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The Arizona House voted on Wednesday to repeal the state's controversial 1864 abortion ban

The abortion case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday featured vigorous questioning and comments, particularly by the three liberal justices. At issue is whether Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion is so strict that it violates a federal law requiring emergency care for any patient, including providing abortions for pregnant women in dire situations.

A ruling could reverberate beyond Idaho, to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans.

The implications of the case could also extend beyond abortion, including whether...

The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on Wednesday over whether federal law should allow doctors to perform emergency abortions in states with near-total bans on the procedure, in a case that could determine access to abortion in emergency rooms across the country.

The lively, two-hour argument focused on a clash between Idaho, whose law limits access to abortion unless the life of the pregnant woman is in danger, and federal law. Questioning by the justices suggested a divide along ideological — and possibly gender — lines.

“What Idaho is...

No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned.

After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and been signed by President Biden. The measure gives Beijing-based parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the company, with a possible additional three months if a sale is in progress. If it doesn't, TikTok will be banned.

So what does this...

U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democratic congressman representing New Jersey's 10th Congressional District, has died after being hospitalized earlier in April, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday.

Payne was 65.

"Tammy and I are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of our friend, and a steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. Our heartfelt prayers are with his family during this difficult time," Murphy said in an X post.

On April17, Payne's office said that the congressman had been hospitalized earlier in the...

Pedro Sánchez says he will "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job.

You’ve heard of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Well, how about U.S. Prime Minister Mike Johnson?

These are the political circumstances now facing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. After all, he runs a "coalition government" in Congress.

We hear about so-called "coalition governments" in parliaments overseas all the time.

A coalition government exists when no party wins an outright majority of seats. Thus, various factions team up to form a "coalition" and anoint a prime minister.

Coalition governments are common in Japan. In the...

President Biden seemed to suffer a verbal slip-up during a speech at a trade union conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

Biden, reading off a teleprompter, appeared to incorporate script instructions in the middle of his speech, resulting in an awkward applause line. The moment came during a section of his remarks straight out of a campaign stump speech.

"I see an America where we defend democracy, not diminish it. I see an America, where we protect freedoms, not take them away," Biden said. "I see an economy that grows a lot in the bottom...

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump said New York Judge Juan Merchan "thinks he is above the Supreme Court," after "prohibiting" him from attending arguments Thursday on presidential immunity, telling Fox News Digital it is "the most important case in many years" before the high court.

The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital on Wednesday after spending the last two days in a Manhattan courtroom for opening arguments and witness testimony in his unprecedented criminal trial...

Allergy season is here, but it doesn't have to make you miserable

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson is visiting Columbia University on Wednesday, where he's expected to call for the university's president to resign as the campus has been roiled with accusations of antisemitism amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests.

Johnson said in an interview on "The Hugh Hewitt" show Wednesday morning that he plans to call on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign, saying Shafik "has shown to be a very weak, inept leader." GOP Reps. Mike Lawler and Nicole Malliotakis of New York are slated to join the...

On its face, the case argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday was about whether doctors in Idaho have the obligation to provide abortions to women facing emergency risks to their lives.

But a difference in word choice by the justices and the lawyers revealed a more fundamental debate, one that goes straight to the ultimate goal of the anti-abortion movement.

The lawyer for Idaho and the conservative justices including Samuel A. Alito Jr., who wrote the majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, employed the term “unborn child,” a term used in...

Same-sex couples are more likely to face the threat of climate change compared to straight couples in the U.S., a new report from the progressive UCLA School of Law claims.

"Same-sex couples are more likely to reside in communities with poorer infrastructure and less access to resources. They are, therefore, less prepared to respond and adapt to natural hazards and other climate disruptions," the report, authored by data analyst Lindsay Mahowald and senior fellow Ari Shaw, said.

As such, lawmakers and disaster relief service providers should...

EXCLUSIVE: A rebranding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s investigative unit, purportedly due to "undue toxicity" that ICE faces from some on the left, is apparently causing some frustration within the agency -- with a top official in its separate branch promising employees that it will avoid "political theater."

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which is part of ICE and conducts federal criminal investigations involving transnational crime, rolled out a standalone website on Tuesday that shakes off the ICE branding.

ICE acting...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said the Gaza cease-fire encampments at Columbia University are being "co-opted and made to look bad" – but would not answer questions on whether she would say the same about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

"Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That’s what we are seeing now at Columbia University," Omar wrote on X earlier this week.

"The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in...