WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats who back gay marriage have decided now is the time to repeal a federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The Democrats may satisfy their gay marriage supporters, but the bill won’t get very far. The repeal could be approved by the Senate Judiciary [...]

BISMARCK, N.D. — Like many of her classmates and University of North Dakota students who came before her, senior Annie Hessinger says it doesn’t matter that the school is shedding its 81-year-old nickname after a drawn-out dispute with the NCAA. She’s Fighting Sioux and always will be, no matter what new nickname the school eventually [...]

The politics of President Obama’s health care law could shift dramatically under an expected review by the Supreme Court. The justices meet privately today to decide which of numerous appeals to take up — and one of them is the health care law Obama signed in 2010. Legal analysts expect the high court to take [...]