Politics

Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly Gray, an abortion provider, challenging the legality of the ban, which requested a temporary restraining order on the ban before […]

Philip Yabut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the U.S. Supreme Court of granting businesses the right “to refuse to serve members of a protected class” for the first time in its history. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday in favor of a evangelical Christian website designer who argued that a Colorado […]

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A handful of Republican presidential candidates hope to boost their bona fides with a prominent conservative parents’ rights group this weekend, as the appropriateness of school curriculum and how kids are taught become top priorities for GOP voters. Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for an evangelical Christian website designer in a case involving whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ customers because of First Amendment free speech rights. In a 6-3 decision for the conservative majority written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court said wedding websites […]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Biden administration program to forgive student debt for more than 43 million American borrowers at a cost of $400 billion. The vote was 6-3, with conservative justices in the majority in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts. Six GOP-led […]

OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Embattled Rep. George Santos is set to appear in court Friday morning in his first court appearance since pleading not guilty last month to a 13-count indictment accusing him of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. The Republican New York congressman, who has denied wrongdoing, […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday will hand down its final opinions of the term, including highly-anticipated decisions on student loan forgiveness and free speech and LGBTQ+ protections. The justices will issue decisions at 10 a.m. ET to finish the term it began back in October. Three cases remain out of […]

Guy Davies/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic move to differentiate himself on a key foreign policy issue, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday made a surprise trip to Ukraine, projecting solidarity against Russia in a way, so far, unmatched by his Republican competitors. His message in Ukraine was clear: “We are with you.” “We […]

Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s most senior conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, and its most senior liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, both rose from humble beginnings to join the elite ranks of Yale Law School — and both have publicly credited race-based affirmative action initiatives with helping them get there. But both justices […]

Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers, legal experts, presidential candidates — past and present — and others are reacting on Thursday to a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court setting new limits on the use of affirmative action in college and university admissions. In a speech from the White House, President […]