Young transgender athletes in Utah have been banned from competing on women's and girls' sports teams after GOP state lawmakers on Friday overrode a veto from their Republican governor to enact the controversial measure.
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be confirmed.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from a Washington, DC, hospital Friday morning a week after he was admitted for what a court spokesperson described as an infection.
The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of the men told a federal court this week.
New revelations of efforts by conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reverse the 2020 election results cast harsh light on the justices' opaque process for dealing with conflicts of interest and their lack of a formal code of conduct.
A Maryland judge on Friday blocked the state's new congressional map, which could have shut Republicans out of the state's delegation, ruling that it unfairly benefits Democrats.
The White House is targeting Republican senators for their support of judges nominated by then-President Donald Trump who, like Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, had sentenced child pornography offenders below the sentences sought by prosecutors or suggested by guidelines.
Another record-breaking surge of migrants may attempt to cross the US-Mexico border this spring, alarming officials who are now rushing to build more facilities and lining up prison buses to help accommodate the new arrivals.
Legislation recently approved in Florida would cut off free legal assistance to election officials -- alarming legal advocates who have worked to defend election workers from a barrage of threats, harassment and punishing new laws.
Lawmakers in Arizona approved two bills on Thursday targeting transgender youth in the state, including one that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care. The measures now will go to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey for his signature.
Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was found guilty on Thursday of concealing information and making false statements to federal authorities in regard to an investigation looking into illegal campaign contributions in his 2016 reelection campaign, the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said.
If there's one nation that understands Ukraine's torment, it's Poland, which welcomes President Joe Biden on Friday as part of his emergency mission to shore up NATO's defenses following Russia's brutal invasion.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has uprooted people on a speed and scale not seen since World War II, according to the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid group. While the unexpected flood of refugees has been shocking, the worldwide problem of displaced people is not new.
GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida faced intense backlash from Democrats and members of his own party for proposing a legislative agenda. House Republicans, however, aren't worried about opening themselves up to potential attacks as they prepare to unveil an official policy platform.
Four days of confirmation hearings gave America the fullest picture yet of the judge who will likely become the first Black female justice of the US Supreme Court.
The political world's attention in recent days has largely been centered on the Russia-Ukraine crisis and Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic Supreme Court nomination, the outcomes of which will have major implications for the future of Joe Biden's presidency.
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