Arkansas sued after rejecting petitions for abortion ballot measure
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Tuesday. Following the rejection of a petition…
Opinion: The Republican Party’s bait and switch on abortion
When Republicans affirmed their party’s platform this week, it included a supposedly moderated position on abortion. Don’t believe it.For decades, the GOP has explicitly pledged…
You may not know the name, but Bill Baird is ‘father’ of birth control
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Bill Baird has been called many things: butcher, murderer, pied piper of sex, unholy deviant. It’s hard to imagine the 92-year-old man on…
Biden may endorse some big Supreme Court reforms. Do they have a chance?
WASHINGTON — President Biden has told progressives in Congress that he will soon endorse proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including by putting term limits on…
Photos: Gaza, abortion and migrant rights protests outside RNC in US | Protests News
Hundreds of demonstrators have converged on downtown Milwaukee to protest at the Republican National Convention (RNC), saying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump…
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to talk abortion politics
WASHINGTON — Phoenix pastor the Rev. Warren H. Stewart Sr. has had countless discussions this election season with fellow Black men on the economy, criminal justice,…
Christian nationalism is emerging as an overt threat to democracy
Last week, Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley admitted something that might have once shocked his party.“Some will say I’m calling America a Christian nation,” Hawley…
Project 2025, GOP platform blast California, teeing up attacks on possible Biden stand-ins
At the start of Project 2025’s conservative playbook for a second Trump presidency, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts took aim at leaders who he said…
Republicans gathering in Milwaukee to nominate Trump again. Here’s what to expect
For all the usual stagecraft, the Republican National Convention that opens Monday is different from Donald Trump‘s previous nominating affairs. In 2016 and 2020, Trump…
Arkansas abortion ballot initiative rejected
Bankers boxes filled with more than 100,000 signatures in support of putting an abortion measure on Novembers ballot were dropped off at the Arkansas State…
Arkansas officials reject petitions for abortion rights ballot measure
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas election officials rejected petitions Wednesday that were submitted for an abortion rights ballot measure that organizers hoped to put before voters…
What Republicans still don’t understand about Trump’s agenda
Donald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and…
4 takeaways from the new GOP platform — or Trump’s playbook
The Republican National Convention’s platform committee released its new platform Monday, cementing the party’s alignment with Donald Trump ahead of next week’s convention in Milwaukee.…
Kansas Supreme Court throws out abortion clinic regulations
July 6 (UPI) -- The Kansas Supreme Court declared a series of decade-old abortion regulations unconstitutional. The court's 5-1 ruling Friday involves a 2015 law…
Kansas’ Supreme Court strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court has strongly reaffirmed that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and…
Abortion-rights measure appears headed for November ballot in Arizona
PHOENIX — Arizona abortion rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November’s ballot in the key…
Arizona, Nebraska abortion ballot initiatives to advance
Protesters argue over abortion rights in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the first anniversary of the court's ruling in the Dobbs v. Women's…
Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again
Emergency access to abortion has been a flashpoint in the chaotic aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to terminate a pregnancy in…
Biden flops, Trump lies and Democrats face tough decisions on what comes next
Where were President Biden’s debate-enhancing drugs Thursday night, and more importantly, can his supporters access them now to dull memories of his weak performance during…
Biden-Trump debate takeaways: abortion, immigration, ‘morals’
In their first televised debate, President Biden and former President Trump called each other criminals and liars and looked at each other with open disdain.…