The Justice Department and abortion providers argue the Texas law conflicts with a constitutional right established nearly 50 years ago in the landmark Roe v. Wade case.
Category: Politics
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Supreme Court turns down chance to consider whether a Catholic hospital can be sued over transgender rights
Evan Minton sued a California hospital for canceling a scheduled hysterectomy after learning days before that he was transgender.
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The national insecurity debate
New polling adds texture to our understanding of American self-identity.
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4 in 10 who say election was stolen from Trump say violence might be needed to save America
The poll is the latest to show an appetite for justified violence in the GOP — even as some of its leaders continue talking in terms that could feed it.
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What did John Eastman really want to have happen?
The Trump-loyal attorney is trying to reframe his pre-Jan. 6 arguments as sensible. Their genesis was anything but.
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Supreme Court won’t weigh in now on whether religious groups’ health insurance must cover abortion
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch said they would have accepted the case now.
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Supreme Court seems willing to allow challenge of Texas’s restrictive abortion law
Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — who were part of the court’s five-justice majority that allowed the law to take effect Sept. 1 — appeared more swayed by arguments that the law improperly blocked the judicial review necessary when constitutional rights are at stake.
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Democrats aren’t convincing non-Democrats that Republicans are threatening democracy
Independents see both parties as posing a risk to democracy.
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Poll shows Democrats want to replace Biden on the ballot in 2024. A look at why.
The new poll shows Democratic-leaning voters prefer someone else to run in 2024. Let’s break down what that means.
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In sworn testimony, wife of Pa. Senate candidate Sean Parnell says he strangled her and abused their children
Parnell, who has been endorsed by former president Donald Trump, denied the claims in a statement Monday.
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CDC finds immunity from vaccines is more consistent than from infection, but both last at least six months
Naturally acquired immunity is at the center of a political fight over President Biden’s vaccine mandates.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hit with four more fines for breaking House rule by refusing to wear a mask
Greene (R-Ga.) has racked up at least $15,500 in fines, money deducted from her annual pay, according to the House Ethics Committee.