Gov. Abbott: Abortion bill won't force rape victims to have babies, Texas will ‘eliminate’ rapists  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weighed in on a burning question related to the state's recently passed bill banning abortions after six weeks: what about victims of rape?

Scoop: Manchin backs as little as $1 trillion of Biden's $3.5 trillion plan  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has privately warned the White House and congressional leaders that he has specific policy concerns with President Biden's $3.5 trillion social spending dream — and he'll support as little …

Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge  —  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.

How the rise of Politico shifted political journalism off course  —  Politico's sale last month to the German media company Axel Springer for a reported $1 billion was the culmination of a stunning rise of a publication founded in 2007 in what most people assumed was an overly-crowded market: coverage of Washington and U.S. politics.

Britney Spears' father petitions to end her conservatorship  —  (CNN)Britney Spears' fight to end her court-ordered conservatorship took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when her father and the conservator of her estate, Jamie Spears, filed a petition to end the arrangement.

Mexico's Supreme Court Votes to Decriminalize Abortion  —  The ruling sets a landmark legal precedent for potential legalization nationwide in the conservative Catholic country of some 120 million people.  —  MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that making abortion a crime …

‘The soul of Kabul’: Taliban paint over murals with victory slogans  —  Works including celebration of killed aid worker and signing of peace agreement are replaced  —  The Taliban have started replacing murals on Kabul's streets with paintings of their flags and Islamic slogans …

More Americans say 9/11 changed U.S. for worse than better, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans increasingly say the events of Sept. 11, 2001, had a more negative than positive impact on the country, and predictions for the pandemic's long-term impact are even more downbeat, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Lawsuit Filed Challenging New Texas Law Targeting Voting Rights  — HOME - > - News - > - Lawsuit Filed Challenging New Texas Law ...  Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Reed Smith LLP, and The Arc filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Houston Area Urban League …

An Incredible Exercise in Public Hypocrisy Is Unfolding Right on Schedule  —  The world's most predictable exercise in public hypocrisy is unfolding right on schedule.  After spending a couple of weeks belaboring the administration over how it allegedly left our Afghan allies behind …

All White Men Are White Men  —  If “white men” does not mean white men, how can “white men” hurt white men?  —  Categorical claims about people carry a certain amount of rhetorical force.  They do so because we have a variety of psychological and political hang-ups about categories like race and gender …

Biden anxiety levels  —  Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API)  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice  —  JOE BIDEN often thinks he's his own best messenger.

Why Should the Anti-Abortion Movement Settle for Just Ending Roe?  —  Two eminent philosophers, disguised as bad historians, show SCOTUS a path to a 50-state abortion ban.  —  Anyone who rides horses recognizes the moment when, at the end of a ride, a tired horse spots the barn.

Volusia County Councilman Fred Lowry ‘in the hospital wrestling with COVID-19’  —  DELAND — Volusia County Councilman Fred Lowry is hospitalized with COVID-19, County Chair Jeff Brower announced Tuesday.  —  “He is in the hospital wrestling with COVID-19.

Trump schedules rallies in Iowa, Georgia  —  Former President Trump will barnstorm Iowa and Georgia in the coming weeks as he looks to maintain his tight grip on the GOP base.  —  Trump's leadership PAC, Save America, announced Tuesday evening that Trump will appear in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25 and then in Des Moines on Oct. 9.

Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III dies at 90  —  Former U.S. Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III, the fourth generation of an iconic Illinois Democratic political family to hold public office and who lost the closest governor's race in state history, died Monday in his Chicago home.  He was 90.

NRCC dumps NYC retreat, adds Trump headliner  —  The GOP's House campaign arm is shuffling its winter fundraising schedule, putting Donald Trump in front of its top financial backers for its annual dinner.  —  Driving the news: The National Republican Congressional Committee told donors …

Sean Parnell's wife sought protective orders against him.  A rival says that's ‘disqualifying.’  —  Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Jeff Bartos launched a charged personal attack against a leading GOP opponent Tuesday, arguing that Sean Parnell is “unelectable” …

How Roger Ailes Turned Post-9/11 Islamophobia Into Murdoch Profits  —  DISASTER CAPITALISM … Nobody took Fox News seriously.  Then came the War on Terror.  They beat out CNN and never looked back.  —  They were out there, Roger Ailes always knew that.

Biden twisted inside out as he claims people don't say ‘tornado’ anymore  —  President Joe Biden stumbled through parts of his Tuesday briefing on Hurricane Ida, leaving the definition of a tornado unclear.  —  Biden visited New York and New Jersey to observe the damage caused in recent days by Hurricane Ida.

4 prisoners Obama exchanged for Bowe Berghdahl now in senior Taliban posts  —  Nearly all of those who hold senior positions have close ties to al Qaeda  —  Exclusive: FOX gets inside look at Afghanistan evacuee screening process  —  Four out of five Guantanamo detainees whom former …

Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate facing 4 felony charges  —  Milwaukee City Councilwoman Chantia Lewis, who is running for the Senate seat held by Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), was charged Tuesday with four felonies for allegedly stealing $21,000 from her own campaign and lying about it.

Fall's Economic Comeback Turns Into a September Slowdown  —  Delta variant undoes expectations; hiring and consumer spending slow in the face of fresh uncertainty  —  The U.S. economy is facing a slowdown in September, rather than the takeoff once hoped for.

Proceedings in 9/11 Case Resume, and Then Are Delayed Again  —  Days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the five men accused of plotting them returned to court after a long shutdown, only to have the hearing quickly recessed.  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba …

Former Trump adviser Jason Miller briefly detained in Brazil as political tumult grips country  —  Jason Miller, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he was detained and questioned by Brazilian authorities before eventually being released to fly back to the United States.

The Non-Education of Ross Douthat  —  The New York Times columnist insists on defending a version of the Republican party that doesn't exist.  —  It's a tricky situation: How is one to be a loyal and energetic advocate of electing Republicans without joining the corrupt, authoritarian cult of Trumpism that has subsumed the party?