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WASHINGTON -- “For me, despair isn’t really an option,” Sen. Tina Smith said. Sitting in her sun-filled office for a recent interview, the Minnesota Democrat was a study in hope

A Kansas abortion clinic is suing the Food and Drug Administration in an effort to retain access to a common medication used in abortions. The Trust Women Foundation, which operates

The Republican-written bill that prohibits abortions after 12 weeks in North Carolina passed the General Assembly on Thursday with a vote in the Senate after hours of debate.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri Republican has offered legislation that would allow for women to be charged with murder if they get an abortion in the state. The bill,

NEW YORK — The first busloads of migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in months arrived in New York City on Wednesday morning amid ongoing economic and political turmoil

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Republican proposal to ban abortion after 12 weeks in North Carolina cleared the House in a contentious vote Wednesday evening, less than 24 hours after the

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican bill that prohibits abortions after 12 weeks in North Carolina passed the General Assembly on Thursday with a vote in the Senate after hours of

CHICAGO — A federal jury on Tuesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants of the lead charge alleging they conspired to bribe Illinois Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan to win his

CHICAGO — In a sweeping verdict sure to reverberate in Illinois power circles, a federal jury on Tuesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants on all charges related to a conspiracy

In as little as six weeks, the U.S. economy may suffer substantial and lasting harm. That’s when the United States could default on its debt, the product of the failure