Politics

A Michigan judge barred local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban on Monday, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could,...

Federal prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old man with a federal firearm crime, alleging that he sold the gun used by the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue...

The Supreme Court of the United States has consistently prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools. Simultaneously, lower courts have generally prohibited public school employees...

A Florida internet law is on hold while a lawsuit is being heard. Judge Robert Hinkle has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the implementation...

The stars of MSNBC's flagship morning show "Morning Joe" dedicated a segment this week to what the media got wrong about the Hunter Biden...

Nationalist blogger Roman Antonovsky's airtime has increased since fierce fighting broke out in February, thanks in large part to Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine. Before...

The New York Working Families Party is bolstering four of their New York City congressional favorites by endorsing incumbents in newly redrawn districts. The left-wing...

Records show that the Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio reported the procedure to the Indiana Department...

Yolanda Renee King is a seasoned speaker and activist at the age of 13. Many people may have noticed similarities between her and her grandfather,...

5 p.m. is canine happy hour in the park near Duboce Triangle in San Francisco. About 40 dogs run around chasing balls and wrestling...

An industry alliance led by Apple, Google, Amazon, and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices later this year, taking the technology...

A young rising star in the GOP, Madison Cawthorn is facing renewed sexual misconduct allegations from women who say he put them in uncomfortable situations while...

Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, came under fire for tweeting that the organization would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of...

Extinction Rebellion is planning to step up its campaign against the banking system with a series of direct-action protests and debt strikes in the...

According to Harvard economist Jason Furman, Russia's economy is 'unimportant' except for its natural gas resources. His remarks come as the United States and Europe...

Climbers were ecstatic when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports indicate that even the world's highest peak...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have struggled to organize their everyday lives with the same consistency and energy as before. Because...

According to a coalition of immigrant groups, a Fairfax County policy aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation is not being implemented aggressively enough....

Haseena Niazi had staked her hopes for her fiancé's departure from Afghanistan on a rarely used immigration provision. Given the evidence he provided about Taliban...

The Biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics this week, according to a senior administration official...

Elizabeth Walsh, a mother of three elementary school-aged children in Washington, D.C., is determined not to become one of those wealthy white families that...

According to authorities, the head coach and six members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams were among nine people...

Cellphones, the ultimate distraction, keep children from learning, according to educators. However, in attempts to keep phones away from students, the most vocal opposition...

Two of the committee's most senior members said on Jan. 6 that they believe Donald Trump committed wrongdoing in connection with the riot, but...

Russia has issued a warning against a repeat of the NATO Western military alliance's bombing campaign of Yugoslavia on its 22nd anniversary, as Washington's...

Corporate pledges to bear a greater share of the cost of managing America's trash are being tested in Maine, which could become the first...

The first pieces of meteorite to be found in the UK for three decades have been discovered in a village in the Cotswolds. Scientists have...

President Joe Biden praised New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday for her success in combating domestic extremism and gun violence, as he...

President Biden is fully expected to commit to signing multiple executive orders every day this week. Apparently his first order is expected to address...

The European Union's drug regulator approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for use on children aged 5 to 11, paving the way for shots to be...

A sprawling, privately run detention center in Adelanto, California's windswept desert town, could house nearly 2,000 migrants facing deportation. However, it is nearly empty...

Hong Kong residents in Canada are banding together to assist the latest influx of migrants fleeing Beijing's tightening grip on their city. Networks across the...

Olympic officials defended rules that forced a US medal contender out of the Tokyo Games on Friday, after a Republican senator suggested without evidence...

As President Biden puts effort into reversing the Trump-era policies on immigration, it appears as though things have been moving slower than anticipated.  There are...

On Wednesday, the governors of California and Nevada planned to tour the state line area blackened by one of two massive wildfires that have...

Mehle Taylor, 10, drew a picture of Rogelio Torres, one of her close friends who was brutally killed in last month's school shooting massacre,...

The wedding industry continues to be wasteful, but a growing number of brides and grooms are pushing for more environmentally friendly changes, from the...

As authorities reversed more than two years of coronavirus controls, Chinese hospitals scrambled to contain new outbreaks across the nation on Monday. Authorities last week...

New Zealand's parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow mothers and their partners three days of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. While employers...

