Becerra told CNN’s State of the Union: “We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision” so women can continue to have “access to a drug that’s proven itself safe”. “Mifepristone is one of the safest and most effective medicines that we have seen over the last 20 years to help women with their health care”, he said
Justin Jones and Justin Pearson follow their ouster by the Republican-led Legislature for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. The Nashville metro council is likely to reappoint Jones during a specially called meeting Monday
Lawmakers portray Omar as a serious legislator who in the past four years has earned admiration for giving voice to marginalized groups often forgotten on Capitol Hill. And she’s moved up the ranks in the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Los Angeles Unified School District workers have approved a contract to increase wages and provide better benefits for staffers after a three-day strike last month
For more than 20 years, the judge did not declare luxury trips that he received from a powerful Republican donor
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a decision that overruled decades of scientific approval. He is an appointee of former President Donald Trump and was confirmed in 2019
The early drafts of the analysis showed that catching COVID-19 could increase the chances of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the vaccine, but that information was missing from the final version put out by the Florida Department of Health
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault
Some communities are now finding a niche, offering an alternative to endless lift lines and soaring ticket prices
The president keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in March. More than 236,000 jobs were added. But there has been no political payoff for the Democrat
A transcript of a recent hearing held in a court in Texas shows Guillermo Turrent and Javier Gutiérrez failed to convince a judge to dismiss CFE International’s case against them
‘It is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and is deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet to help ensure regional maritime security and stability,’ Commander Timothy Hawkins said
The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwanese who want to make the island’s de facto independence permanent
The removal of two Black lawmakers reflects a trend in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process
The White House says the U.S. president will visit Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark 25 years since the Good Friday peace accord
The whiplash of the conflicting decisions is likely to put the issue on an accelerated path to the Supreme Court
In recent years, California, Colorado and Maryland passed similar bans on cosmetics containing PFAS that go into effect in 2025. Proposals are under consideration in Washington and Oregon while bills have also been introduced in Illinois, Rhode Island and Georgia.
Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned onto a street and into a large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Austin
Critics on Long Island, a sprawling expanse of communities home to 2.9 million people, are denouncing provisions that would set growth targets, drive denser development near train stations and sometimes let state officials override local zoning decisions
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spat with Walgreens began after the company indicated it would not distribute abortion pills by mail in some conservative states. That pill, mifepristone, when combined with another pill, will end a pregnancy
The decision throws into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval
The 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, who have been in Thailand since last September, were arrested last week in the seaside city of Pattaya for overstaying their visas, fined, and then taken to Bangkok, where they were detained in immigration facilities
ProPublica reported that Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips from the donor nearly every year without reporting them
The court rejected his bid to remain free while he contests his conviction for carrying out a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes
Sending special investigation teams to crashes means that the agency suspects the Tesla was operating on systems that can handle some aspects of driving.
The proposed rule would prohibit blanket bans, like those that have been approved in at least 20 states. But it would still allow schools to adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation
On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness
