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A federal judicial panel's ruling that North Carolina's legislature illegally used partisanship as the primary factor in drawing congressional districts is causing political chaos there.

In Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday, the justices appeared divided over whether Ohio's so called "use-it or lose-it" voter registration rule violates federal law. The state has one of the nation's most aggressive voter-purge systems in the country.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Jake Quinn, of Asheville, N.C., who is one of the plaintiffs who claimed that the state's districts are unconstitutionally partisan. A panel of federal judges have now ruled in Quinn's favor.

American forces have been holding a U.S. citizen captured in Syria in confinement overseas without formal charges or access to a lawyer. The ACLU says the man is being denied his basic rights to due process.

The White House says it's "outrageous" that a judge in California has temporarily blocked the administration from removing DACA protections for nearly 700,000 young people who were brought to the country illegally as children. The preliminary injunction adds another degree of complexity to immigration negotiations on Capitol Hill.

The 2011 death of a girl adopted from Ethiopia by U.S. parents seems to have spurred the decision.

Sweltering temperatures killed bats outside Sydney over the weekend as temperatures soared up to 117 Fahrenheit, the hottest it's been since 1939.

Rachel Martin talks to Joe Arpaio, 85, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., who is known for his hardline approach on detention and immigration.

Agents swept nearly 100 of the convenience stores across the country — seeking undocumented immigrants. The action was the largest employer-targeting operation under the Trump administration.

In Florida, some are calling the Trump administration's announcement that the state is exempt from a plan to expand offshore drilling a political stunt to help Gov. Rick Scott.