Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

At the end of an eventful year at the Supreme Court that included a ruling giving former President Donald Trump broad ...

Trump is set to become the second president to be inaugurated to two, non-consecutive terms, following Grover Cleveland.

It is wild that it has come to this: The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection will pass with the architect of that ...

Chief Justice John Roberts identifies the top behaviors that threaten to undermine the “critical function” courts perform in a democracy.

As New Year’s Eve traditions go, this one is pretty tame. At 6 p.m., exactly when one might release news if the goal is the ...

In July 2024, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts authored a decision in Trump vs. United States granting the president immunity from criminal prosecution for acts done in his official ...

To honor Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient who visited Providence in 1986, all federal offices will be closed on Jan. 9 in observance of the day of mourning. While various other organizations may ...

Merchan’s concern for the rule of law and his condemnation of Trump’s attack on the judiciary are well stated. But his timing ...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts leads a SCOTUS that has been increasingly under a microscope for alleged ethics violations -- notably the reported financial favors granted Justice Clarence T ...