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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, wants to encourage fathers to be more involved with their children, starting with the months before they're born.

President Biden finds himself trapped, demanding nearly $100 billion from Congress to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan defend their borders, but reluctant to negotiate with Republicans over the kind of policy changes experts say would reduce the flood of illegal immigrants.

Illinois' attorney general will not enforce a law that limits pro-life pregnancy centers in how they counsel clients, lawyers for the clinics and related groups said Monday.

Seventy percent of X users said Infowars host Alex Jones should see his social media account restored and boom, like that, he's back; Elon Musk reactivated his platform. This is a major win for free speech. In America, it's not unlawful to be a conspiracy theorist. Nor should it be.

A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday.

Senate leaders remained at an impasse Monday over proposals to secure the U.S. southern border, despite continued negotiations on ending the logjam over a national security spending package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a runoff.

The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year's Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony Sunday in the Norwegian capital. Mohammadi is renowned for campaigning for women's rights and democracy in her country, as well as fighting against the death penalty.

A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction as Republicans insist on pairing the aid with changes to America's immigration and border policies.