Abortion Pill Ruling May Face Headwinds at the Supreme Court  —  Even justices hostile to abortion and the administrative state may think twice, legal scholars said, before embracing a Texas judge's decision.  —  WASHINGTON — The conservative legal movement has long had two key goals …

Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention  —  The Democratic convention, to run from Aug. 19-22, 2024, is expected to draw up to 50,000 visitors to Chicago.  Chicago last hosted a convention in 1996.  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee selected Chicago to host …

Tennessee Democrats push to bring second expelled lawmaker back to House  —  Tennessee Democrats on Tuesday will press for the reinstatement of the second of two state representatives who were expelled for leading a rule-breaking gun policy protest on the floor of the statehouse, after the first was reinstated on Monday.

Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says  —  President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in February planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia and instructed officials to keep production and shipment secret ‘to avoid problems with the West’

NEWS: Gang of Eight is getting classified docs from Trump, Biden, Pence homes  —  Breaking News: The Biden administration has started giving the congressional “Gang of Eight” access to the classified documents that were recovered from the homes of former President Donald Trump …

Meet the young Democrats waging war on MAGA from behind enemy lines  —  Catalyzing events in U.S. history have a tendency to shape generations of public officials.  In the 1920s, Prohibition and the GOP's depression economics gave rise to the New Deal Democrats.

54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced to Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas's  —  There are two distressing aspects to the scandal of Justice Clarence Thomas's years of accepting luxurious vacations and private jet trips from a billionaire, as revealed last week in a damning investigation by ProPublica.

Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announces Parkinson's disease diagnosis  —  The 54-year-old Democrat makes the announcement on World Parkinson's Day  —  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) announced Tuesday that she has Parkinson's disease, sharing her diagnosis on a day designated to raise awareness …

Bud Light suffers bloodbath as longtime and loyal consumers revolt against transgender campaign  —  'In Bud Light's effort to be inclusive, they excluded almost everybody else,' says a St. Louis bar owner  —  Bud Light suffered a bloodbath this past weekend.

Numbed America  —  Another mass shooting.  Cue the doom loop.  —  Yesterday's murder of five Americans in Louisville was the 145th mass shooting here, so far this year.  And it is only mid-April.  Last year, there were 647 mass shootings in our country.  —  It is staggering that we are not staggered by this.

Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say … One warm afternoon in May, Dwight Jackson was getting dressed for a visit to his favorite cigar lounge.  He slipped his holstered SIG Sauer P320 pistol onto his belt, put on a button-down shirt and leaned across his bed for his wallet.

Vladimir Kara-Murza's last statement to Russian court: A reckoning will come  —  Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday at the closing session of his trial in Moscow.  —  MOSCOW CITY COURT — Members of the court: I was sure, after two decades spent in Russian politics …

Sovereign Citizens Turn on Each Other Over $200K Fake License Plates  —  A well-known member of the far-right movement who is known for his outlandish legal theories has been given the boot as two prominent branches turn on each other.  —  Members of the far-right sovereign citizen movement …

Israel Generals Give a Stark Warning: Its Enemies Smell Blood  —  Israel's Passover holiday week has been a deadly one filled with rocket barrages, enemy drones, drive-by shootings and a car-ramming, prompting a deeply divided society to agree on one thing: its enemies smell blood.

Gun violence has affected most families in the US, new survey finds  —  Worry and fear about gun violence are widespread in the United States, where most families have been affected by a gun-related incident, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

An officer was shot in the head trying to stop a mass shooting at a Louisville bank.  He graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago.  —  A 26-year-old rookie Louisville police officer - who graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago - was hospitalized after being shot in the head …

State Rep. Bryan Slaton retains criminal defense lawyer in possible ethics investigation  —  The complaint came after an incident in which Slaton and the staffer allegedly met up at his Austin apartment last weekend.  A separate staffer told The Texas Tribune that Slaton drank alcohol with an intern under 21 years old.

Truck carrying toxic soil from East Palestine overturns in Columbiana County  —  EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) - A truck carrying toxic soil from the East Palestine train derailment site overturned just before 1 p.m. Monday in Columbiana County.  —  According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol …

Pediatric trans care is often conversion therapy for gay children  —  There's clear evidence that, in many cases, pediatric gender identity services amount to conversion therapy for homosexual children.  Young, gay children, particularly effeminate boys and masculine girls …

The Effort to Suppress the Vote Is Spreading to the Republican Mainstream  —  They've been at it for a long time, and they're picking up steam.  —  It's bad enough when a trio of voter suppression groups led by charlatans gets together at an annual secret conference sponsored in part …

Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to home detention and community service in obstruction case  —  Peters, a prominent 2020 election denier, had faced up to six months in jail for allegedly obstructing government operations.  —  Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters …

Megan Rapinoe Among Prominent Female Athletes Petitioning Title IX Change Banning Men From Women's Sports … Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., introduced the bill in February.  The bill seeks to clarify Title IX by classifying athletes by biology, rather than identity.

Donald Trump makes post-arrest plea to Melania: ‘I really need you’  —  Expect more Melania.  —  After Melania Trump was seen for the first time since hubby Donald's indictment and arrest, sources tell Page Six she has agreed to be a fixture on his campaign.

Citing Trump's attacks on ‘hush money’ judge, court keeps E. Jean Carroll rape jury completely anonymous  —  Some weeks after cloaking a jury in complete anonymity to preside over E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of rape, a federal judge refused to relax …

‘People will die’: why is Ron DeSantis loosening gun laws that most Floridians support?  —  Bill passed by Republican-controlled state legislature to allow permitless carry reflects a rightward lurch in Florida's politics  —  overnor Ron DeSantis went to the Florida capitol earlier this month …

Senate to vote on measure condemning Trump's call to ‘defund’ DOJ, FBI  —  The resolution will force Republicans to choose between standing by the former president and supporting federal law enforcement  —  The Senate plans to consider a resolution next week condemning Donald Trump's call to …