In a midnight order, a 5-4 Supreme Court green-lit Texas’ six-week abortion ban despite the fact that it violates Roe v. Wade, the landmark opinion — still on the books — that legalized abortion nationwide prior to viability, which can occur at aroun…
Analysis: What to know about the new Texas laws on abortion, guns, race education and voting
Texas is going vigilante in 2021, brushing aside law enforcement in favor of individuals to sue abortion providers and opening the streets to far more sidearms on hips, to the consternation of police.
How Texas’ 6-week abortion ban will make accessing the procedure nearly impossible for some
Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on abortions at six weeks going into effect.
McConnell: ‘There isn’t going to be an impeachment’ of Biden
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that “there isn’t going to be an impeachment” of President Joe Biden over the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, noting that Democrats control the House and Senate.
In the shadows: Why the Supreme Court’s lack of transparency may cost it in the long run
Supreme Court justices tout judicial integrity and the importance of public confidence in their decisions, but the court’s midnight silence Tuesday while letting a Texas law that curtails abortion rights take effect — followed by a midnight order Wedn…
White House says it is still examining travel restrictions as European officials say they are damaging relations
The White House said Wednesday it was continuing to examine a policy that would allow vaccinated foreigners into the United States as the US faces growing anger from European nations over apparently unmoving Covid-19 travel restrictions.
Trump endorses Parnell in Pennsylvania Senate race
Former President Donald Trump waded into Pennsylvania’s US Senate race on Wednesday, endorsing Sean Parnell, an Army veteran and former congressional candidate, in the competitive Republican primary.
‘Majority’ of Afghans who worked for US and applied for visas likely left behind, State Dept. official says
“The majority” of Afghans who worked for the United States during its two-decade military campaign were likely left behind in the chaotic and rushed evacuation from Afghanistan, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.
White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials
As the United States-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and US troops raced to leave the country, White supremacist and anti-government extremists have expressed admiration for what the Taliban accomplished, a worrying development for…
Top Biden economic aides join Senate Democrat call in push before debt ceiling fight
Two top Biden administration economic officials joined a call with top Senate Democratic aides on Wednesday as the White House pressed to maintain unified strategy for the looming fight over the debt ceiling, according to multiple people familiar with …