WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil ...

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

Depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules, Louisiana and other states could lose their majority African American voting ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped ...

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 15 heard oral arguments over a Voting Rights Act provision and the White House drew attention ...

The Supreme Court appeared poised this week to weaken one of the nation’s most powerful civil rights protections, as justices weighed whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could reverse one of the last ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI has accused a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, ...

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices have indicated that they are set to strike down a portion of the Voting Rights Act ...

The White House has ordered red states to redraw congressional districts. North Carolina Republicans have been happy to oblige.