Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year
September 19, 2023
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House will keep their one-vote majority after winning a Pittsburgh area seat in a special election
September 19, 2023
It’s Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York
September 19, 2023
President Joe Biden raised “hard issues,” including protecting the “checks and balances” in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York
September 20, 2023
One of the biggest fights over abortion rights this year is in Virginia, where all of the state House and Senate seats are up for reelection
September 20, 2023
As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while their cases wind through immigration courts
September 20, 2023
Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states
September 20, 2023
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home
September 20, 2023
A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces a re-election contest next year
September 20, 2023
India’s Parliament has taken a major step toward reserving 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, an issue that languished for nearly three decades because of a lack of consensus among political parties
September 20, 2023
Kentucky’s debate over abortion access is heating up the governor's race
September 20, 2023
The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All
September 20, 2023
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill setting the state’s presidential primary for April 2, potentially putting former President Donald Trump on the ballot as he stands trial in Manhattan for a hush-money criminal case
September 20, 2023
Surveillance video of a woman in Connecticut stuffing papers into an absentee ballot drop box has prompted an investigation into possible election fraud
September 20, 2023
Donald Trump has begun a fall press in Iowa where he hopes to lock in thousands of Republican caucusgoers in the early-voting state
September 20, 2023
Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the riot
September 20, 2023
House Republicans have grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Justice Department investigation of Hunter Biden in a contentious hearing that delved into aspects of the criminal justice system that typically play out long before the case enters a public courtroom
September 20, 2023
The Senate has confirmed Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, putting him in place to succeed Gen. Mark Milley when he retires at the end of the month
September 20, 2023
A judge has ruled that Hunter Biden must appear in person for a hearing where he is expected to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal in a long-running federal investigation
September 20, 2023
At the United Nations, “multilateralism” is always the goal, however fragmented and complex
September 20, 2023
Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them
September 20, 2023
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is attacking his Republican rivals while speaking out for the first time since his acquittal on corruption charges in his impeachment trial
September 21, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered an upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers and President Joe Biden in a whirlwind visit to Washington
September 21, 2023
Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles pounded cities across Ukraine, starting fires, killing at least five people and trapping others under rubble
September 21, 2023
More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump
September 21, 2023
New iPhone 16 unveiled in Russia as retailers skirt Apple's export ban
Canada's 2023 emissions edged lower but progress slow, report says
Bank of England widely expected to hold interest rates despite big US Fed cut
Ukraine faces 6 GW power supply shortfall this winter, IEA says
Poland's third-largest city braces for peaking floods
Jimmy Carter receives Holbrooke award from Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
The Thai zoo home to baby hippo and internet sensation Moo Deng is patenting the pygmy
A flying bat and a baserunning mistake cost Mariners chance to make up ground in playoff race