House Republicans finally felt they were done going through the stages of grief. Over months of infighting, emotions ran the gamut from denial to depression while they watched the conference struggle with the aftermath of ousting the speaker of the House. But many Republican lawmakers had begun to accept that their slim majority was unlikely […]Read More

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Israel on Tuesday to abandon plans for a major ground offensive against Hamas militants in southern Gaza, as the Biden administration attempts to curtail a spiraling humanitarian crisis at a moment of acute strain between the United States and its closest Middle Eastern ally. In talks with Defense Minister Yoav […]Read More

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Israel on Tuesday to abandon plans for a major ground offensive against Hamas militants in southern Gaza, as the Biden administration attempts to curtail a spiraling humanitarian crisis at a moment of acute strain between the United States and its closest Middle Eastern ally. In talks with Defense Minister Yoav […]Read More

Antiabortion activists have spent several years resurrecting the Comstock Act, arguing that a future Republican administration could use the 151-year-old law to block the mailing of all abortion-related drugs and materials to effectively ban abortions nationwide. The Supreme Court may be about to hand them a legal road map. Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and […]Read More

PHOENIX — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who has amplified former president Donald Trump’s false claims about rigged elections, has decided not to defend statements she made about a top election official in the state’s largest county who sued her for defamation. Attorneys for Lake, her 2022 campaign for governor and an […]Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Biden has been trying out a new riff on the campaign trail, aiming to seize on a growing vulnerability facing Donald Trump. “I know everyone is not feeling the enthusiasm,” Biden said Tuesday at a fundraiser in Raleigh, part of a multistate campaign tour this month. “The other day, a defeated […]Read More

A lawsuit accusing Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, of sexual misconduct is being ended, according to both sides. The lawsuit began last year when a Republican operative, Carlton Huffman, alleged that Schlapp groped him without his consent during a political trip to Georgia in October 2022, then said in […]Read More

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to limit access to mifepristone, a key medication that is used in more than 60 percent of U.S. abortions and has emerged as the next front in the battle over how and whether women can terminate their pregnancies. During nearly two hours of oral argument, a majority of […]Read More

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for president as an independent candidate, chose Bay Area tech lawyer and megadonor Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Kennedy made the announcement Tuesday in Shanahan’s hometown of Oakland, Calif. In making the announcement, Kennedy said he was looking for someone who shared his “passion for wholesome, healthy […]Read More