In the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos are people, Chief Justice Tom Parker wrote a concurring opinion that sought to define the “sanctity of unborn life,” citing heavily from scripture and theology. His opinion, which drew criticism from abortion rights activists for instilling religious beliefs into a judicial decision, was the latest […]Read More

Some Republican elder statesmen are trying to send a message to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) by urging him to make forceful decisions that will not please portions of the GOP conference. Two early March deadlines on government funding are looming, as is the ongoing dispute over funding Ukraine’s defenses. On these and other issues, […]Read More

Ohio Republicans last year suffered a double blow in their efforts to thwart the steady nationwide progress of abortion rights ballot measures. First they tried and failed to require ballot measures to get 60 percent of the vote, in a transparent ploy to raise the threshold for an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution. […]Read More

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Nine-year-old Joely Scherwitz bounced with excitement, hand outstretched and clutching a yellow beaded friendship bracelet reading “FEARLESS,” as she waited for Nikki Haley after a rally at a wedding venue here Sunday. Bracelets like Scherwitz’s, adorned with the name of Taylor Swift’s sophomore album, have had a resurgence in the past […]Read More

LOS ANGELES — Far-right activist Chaya Raichik splits her time between California, where she’s registered to vote, and Florida, where she often travels. But the place where she arguably is having the biggest impact these days is Oklahoma, a state she’s visited only once. Raichik, who operates the social media account Libs of TikTok, has […]Read More

GREENVILLE, S.C. — When Nikki Haley stood onstage here Tuesday festooned by American flags and defiantly said she would stay in the GOP primary even if she lost her home state, she was alone even as many of the state’s top politicians were nearby. Instead, the state’s governor, both senators, many congressmen and top donors […]Read More

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former President Trump sought to appeal to Black voters on Friday night in South Carolina by repeatedly citing the 91 felony charges he faces and comparing them to unfair treatment from the criminal justice system toward minorities in America. “A lot of people said that’s why the Black people liked me, because […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump and Republican candidates in key Senate races voiced support for in vitro fertilization treatment Friday, distancing themselves from a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that has again highlighted the electoral challenge Republicans face over their stances on abortion and other reproductive rights. The Alabama court’s decision last week — that frozen […]Read More

Charles V. Hamilton, a self-described academic activist of the Black Power movement whose landmark 1967 manifesto with student organizer Stokely Carmichael reframed the civil rights struggle by calling on Black people to undermine America’s “institutional racism” on their own terms, has died in Chicago at 94. The death on Nov. 18 — confirmed by his […]Read More