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A former Democratic congressman running for Georgia State Supreme Court filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. John Barrow sued hours ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violating state judicial ethics rules and that he must bring his campaign ads into compliance with state rules. Among the rules the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission complaint alleges Barrow is violating is one th...

Republican-led states keep finding ways to challenge the authority of the federal government on anything that doesn’t line up with their conservative worldview. This time the target is a new

On Wednesday, a divided Supreme Court listened to arguments over a state’s abortion ban – its first such hearing since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The case, in which

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices voiced doubt Wednesday about a strict Idaho law that would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion even for a woman

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Arizona lawmakers Wednesday voted to repeal an unpopular near-total abortion ban that was enacted in 1864. The Republican-controlled state house voted 32-28 to approve repealing the draconian, 160-year-old law after

President Joe Biden remains at sea over why Americans aren’t enamored of his economic policies. Perhaps it’s because they’re worried about eventually drowning in all that red ink. Biden has

With a brief appearance, clocking in at less than three minutes of screen time, Elsbeth Tascioni gave main character energy from the start — even if it was unknown to

WASHINGTON — Two new polls show an ongoing neck-and-neck race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, the nations most populous battleground state. A Wall Street

While the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to keep a widely used abortion pill available for now, some conservative justices signaled an interest in considering whether a 151-year-old indecency law