After two failed attempts, the Arizona state House passed a bill on Wednesday to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864 that the state Supreme Court revived earlier this month.
Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat who served in Congress since 2012, has died at age 65. He had been hospitalized since earlier this month.
Idaho's argument that its abortion ban has an exception if it's necessary to prevent death doesn't jibe with emergency room practices or medical ethics.
This week, Congress and President Joe Biden took the next step to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from using Americans’ data against us.
Documented liar and alleged fraudster George Santos has ended his independent bid for a House seat that he had little chance of winning, saying he did not want to split the vote with his Republican rival and risk electing a Democrat.
Several arrests were reported on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin after police ordered a group of pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse.
The president of Columbia University is facing a possible censure vote for calling the NYPD to arrest students at an anti-war encampment on the school's campus. Chris Jansing spoke to Jacob Schmeltz, who is a senior at Columbia, about his current experience there as a student.
Netflix new top show "Baby Reindeer" explores how desire and intimacy’s relationship to shame is deeply entrenched and hard to disentangle for trauma survivors.
Donald Trump continues to beg congressional Republicans to rescue him from his prosecutions. Whether he understands this or not, they can't help him.
Robert Kennedy Jr.'s odd positions on climate change should position him to hurt Trump more than Biden.
Sen. Ron Johnson has an unfortunate habit of saying what Russia wants to hear. This week, the Wisconsin Republican added to his unsettling record.
A bill championed by Tennessee Republicans is rooted in the idea that schools would be safer if educators carried firearms. The policy is poised to become law.
Supreme Court justices are hearing arguments today on emergency abortion care. The Biden administration says Idaho's near-total abortion ban conflicts with a federal law. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor is outside the Supreme Court with reporting and MSNBC's Lisa Rubin provides more legal analysis.
In the fight over security aid, Marco Rubio accused the bill's proponents of “blackmail” and “extortion.” Even by 2024 standards, that was bonkers.
Eight years later, sworn testimony suggests Ted Cruz was right about Donald Trump and the National Enquirer — but Cruz apparently doesn't want to gloat.
It took six months, but Congress passed a security aid package without border reforms, which is what Democrats wanted in the first place.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, reacted Tuesday to Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial, saying everybody has made their own assessment of Trump's character.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for his actions on and before Jan. 6.
Donald Trump went after Judge Merchan on social media moments after the gag order hearing during his hush money election interference trial. Yet, Trump looked “small, tired and alone” in the courtroom experts in attendance observed.
Elon Musk is fighting Australia after its government called for a video of a bishop being stabbed at a church to be removed from X, his social media platform.
Thursday morning, Juror No. 2 told Judge Juan Merchan that she could no longer be an impartial participant in Donald Trump’s historic trial. She was not alone.
