Senate averts government shutdown by passing federal funding ahead of midnight deadline
1 of 6 | Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer of New York leaves the U.S. Capitol after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill on…
Government shutdown looms: Schumer to vote in favor of CR bill, other Dems to vote ‘no’
1 of 3 | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at a press conference Wednesday. Schumer said Thursday he will vote for the CR to…
Spending bill needs votes from Democrat Senators to avoid government shutdown
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La, talks to press in December of 2024. The House passed a spending bill Tuesday that must pass the…
Trump nominee for VA’s No. 2 job grilled by lawmakers over recent layoffs
1 of 3 | Paul Lawrence testified Wednesday during a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination to be deputy secretary of the U.S.…
Senate to vote on second Democrat-led IVF protection bill
1 of 3 | "If Donald Trump and Republicans want to protect people's right to access IVF, they can vote yes on it,” Sen. Tammy…
Calls for boycotts, threats of arrests precede Netanyahu’s controversial speech to Congress
1 of 7 | Members of Jewish Voice for Peace hold a pro-Palestinian demonstration one day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint…
Senate to vote on Democratic package to protect rights to IVF
1 of 2 | The Senate will vote Thursday on a package of bills aiming to protect access to in vitro fertilization. File Photo by…
Senate hearing examines state abortion bans, ‘assault on women’s freedoms’
1 of 4 | Nisha Verma, MD, MPH, Fellow, Physicians for Reproductive Health, left, testified Tuesday before the Senate HELP Committee hearing on "The Assault…
First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. now available
A pedestrian walks by a Planned Parenthood location in New York City in March 2017. On Monday, it was announced that the first-ever over-the-counter birth…
Opinion: How Alabama’s IVF ruling unmasks the hypocrisy of antiabortion zealots
We don’t know whether former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, had any leftover embryos after they availed themselves of the advanced reproductive…
Pharma CEOs asked to defend high drug prices at Senate hearing
“The outrageous cost of prescription drugs in America means that 1 out of 4 of our people go to the doctor, get a prescription and…