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Kansas abortion providers may soon have a new set of rules promoted by anti-abortion groups to abide by less than a year after voters overwhelmingly opted to retain access to the procedure in the state. As abortion rights advocates sat in the House gallery with signs about last year’s vote, the Kansas House voted Wednesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto on three anti-abortion bills. One requires providers to notify patients a medication abortion is reversible — though that isn’t proven. Another... Читать дальше...

In his new book Letters to Trump, former President Donald Trump resurrected his dislike for the late Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain, this time taking aim at the deceased lawmaker's 2018 state funeral for being too long.

The Senate held a hearing on abortion Wednesday, though many Republicans didn't stick around for most of the testimony. Among the women who spoke was Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after a medical emergency during her pregnancy meant that she couldn't get an abortion until she was closer to death.

Rep. Zooey Zephyr will not be allowed on the floor or gallery of the Montana House of Representatives for the remainder of the legislative session and will only be allowed to participate via Zoom after Republicans on Wednesday voted to punish the Missoula Democrat for what they said were her breaches of decorum and House rules.

New Jersey law enforcement moved in on the home of a Republican candidate in East Brunswick. According to Patch, David Herrera, who ran for the town council, threatened to "light up the Mayor and Town Council," the court affidavit explained.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Donald Trump, that his client was in "harm's way" after Eric Trump tweeted about E. Jean Carroll's rape allegations despite instructions from the judge.

More and more users have been including preferred gender pronouns in their Twitter bios over time, according to new research published in the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media. The research also provides evidence that words and phrases related to left-wing politics are more likely to be used alongside pronoun lists. Preferred pronouns refer to the pronouns (such as “she” and “her”) that an individual chooses to use for themselves, as opposed to the pronouns that are traditionally associated with their sex or gender. Читать дальше...

Attorneys representing Hunter Biden met with Department of Justice prosecutors Wednesday to address potential charges the president’s son could face amid an ongoing federal probe, NBC News reports.

Former president Donald Trump will reportedly attend his wife Melania Trump's 53rd birthday celebration "if his schedule allows."

A state senator embroiled in a medical malpractice case wants an Allen County judge to block public access to court records and pause proceedings while he finishes the legislative session.

Fox News indicated that it would turn over materials about Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and other company executives to voting machine company Smartmatic.

Former president Donald Trump's border wall was used by an associate of his former campaign CEO, Steve Bannon, to fraudulently raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for himself. That associate has now been handed a four-year prison sentence.

Conservative commentator Candace Owens on Wednesday blasted Ron DeSantis over the Florida governor’s four-nation tour.

Journalist and writer E. Jean Carroll in dramatic testimony Wednesday told a jury that in the mid-1990's Donald Trump raped her, which she described as "extremely painful," and said he lied about it when she made the accusation public.

As outrage from some conservatives blew up over Bud Light's sponsorship deal with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, former President Donald Trump was notably silent as calls for a boycott of the company grew.

An Illinois man was charged with murder after fatally shooting his neighbor during an argument.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who narrowly won his recent reelection, complained that global climate change didn't really matter because his state could use a little less snow.

Along with the stethoscope and camembert cheese, mifepristone may be one of France’s greatest inventions. It’s one of two drugs taken for medical abortions, along with misoprostol, and has been making headlines in the US, where a Texas judge issued a ruling to ban it nationwide. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the history of these two drugs.

A federal judge has thrown out former GOP Congressman Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against Esquire reporter Ryan Lizza, who wrote a 2018 article claiming an Iowa dairy farm owned by Nunes' family knowingly employed undocumented immigrants, McClatchy reported.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suggested a national vote on abortion policy despite recent polls showing record-high approval for the procedure.

By Philip Pullella

(Reuters) - Pope Francis, in a historic move that could lead to more inclusiveness in decision-making in the Roman Catholic Church, will allow women to vote for the first time at a global meeting of bishops in October.

In the past, women were allowed to attend the synods, a papal advisory body, as auditors but with no right to vote.

The revolutionary rules, announced on Wednesday, allow for five religious sisters with voting rights.

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Recession concerns may be weighing on consumer minds, but General Motors Co. showed Tuesday those fears aren’t affecting its sales or financial performance. Powered by a successful first three months of the year, the Detroit automaker outperformed Wall Street expectations in its first-quarter earnings. And it increased guidance for the year, upping its adjusted earnings before taxes target to between $11 billion and $13 billion, an improvement over the previous outlook of $10.5 billion to $12.5... Читать дальше...

A Florida board designed to oversee government services at Disney World voted this Wednesday to nullify two agreements that greenlighted the company's expansion, The New York Times reported.

A conservative columnist feuded with the Wall Street Journal's opinion editor over U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.

President Joe Biden announced his reelection campaign on Tuesday, focusing on "freedoms" as the key issue.