Politics

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, for the first time since overruling Roe v. Wade, considered the scope of a state abortion ban and whether a federal law governing emergency care protects access to abortion at hospitals when a woman’s health is at risk. Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, which […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and Rudy Giuliani are unindicted co-conspirators in the Michigan attorney general’s case against the state’s so-called “fake electors” in the 2020 election, a state investigator revealed in court on Wednesday. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 16 Republicans […]

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. Via ABC News (NEW YORK) — Half of the country now has state laws that require financial literacy for high schoolers, teaching them the ins and outs of balancing a checkbook, opening a bank account and more. Some educators and elected officials, like Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, are calling for such […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. will begin sending military equipment to Ukraine within “a few hours.” Biden, in remarks from the White House, announced he signed the $95 billion foreign aid package that passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support. “It was a difficult path [to […]

Rep. George Santos is surrounded by journalists as he leaves the Capitol after his fellow members of Congress voted to expel him from the House of Representatives, Dec. 1, 2023. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Disgraced former Rep. George Santos has suspended a long shot comeback bid to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District, he […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday night passed a package to deliver $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — a bipartisan win months in the making. The package was approved 79-18. Thirty-one Republicans joined with 48 Democrats to pass the legislation. That’s nine more Republicans than supported the […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the federal government’s election subversion case, many court experts considered it a major win for his team — because it means a trial could be substantially delayed again or even […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, for the first time since overruling Roe v. Wade, will consider the scope of a state abortion ban and whether a federal law governing emergency care protects access to abortion at hospitals when a woman’s health is at risk. Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, […]

Former president Donald Trump speaks to the press during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, Apr. 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Against the backdrop of a divisive 2024 presidential campaign, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will take up the monumental question of whether a former president […]

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted on Tuesday to ban noncompete agreements in a move that could affect up to 30 million Americans — one out of every five workers — in jobs ranging from executives to minimum wage earners. While the ban was celebrated by labor […]