How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm.  —  The court's five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow.

‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls to abolish immigration enforcement agency  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the immigration debate, diverting attention away from his administration's treatment …

The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open  —  In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession.  The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it.

Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations  —  WASHINGTON — Protesters marched into Lafayette Square opposite the White House on Saturday and chanted “families belong together” to counter President Trump's “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and were joined in declaring …

With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil  —  Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off that they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.

Yelp reviewers give Canadian restaurant one-star reviews after it kicks out Trump supporter  —  Reviewers flooded the Yelp page of a Canadian restaurant with one-star reviews after a manager was fired for kicking out a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

Conservative Hugh Hewitt makes surprise announcement MSNBC has pulled plug on his show  —  MSNBC has cancelled that weekly television show hosted by right-wing pundit Hugh Hewitt, the conservative explained at the end of his final show on Saturday.  —  “This has been the last Hugh Hewitt Show on Saturday mornings,” Hewitt explained.

‘The Blue Wave Came’: G.O.P. Reels as Little Havana Picks a Non-Hispanic Democrat  —  MIAMI — Little Havana awoke recently to an unexpected new reality: The iconic neighborhood, the traditional heart of South Florida's proud Cuban exile community, would no longer be represented on the county commission by a Cuban-American Republican.

Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours)  —  Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood.  Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts.  But when I checked Twitter later …

‘We care’: Family separation protests flood US cities  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — They wore white.  They shook their fists in the air.  They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What's next?  Concentration Camps?”  —  In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands …

Former teacher in custody after pulling out a gun at Huntsville immigration policy protest  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville City Schools teacher is in custody after police said he pulled out a gun at a protest in Big Spring Park.  —  Lt. Michael Johnson of the Huntsville Police …

Federal program housing nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans post-Maria coming to an end  —  The final day for nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans to receive temporary housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arrives Saturday.  —  FEMA's transitional sheltering assistance helps …

Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation  —  “I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of marches took place across …

Authoritarian threats to American democracy demand urgent action  —  Two years after the Russian government attempted to undermine the 2016 presidential election, the United States still does not have a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by foreign interference in our democracy.