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The U.S. Supreme Court indicated on Tuesday that it probably will keep widespread access to one of the two common drugs used in medication abortion, in a case that could affect reproductive rights and the authority of federal agencies across the nation. During oral arguments, most of the judges seemed very doubtful that a group of…

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended former President Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution for actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, saying that presidents are under undue political pressure from potential future prosecution. Trump’s attorneys are set to argue the case before the Supreme Court next month, claiming that the former president should…

Local officials across Texas are anxiously waiting to see whether the state’s harsh new immigration law will take effect — and how it will impact their communities. The law makes entering Texas outside a port of entry a state crime, punishable in the first instance by up to six months in jail and in subsequent…

Just hours after the Supreme Court allowed a Texas law to take effect that gave state law enforcement the authority to arrest people they suspect are entering the country illegally, a federal appeals court issued an order that puts it on hold. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order came late Tuesday evening. The…

Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) praised the Supreme Court for allowing a Texas law to take effect on Tuesday that would permit state law enforcement to apprehend individuals they suspect are illegally entering the United States along the southern border. The Supreme Court endorsed the controversial law, S.B. 4, in a Tuesday order that Collins said was…

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor strongly criticized the majority of the high court on Tuesday for temporarily permitting a Texas law to be enforced that gives state law enforcement the power to apprehend people they believe have entered the United States from Mexico illegally. In her disagreement, Sotomayor cautioned that, by allowing this very contentious law to take effect…

Former President Trump asked the Supreme Court to throw out his election interference case. He wants the court to overturn lower court decisions that said he doesn't have presidential immunity. Trump has been rejected by two courts as he's argued his attempts to remain in power before Jan.…

The president of West Texas A&M University has canceled a charity drag show planned to be held by a student-led organization for the second time, following a recent denial by the Supreme Court of students’ request for emergency action to let the show go ahead. “Spectrum WT asked three courts to prevent the denial of…

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that a man’s challenge to his former placement on the No Fly List can move forward, finding the government failed to show his lawsuit is moot. Yonas Fikre, a U.S. citizen who previously resided in Sudan, claimed his placement on the list was unlawful and sued the FBI. The…

Abortion procedures rose in the U.S. last year, even with state abortion bans passed following the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. An estimated 1, 026,690 abortions were reported in the formal health care system in 2023, according to research from the Guttmacher Institute published Tuesday. It’s the highest…