Politics Mar 12 Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech but critics say his actions threaten it President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term.
Politics Mar 10 Young people devoted to government service dismayed by Trump cutting the federal fellows program One of President Donald Trump's executive orders ended the Presidential Management Fellows program, which was created in 1978 to entice highly qualified workers with advanced degrees to join the federal government.
Politics Mar 09 DHS Secretary Noem taps new leaders for ICE and moves to identify leakers inside agency Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to…
Politics Jan 24 WATCH: Trump, Vance and Johnson give remarks at March for Life rally in D.C. “We will again stand proudly for families and for life,” Trump declared in a pre-recorded video address. Vance hailed Trump’s previous actions on abortion, saying the president “delivered on his promise of ending Roe" and appointed hundreds of anti-abortion judges.
Politics Jan 18 Days before Trump takes office, thousands of protestors march in Washington, D.C. Eight years after the first historic Women's March at the start of Trump's first term, marchers said they were caught off guard by Trump’s victory and are determined now to show that support remains strong for women’s access to abortion,…
Politics Nov 06 Abortion rights advocates win in 7 states and clear way to overturn Missouri ban but lose in 3 But the ban, and other restrictive laws, are not automatically repealed. Advocates now have to ask courts to overturn laws to square with the new amendment.
Politics Nov 05 Live results: Abortion on the ballot Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans.
Politics Nov 05 Abortion is on the ballot in nine states and motivating voters across the U.S. Abortion rights advocates have prevailed on all seven measures that have appeared since 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the nationwide right to abortion.
Politics Nov 01 Republicans more skeptical than Democrats of nationwide election vote counts, AP-NORC poll finds The nation's deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for this year's election. A new poll finds that Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats that ballots will be counted accurately.
Politics Oct 23 Election officials confront tsunami of voting conspiracy theories “Truth is boring, facts are boring, and outrage is really interesting,” says Utah’s Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican who oversees elections in her state. “It’s like playing whack-a-mole with truth."…