In state legislatures around the country, medication abortion has emerged as the central focus of the fight over abortion rights. As Democratic lawmakers in blue states enact shield laws to protect abortion medication prescribers, their Republican counterparts — particularly in states that have banned abortion — are filing a flurry of bills ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key House GOP appropriators are raising concerns about the White House’s use of a legally untested budgetary tool to terminate billions in foreign aid funds as the Supreme Court decides whether to weigh in on a tactic that could overhaul congressional funding power.

Hard-line conservatives have cheered on the Trump ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Storm Crow Games, a game store in Eldersburg, was filled with people for a weekly event for the game Magic: The Gathering last Saturday, when two men successfully walked away with thousands of dollars’ worth of Pokémon cards.

The theft occurred at the store on Liberty Road just after 6:30 p.m., owners Tyler and Sam Clark told ...Read more

DENVER — The two students wounded in the Wednesday shooting at Evergreen High School remain in two separate hospitals in critical condition.

One student is in CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and is in critical but stable condition. The other person was moved from St. Anthony to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora and was in...Read more

CHICAGO -- A flower vendor arrested by federal immigration agents last weekend in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood is now back in Mexico, according to his family and a social media post.

Last Sunday afternoon, bystanders filmed federal immigration agents arresting the vendor. The videos quickly gained traction across Chicago as President...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Facing pressure from President Donald Trump, the Missouri Senate on Friday passed a gerrymandered congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Kansas City.

The map, sponsored by Rep. Dirk Deaton, a Seneca Republican, carves Kansas City into three Republican-leaning congressional districts. The goal is to push out ...Read more

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination earlier this week, Stephen King has issued an apology after claiming the conservative activist supported “stoning gays.”

The bestselling author found himself in the crosshairs after replying to a tweet from Fox News host Jesse Watters, who said Kirk was not “controversial” or “polarizing�...Read more

Andrew Cuomo blasted Mayor Eric Adams on Friday for pushing ahead with a plan to do additional polling to help determine whether he should stay in the race for City Hall, contending the effort is redundant and only stands to benefit Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani.

In a surprise move, Adams’ campaign revealed earlier this week he plans...Read more

The man accused of killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk— identified as Tyler Robinson — was arrested on suspicion of murder and weapons offenses.

Robinson is being held in county jail in Utah without bail, according to court documents. He was arrested by law enforcement, after a family member alerted authorities that he had ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has hired Mitch Kamin, a lawyer who has fought the Trump administration and provided legal services for underserved communities, to be her next chief of staff.

Kamin, who, like the mayor, is a graduate of Alexander Hamilton High School, will be Bass' third chief of staff in her nearly three years ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Less than 24 hours after a bullet whizzed across a Utah college campus and claimed the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, polarizing figures from across the political spectrum swiftly canceled public events.

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, decided to postpone a North Carolina stop on the “Fighting Oligarchy�...Read more

NEW YORK — Tony Herbert, a senior City Hall aide and friend of Mayor Eric Adams, was fired this week after claiming on social media that the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk amounted to “karma,” the Daily News has learned.

Tony Herbert, a perennial political candidate who has served as a community affairs staffer in Adams’ ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A few hours after Charlie Kirk was killed, Sean Feucht, an influential right-wing Christian worship leader, filmed a selfie video from his home in California, his eyes brimming with tears.

The shooting of one of the nation's most prominent conservative activists, Feucht declared, was no less than "a line in the sand" in a ...Read more

In howling winds and choking smoke during the January fires that devastated Altadena and Pacific Palisades, more than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters cleared brush and dug fire lines, some for wages of less than $30 per day.

Those firefighters could soon see a major raise. On Thursday, California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay ...Read more

The shock Israeli strike against Hamas officials in Doha, followed by Russian drones piercing the airspace of NATO ally Poland, delivered twin blows to President Donald Trump’s longtime boast that friends and foes respect the U.S. under his leadership like never before.

Trump voiced unhappiness with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...Read more