Politics

John Nacion/WireImage (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump opened the door to restricting access to contraceptives earlier this week, less than a week after Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills that would have established the right to contraception in the state. Now, Democrats are sounding the alarm over the fact that access to […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers on the GOP-led House Education Committee grilled more university leaders on Thursday, insisting they defend their handling of pro-Palestinian protests and respond to allegations of antisemitism on campus. As in previous hearings, there were heated exchanges between lawmakers and school officials over what Republicans, especially, are making an election-year […]

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the second time in three months, an immigration and border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to advance in the Senate. The legislation fell well short of the 60 votes needed — the final tally was 43 to 50 — as nearly all […]

Fotosearch/Getty Images (BATON ROUGUE, La.) — Louisiana is moving closer to classifying the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — as a “controlled dangerous substance,” putting them in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications. If a new bill becomes law, possession of the the medications without valid prescriptions or orders from […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday slammed former President Donald Trump for insinuating President Joe Biden authorized his potential assassination during the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022 for confidential government material, pointing out that a similar Justice Department memo on the use of deadly force was […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Education Committee on Thursday called on more university leaders to defend their handling of pro-Palestinian protests and respond to allegations of antisemitism on campus. Leaders from Northwestern, Rutgers and UCLA testified as the committee’s main witnesses, joining the presidents of Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn South Carolina congressional district, reversing lower court rulings that had struck it down as a product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering that excluded Black voters. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court in a 6-3 ruling from which the liberal justices dissented, […]

Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — He said he would do it in his first term. Now, with immigration a top issue for voters in November, Donald Trump says, if elected again, he’s determined to carry out his threat: to round up and deport millions of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission. To […]

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate will vote Thursday for the second time in three months on a border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of senators after Republicans blocked the bill from advancing earlier this year at the direction of former President Donald Trump. Both political parties’ elbows are trying […]

Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, April 16, 2024. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Rick Scott has officially thrown his hat in the ring to become the next Senate Republican leader. Scott announced his plans to seek the top party leadership position in a letter to […]