Daniel Perry faces up to life in prison after being convicted of murder last week in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old protester. But Abbott has made clear that he believes Perry should walk free
In a rare move, a judge ordered a jury trial to weigh in on a complicated constitutional matter — whether developers have a vested right to complete the 145-mile transmission line project
A writer, E. Jean Carroll, sued Trump in November, saying he raped her in early 1996 after a chance meeting at an upscale store. The former president denies it
Massachusetts has purchased enough doses of the drug mifepristone to last for more than a year, while California has secured an emergency stockpile of up to two million pills of another abortion medication, misoprostol
Families filed into a basketball arena in Portland as Maine’s largest city deals with a months-long surge in immigration that has taxed its already limited housing market
The boy shot his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner, on January 6 inside her classroom at Richneck Elementary School. Police say the boy’s mother legally purchased the gun
The Brazilian president’s return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo what his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro did
The designation elevates the case of Evan Gershkovich in the U.S. government hierarchy and means that a dedicated State Department office will take the lead on securing his release
The former president has been claiming the 34 felony charges filed against him last week are part of a plot to interfere with the 2024 presidential election
State Senator Josh Kimbrell said that he would host DeSantis for an event on April 19 in Spartanburg, in South Carolina’s heavily Republican Upstate
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reached out to top allies, convened daily meetings to assess the damage and set up a group not only to assess the scope of the information lost but review who has access to those briefings
The government is calling a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. ‘extraordinary and unprecedented’
Union leaders say they are demanding salary increases, better job security for adjunct faculty and guaranteed funding for graduate students, among other requests
The president told an interviewer that he planned to participate in up to five more White House egg roll, alluding to his expected 2024 bid
A jury will soon decide whether the onetime leader of the Proud Boys extremist group is guilty in one of the most serious cases brought in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states
Authorities identified the gunman as 23-year-old Connor Sturgeon, who was also killed during the shooting Monday. The victims ranged in age from 40 to 64
Representative Justin Jones, a Black Democratic lawmaker, was expelled by Republican colleagues for participating in a gun control protest on the Tennessee House floor last week
In Alabama, a number of community colleges have sought new ways to help students through whatever life and academic challenges come up until they graduate
Geopolitical uncertainty and Putin’s threats have triggered more frequent visits to the Diefenbunker in Ottawa, Canada – one of the largest decommissioned nuclear shelters on the planet. Meanwhile, the success of ‘The Last of Us’ has proven our cultural fascination with the apocalypse
The conservative political establishment in the United States has capitalized on a massive public health crisis, betting on the demonization of Mexico as a strategy to win the 2024 presidential and legislative elections
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
