Self-quarantined Republican Rep. Paul Gosar thinks it’s hilarious to imagine infecting an 87-year-old Supreme Court justice.

Attorneys attempting to defend Louisiana’s latest attack on abortion rights struggled to make their case to Supreme Court justices.

Virginia welcomes its first woman speaker of the House of Delegates the same week New York legislators pass a bill making it easier to vote, and Kansas worked to expand health care to 150,000 more residents.

As October winds down, progressives score several wins, including successfully defending employee access to birth control.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize for philosophy and culture.