Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority.
Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone.
Donald Trump's lawyers press judge to lift gag order in wake of ex-president's felony conviction
Donald Trump’s lawyers are amplifying their calls to end the gag order that bars the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the Manhattan criminal trial that ended in his conviction last month for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
House moves to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio
The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case.
Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol
House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump as the former president returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s election.
More global confidence in Biden than Trump even as views of US democracy decline, poll finds
A new poll finds that people around the globe have greater confidence in President Joe Biden to do the right thing compared to his challenger in this year's U.S. elections, former President Donald Trump.
Two weeks after hush money verdict, Trump to meet with Senate Republicans
Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.
In the rough: Felony convictions could cost Trump liquor licenses at 3 New Jersey golf courses
New Jersey’s attorney general’s office is looking into whether Donald Trump’s recent felony convictions in New York make him ineligible to hold liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf courses.
Supreme Court will take up Meta's bid to end lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
Trump will speak to a Christian group that calls for abortion to be 'eradicated entirely'
Donald Trump is scheduled to address a Christian group that calls for abortion to be “eradicated entirely,” as the Republican frontrunner has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of national abortion rights but said he wants to leave the issue to the states.
Hunter Biden's gun trial enters its final stretch after deeply personal testimony about his drug use
The criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son is heading into its final stretch as the defense tries to chip away at the prosecutors' case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden’s drug-fueled past.
Takeaways from Hunter Biden's gun trial: His family turns out as his own words are used against him
Hunter Biden’s trial on gun charges brought by his father’s Justice Department has spotlighted embarrassing details about the president’s son in full view while first lady Jill Biden has sat in a Delaware courtroom.
Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule
New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration.
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona's fake elector case
Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman have pleaded not guilty in Phoenix to nine felony charges for their roles in an effort to overturn Trump’s election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota's state primaries
While possible Republican vice presidential hopeful Doug Burgum travels the country campaigning for former President Donald Trump, the race to succeed him as North Dakota governor tops the list of contests voters will decide in statewide and local primaries.
The prosecution is wrapping up in Hunter Biden's gun trial. There are 2 more witnesses expected
Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case against Hunter Biden, with two more witnesses expected Friday in their effort to prove to jurors that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he wasn’t “an unlawful user of, or addicted to” drugs.
Former officers who defended the US Capitol on Jan. 6 visited the Pa. House. Some GOP members jeered
Some Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives booed and walked out this week when two former police officers who helped protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot were recognized on the state House floor.
Secret Service head says RNC security plans not final as protesters allege free speech restrictions
The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event.
Tim Scott, a potential Trump VP pick, launches a $14 million outreach effort to minority voters
A top ally and potential running mate of ex-President Donald Trump is launching an effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in November’s elections.
Republican Curtis Bashaw's nomination fueling GOP hope in deeply Democratic New Jersey
Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary and the chance that Sen. Bob Menendez’s independent campaign could split Democrats is fueling GOP hopes they can put a reliably Democratic Senate seat in play this fall.
Appeals court halts Trump's Georgia case during appeal of order allowing Willis to stay on case
An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case.