The so-called "pay for delay" practice costs consumers $3.5 billion each year in higher drug costs, the Federal Trade Commission claims.

While the number of hate crimes in America is going down, hate crimes against gays are not, according to the FBI's Hate Crime Report.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday there was "zero" evidence that new voting machine software in Ohio could interfere with ballots.

The company has already spent $13.1 million on lobbying in the first three quarters in 2012, compared to the $9.7 million it shelled out in all of 2011, according to The Hill, which cited disclosure forms filed Monday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday found that a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act violates the right to equal protection guaranteed by the Constitution.