Smitherman was the first African American female judge in Jefferson County and Birmingham’s first Black female mayor.

Donald Trump has purged top military figures in the Pentagon, including firing America's most senior commander.

A federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government ...

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job in the U.S. and around the world. U.S.

A judge has ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit.

A federal judge on Friday further prevented the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from accessing Treasury ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out certain directives of the president to crack ...

Criminal charges against Ellicott Town Court Judge Sally Jaroszynski have been dropped by prosecutors. Charges were filed in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end ...

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers. He did, ...

The judiciary’s growing hostility towards the Trump administration has reached a troubling peak, as evidenced by the Justice Department's recent complaint against U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes. The ...