TikTok goes dark in the United States
NEW YORK — TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law to ban the popular social media platform was…
Opinion: Christopher Wray just broke a prime rule of dealing with Donald Trump
For someone who played a tough-talking executive on TV — “You’re fired!” — Donald Trump sure goes out of his way to avoid such confrontations.…
Ahead of second Trump term, California vows ‘ironclad’ abortion access
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation that reaffirms the state’s role as a reproductive rights “haven” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return…
Supreme Court allows Virginia GOP to stop alleged noncitizens from voting
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for Virginia Republicans, clearing the way for an election-eve purge of about 1,600 registered voters who were…
Why Elon Musk will probably get away with his dodgy voter lottery
Elon Musk’s voter registration lottery scheme is too cute by half and probably illegal. It also illustrates why violations of election law often go unpunished.Musk…
Dozens of pregnant patients turned away from ERs despite federal law
WASHINGTON — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her.Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her…
Noncitizens banned from voting in federal elections but not some local races
Marcela Rosas immigrated to Southern California from the Mexican state of Michoacán more than a decade ago in search of the American dream. She imagined…
After Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week’s Supreme…
Supreme Court gives judges more power to block federal regulations
WASHINGTON — In a major victory for business, the Supreme Court Friday gave judges more power to block new regulations if they are not clearly authorized…
Supreme Court rejects Idaho appeal to ban abortions in emergencies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court retreated Thursday from ruling on Idaho’s near total ban on abortions, leaving in place a judge’s order that for now allows…
Opinion: The Supreme Court did the right thing on mifepristone
The same Supreme Court that overruled Roe vs. Wade two years ago on Thursday followed well-established constitutional principles to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to…
California Democratic Party endorses ballot measures on same-sex marriage, taxes, rent control
SAN DIEGO — California Democratic Party leaders at their annual executive board convention this weekend took positions on a host of statewide measures that will —…
17 states sue over rules entitling workers to time off for abortion
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican attorneys general from 17 states have filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations…
Supreme Court to take up legal fight over ‘ghost guns’
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck…
Could Trump become president after being convicted of a crime?
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump made history last year as the first of the nation’s chief executives to be indicted for a crime. This week, he…
Scalia’s dissent drives Texas immigration dispute with Biden
WASHINGTON — For more than a century, immigration and border enforcement have been seen as falling exclusively under federal control, and when states tried to exert…