Biden administration asks Supreme Court to preserve mifepristone access rules
The new limits to the abortion pill's use will take effect Saturday unless the court acts before then.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2023The new limits to the abortion pill's use will take effect Saturday unless the court acts before then.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2023The ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday blocked FDA changes from 2016 allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be delivered by mail.
By Associated Press - April 13, 2023North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Tuesday evening signed two transgender athlete bans into law, effectively prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. Lawmakers in the House and Senate passed the bills with veto-proof majorities this year. If the governor had vetoed the bills or refused to […]
By Associated Press - April 13, 2023Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the House Judiciary Committee inquiry is a ‘transparent campaign to intimidate and attack’ him over his indictment of former President Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - April 12, 2023The new funds are part of President Joe Biden’s plan to switch to renewable sources of energy as climate change intensifies.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2023The state Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill restricting the rights of transgender athletes on Wednesday, one day after passing a bathroom ban.
By Associated Press - April 08, 2023The first of its kind in the U.S., Idaho’s new law bans people from helping minors obtain abortions without parental consent.
By Associated Press - April 07, 2023Indiana’s law mandates trans youth stop receiving medication before 2024. Idaho’s law makes providing gender-affirming health care a felony.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2023State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were accused of ‘disorderly behavior’ for chanting in support of gun safety legislation after a Nashville school shooting left six dead.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2023Donald Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2023He is the first former president in American history to face criminal charges.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2023‘Going through the wrong puberty, every day your body is a little bit farther from what feels like you,’ one trans teenager said. ‘And eventually, you don’t even recognize yourself in the mirror.’
By Associated Press - March 29, 2023‘I am truly without words. And our children deserve better,’ first lady Jill Biden said.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2023Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri are some of the other states where restrictions on expression related to sexual orientation or gender may affect education.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2023The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Biden administration’s rule requiring federal employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 on Thursday.
By Associated Press - March 26, 2023State lawmakers could override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the bill banning discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools next week.
By Associated Press - March 25, 2023President Biden ‘vetoed the bill because it jeopardizes the hard-earned life savings of cops, firefighters, teachers, and other workers,’ said the White House.
By Associated Press - March 21, 2023Legal abortions in the state will only be conducted in hospitals for emergencies and victims of sexual crimes starting in 2024.
By Associated Press - March 17, 2023‘Pat stood up for basic fairness, sensible policy, and women’s equal humanity,’ President Joe Biden said about the late congresswoman who helped champion the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
By Associated Press - March 15, 2023An anti-abortion group is seeking to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, which could result in the pill being removed from the market across the country.
By Associated Press - March 15, 2023Government accountability advocates are alarmed by proposed exemptions to Florida’s open-government laws.
By Associated Press - March 13, 2023Four states — California, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont — voted in favor of abortion rights in November 2022, joining voters in Kansas that did the same in August.
By Associated Press - March 12, 2023A bill banning gender-affirming hormone therapy and other life-saving treatment for transgender youth is working its way through the state Legislature.
By Associated Press - March 11, 2023On Feb. 28, the Supreme Court is hearing two challenges to the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student debt.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2023Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s decision to allow thousands of the company’s chargers to be used by other electric vehicles is ‘a big deal, and it’ll make a big difference,’ tweeted President Joe Biden.
By Associated Press - February 18, 2023The switch would allow the overdose-reversing drug to be sold in vending machines, convenience stores and supermarkets.
By Associated Press - February 16, 2023Four of the states with the highest proportion of Native American and Alaska Native residents have restrictions on abortion.
By Associated Press - February 15, 2023The funding comes from bipartisan gun safety legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in June 2022.
By Associated Press - February 14, 2023Brett Blanton, the Trump appointee tasked with managing the U.S. Capitol building, was called to resign by several members of Congress because of ‘administrative, ethical and policy violations.’
By Associated Press - February 14, 2023Pope’s formative essay in 1960 encouraging the fight for civil rights was published in the New York Times and several newspapers around the country, pushing Americans against segregation throughout the country.
By Associated Press - February 14, 2023