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Faith Jenkins is the host of the new daytime court show Judge Faith that premiered nationally September 22, 2014.

Judge Faith’s legal career has spanned over a decade in New York– from working as a wall street litigator to a tough New York City prosecutor. She’s faced adversity, overcome obstacles, and worked hard to achieve her goals. Now she takes the bench in her own courtroom on her own show to resolve disputes between real people with real cases.

Judge Faith is also known for her legal

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U.S. President Barack Obama loosens his tie in the heat before delivering remarks on the economy at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington July 1, 2014. (CREDIT: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)

Two years into President Barack Obama’s second term, more voters say they are dissatisfied with his administration’s handling of everything from the economy to foreign policy, giving him the worst marks of any modern U.S. president, a poll on Wednesday said.

In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 per

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George Zimmerman's new mugshot from Nov. 18, 2013. (SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
 
The former neighborhood watchman who gained national notoriety after killing Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager, was busted Monday on suspicion of domestic violence 15 miles north of Orlando. This is far from the first time he has been back in the news since his acquittal in July.
George Zimmerman was charged with assault and battery for allegedly pointing a long-barreled shotgun at his new girlfriend M
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eugene_robinson.jpgJustice failed Trayvon Martin the night he was killed. We should be appalled and outraged, but perhaps not surprised, that it failed him again Saturday night with a verdict setting his killer free. Our society considers young black men to be dangerous, interchangeable, expendable, guilty until proven innocent. This is the conversation about race that we desperately need to have -- but probably, as in the past, will try our best to avoid.



George Zimmerman's acquittal was set in motion on Fe
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george_zimmerman2-620x412.jpgBecause it happened in America, the trial of George Zimmerman for shooting and killing Trayvon Martin was all about race. And because it happened in America, the people who benefit politically from the same invidious forces that led both to Trayvon Martin's killing, and the acquittal of his killer, will deny that race had anything to do with either the killing or the verdict.
Suppose Trayvon Martin had been a 230-pound 30-year-old black man, with a loaded gun in his jacket. Suppose Zimmerman
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Statement by the President
The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy.  Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America.  I know this case has elicited strong passions.  And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher.  But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.  I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.  And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can
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George Zimmerman (R) speaks with his defense counsel Don West (L), as they wait for the jury to return from deliberations in Seminole circuit court July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. (Pool/Getty Images North America)
George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, has been found not guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter.
The verdict is the culmination of a case that captured the nation's attention and will undoubtedly be imprinted in America's history. The not gui
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George Lucas is following the Force - right down the aisle. 
The Star Wars director, 68, is engaged to DreamWorks animation chairman Mellody Hobson, a rep for Lucasfilm confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. 
Hobson, 43, has been dating Lucas since 2006. This will be her first marri
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