Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says  —  The ruling Friday night exposes abortion providers to fines and lawsuits even before the state's trigger law goes into effect.  —  Copy link  —  Texas can enforce its abortion ban from 1925, the state Supreme Court ruled late Friday evening …

The Jan. 6 committee bet big with Cassidy Hutchinson.  Did it pay off?  —  The decision to accelerate her testimony has led to second-guessing but also produced some of the most memorable hearing moments to date  —  For months, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 …

Arredondo calls it quits on city  —  Pete Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News on Friday that he is resigning from his seat on the Uvalde City Council.  —  Arredondo, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief, was elected to the District 3 council position on May 7 …

The Anti-Abortion Movement Wants to Punish Women for Having Sex  —  Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board  —  One day I hope to become a mother.  But for now I have sex just because I like it.  Sex is fun.  —  For the puritanical tyrants seeking to control our bodies, that's a problem.

Why Republicans should be nervous about their candidates for governor  —  Swing state contests could shift the party balance and give the GOP more power, but election deniers could be the face of the party in some key races  —  Thanks to the Supreme Court, the battle for control of the House …

These candidates lost badly, but now are claiming fraud  —  When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp overwhelmingly won the Republican primary in Georgia on May 24, his chief opponent former Sen. David Perdue was quick to admit it was over.  —  “Everything I said about Brian Kemp was true …

In trainings, Florida tells teachers that religion belongs in public life  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — New civics training for Florida public school teachers comes with a dose of Christian dogma, some teachers say, and they worry that it also sanitizes history and promotes inaccuracies.

White House email: Biden planned to nominate anti-abortion GOP judge the day of Roe ruling  —  Joe Sonka Andrew Wolfson Joey GarrisonLouisville Courier Journal  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A White House email to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent the afternoon of June 23 announced that President Joe Biden planned …

In Pakistan, a Leader in Trans Rights, Reality Is Slower to Change Than Law  —  Four years after the country became one of the few to protect transgender people's rights in statute, violence against them has surged and discrimination remains common.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Suspected road-rage shooter killed man near Philadelphia for driving too slow, police say  —  Man killed in road-rage shooting near Philadelphia  —  A man killed in an apparent road-rage shooting near Philadelphia on Wednesday was fatally shot by someone who thought he was driving too slow, police said.

Spurred by the Supreme Court, a Nation Divides Along a Red-Blue Axis  —  On abortion, climate change, guns and much more, two Americas — one liberal, one conservative — are moving in opposite directions.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Pressed by Supreme Court decisions diminishing rights …

Senate Democrats are edging closer to a deal with Manchin to resurrect Biden's economic agenda.  They'll face Sinema next.  — Senate Democrats must soon clear their reconciliation bill with Senator Kyrsten Sinema.  — Manchin and Sinema have resisted Democratic efforts to enact President Biden's economic agenda.