What legal questions are raised by the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and its capture of President Maduro and his wife? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with international law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell.

Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country.

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's decision to withdraw the United States from the foundational U.N. climate treaty, which the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted more than 30 years ago, may be illegal, according to some legal experts who say that Congress would need to approve its exit.

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is being held in a Brooklyn jail so troubled that some judges have refused to send people there.

It's not a given that those matters will be points of emphasis when the annual regular session kicks off Jan. 14, but activity in the courts has left openings for legislative action.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas shares a reader's advice about how to deal with neighbors who are harassing you.

Imagine this scenario: you're worried you may have committed a crime, so you turn to a trusted advisor — OpenAI's blockbuster ChatGPT, say — to describe what you did and get its advice. This isn't remotely far-fetched; lots of people are already ...

The family of Renee Nicole Good, the woman who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, has spoken out following her death. Good’s mother, Donna Ganger,