Mahbu Avtar sits in an orange plastic chair and pulls down her sleeve, ready for her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, in a small...

California has issued a direct challenge to the United States Supreme Court at the intersection of gun and abortion rights, as Gov. Gavin Newsom...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may be less effective in people with obesity, data suggests. Italian researchers have discovered that healthcare workers with obesity produced only about...

Human activities, such as the use of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have exacerbated the intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall over land...

Joey Cassanova, a retired MMA fighter, posted a video to his TikTok page on April 7th, 2021, with the message, "If you only knew...

Scotland lacks the authority to conduct a fresh referendum on independence without the approval of the British government, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled on...

China will step up efforts to further open up the financial industry to foreign investment as a means of bolstering its post-coronavirus economic recovery...

Huawei will begin charging smartphone makers a royalty to use its patented 5G technology as the Chinese technology firm looks to open a new...

House Democrats hope to start debating a roughly $2 trillion proposal to overhaul the country's health care, education, climate, immigration, and tax laws as...

Negotiations to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed this week in Vienna, more than ten months after they first began. Iran's nuclear advancements in...

Steve Bannon and other former Trump administration officials are facing legal consequences for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the House select committee...

Having long been at loggerheads over trade, technology and capital markets, the world's foremost economic superpowers are turning their attention to climate change as...

After being briefly detained by police last week, an opposition politician and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has fled Russia. Dmitry Gudkov claimed...

Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson have suspected Russian forces had a special plan for their town since the occupiers took control...

Although doctors have long suggested that exercise can lower the risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes, such as hospitalization and death, it has never been...

Russia has upped its saber rattling in Eastern Europe and the Arctic, a move that has put the Biden administration on alert. In the past...

With former President Donald Trump’s tax records finally in the hands of the New York district attorney, investigations are ramping up on whether or...

Scientists reported in a new study published Thursday that human-caused climate change has disrupted a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, including...

High school athletics are feeling the effects of the omicron surge, from paused games to restricted fans, during a winter season that coaches and...

This weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will face her most important foreign policy assignment yet in Germany, where she will try to keep European...

The Prime Minister has bowed to ministerial pressure to resign as Tory leader, but he intends to stay in No. 10 until the party...

In a statement sent on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's impassioned address to the United States Congress on Wednesday, Donald Trump boasted...

Historians cut into a 36-pound copper time capsule found in the pedestal of a monument to former Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond,...

According to a draft government watchdog report, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appears unprepared to take full responsibility for the...

In a video appears to show Ukrainian special forces mining a pontoon bridge built by Russian troops to cross a river in the eastern...

The coal plant is shutting down. Hundreds of workers will be laid off in this tiny Utah town surrounded by cattle, alfalfa fields, and...

Public health experts hoped that after the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer-COVID-19 BioNTech's vaccine in August, vaccine uptake would skyrocket. Unvaccinated Americans were not...

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Despite strong opposition from cities and towns, Gov. Dan McKee, a former mayor of Cumberland, has allowed a bill providing a tax break to...

A dispute between railroads and labor unions could result in a shutdown as early as Friday, halting most train traffic across the country. Trains...

President Joe Biden declared Juneteenth the newest federal holiday last year. On this day, June 19, 1865, the last enslaved people in America were...

West Virginia will receive $99 million as part of a settlement with Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the drugmaker's role in...

In June, approximately 20 engineers were invited to a meeting at the headquarters of rocket manufacturer SpaceX. Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO...

President Biden scored a major victory late Friday when the House passed a $1 trillion public-works bill, but the White House faces new challenges...

Activists in Mexico have applauded a Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion, claiming that it will put an end to the legal prosecution of...

Colonial Pipeline's CEO faced tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday about his company's ransomware attack, which caused a major disruption in the nation's fuel supply...

President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan if China attacked, reiterating his support for the island as...

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s former top adviser, will give testimony to the January 6 committee today. After the former president's daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump...

A senior Taliban commander declared on Wednesday that the return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan will mean a return to sharia law, the group's...

Fadel Alkilani stood by a pile of trash bags filled with American flags on a patch of grass at Washington University in St. Louis...

When the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about whether parents can use state education funds for sectarian schools on Wednesday, the central...