Trump Eyes Early 2024 Announcement as Jan. 6 Scrutiny Intensifies  —  Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations.  Some Republicans are worried.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Texas Supreme Court Lifts Freeze on Abortion Ban  —  The decision, overturning a lower court ruling that had temporarily blocked the ban, allowed a 1925 law to take effect.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The Texas Supreme Court late Friday night allowed a 1925 law banning abortion …

As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure  —  On Monday three days after the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, took a call from a colleague, a child abuse doctor in Ohio.

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.

Solveig Gold Is Proud to Be the Wife of a ‘Canceled’ Princeton Professor  —  But she also wants to be known as more.  At dinner with the aspiring public intellectual and her “cabal.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Solveig Lucia Gold was setting the table in her backyard …

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 …

N.Y. Lawmakers Respond on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings  —  Lawmakers passed measures that would prohibit concealed weapons in many public places, as well as an amendment that would initiate the process of enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution.

Fifty-year mortgages that you pass on to your children - the new plan to boost home ownership  —  Japanese-style proposals being considered by Boris Johnson would allow first-time buyers to borrow more over a longer period  —  Homeowners could take out Japanese-style 50-year mortgages …

Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion  —  Abortion “abolitionists” are the outer edge of the anti-abortion movement.  They're looking to gain followers after the decision to overturn Roe, unsettling mainstream anti-abortion groups.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Youngkin appoints Trump EPA chief to new post after failed Cabinet bid  —  RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week created a new office designed to slash state regulations and put it under the direction of Andrew Wheeler, the former Trump administration official rejected earlier this year for the Virginia governor's Cabinet.

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.

Lie as litmus test: Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake calls it ‘disqualifying’ for rival not to declare 2020 election ‘stolen’  —  A leading Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, continues to put lies about the 2020 presidential election at the center of her campaign …

The Republican War on 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.

Feds show up at home of North Texas woman who posted angry tweets after Roe decision  —  Garland resident wrote, “Slaughter them all,” and called for burning down government buildings after the Supreme Court's abortion ruling.  The Department of Homeland Security was not amused.

What the reactions to Clarence Thomas post-Roe reveal about white liberals  —  There were six Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade last week.  The majority opinion was authored by Justice Samuel Alito.  However, in the aftermath of the ruling, there has been an intense …

Maybe the Democrats aren't doomed in November  —  Many voters right now are separating their views of President Biden from their voting intentions — that is, they are willing to back a Democratic candidate this November even if they don't think Biden is doing a good job.

Biden Seeks to Block New Offshore Drilling in Atlantic, Pacific  —  Five-year drilling plan could allow limited leasing off Alaska and in Gulf of Mexico; oil industry sought greater expansion  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to block new offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic …