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The U.S. Justice Department says a war memorial cross should remain on federal property atop a San Diego mountain but disagrees with cross supporters that the appeal should go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Federal officials plan to announce Friday how much water they can release this year through a vast system of rivers, canals and reservoirs, but Central Valley farmers expect to get little, if anything.

The Florida senator could be the youngest Republican in the presidential field, but he is fully confident he has the experience to lead.

In truth, no one has ever defined the borderline between respect for religion, which is clearly part of the American culture, and slavish fealty to any given church or creed.

Whether a key provision of Arizona’s immigration law can go forward was debated in federal court Tuesday, despite an earlier U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said it could take effect.

The Florida senator could be the youngest Republican in the presidential field, but he is fully confident he has the experience to lead.

Five years after the Justice Department vowed to hold people accountable for the largest oil spill in U.S. history, its prosecution of BP executives has foundered.

A 1968 federal law allows debt collectors not only to garnish wages but to take from a debtor's bank account. Consumer advocates say the outdated law is overly punitive and out of touch with reality.

The Obama administration has declared a goal of ending homelessness in the next few years by using a model called housing-first. But transitional housing advocates in San Diego aren't willing to give up on their work, even if it means losing federal dollars.

A Navy SEAL and two sailors were among those in the plane crash near Henderson Executive Airport in Nevada on Sunday, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.