On the final night of the Utah legislative session, lawmakers approved a bill that would require doctors to provide additional information to women…

Utah’s general legislative session ended midnight Thursday. During the past 45 days, lawmakers passed several bills dealing with serving and consuming…

Lawmakers gave final passage to a bill that would allow people as young as 18 years old to carry a concealed weapon.The legislators sponsoring the bill…

With conservative lawmakers and interest groups blasting the Republican health care overhaul effort, the House speaker is making a hard sell for his bill.

Journalist Emily Bazelon says the relationship between Bannon and Sessions predates the 2016 campaign, and that their anti-immigration policies come from fears of a growing minority population.

Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Mukasey, who served as attorney general under George W. Bush, about President Trump's charge that former President Obama ordered surveillance on Trump Tower.

On Wednesday, Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would raise the age limit of motorcyclists required to wear helmets on state highways. It brought up…