Politics

Biden says he will request more funding for a new COVID-19 vaccine

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before.

Texas ban on gender-affirming care for trans children blocked, Missouri ban allowed to take effect

By Summer Ballentine, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Friday's opposite outcomes underscore the mixed verdict in courtrooms across the U.S. this year over a historic wave of restrictions aimed at transgender youth.

Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of 2 former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

The highest Dutch court on Friday confirmed findings by judges in two lower courts that Benny Gantz and former air force commander Amir Eshel are protected from civil proceedings in the Netherlands because they have "functional immunity."…

Who is indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election case?

By Hannah Grabenstein, Justin Stabley

Fulton County District Attorney has asked for Georgia's 2020 election interference trial to start in October. Here's what we know about the defendants.

New York man sentenced to 3 months in prison for threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

By Associated Press

Joseph Morelli was sentenced Thursday in a Syracuse federal court after pleading guilty in February to threatening Greene in several calls to her Washington, D.C., office.

Backers blast revised ballot language for Ohio's fall abortion amendment as misleading

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

The new language changes the word "fetus" to "unborn child," and suggests that the amendment would prohibit citizens from limiting abortion access when it would actually limit the government from doing so.

Activists furious Democratic leaders haven't denounced plan to check every 'Stop Cop City' signature

By R.J. Rico, Associated Press

The Georgia Republican Party praised the plan while voting rights groups have spoken against it. But the state's Democratic senators have been silent, enraging activists.

In Iowa and elsewhere, bans on widely discredited 'conversion therapy' become a conservative target

By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

One of Iowa's largest cities is the latest municipality to repeal its ban on so-called LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. That's the discredited practice of trying to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.