Politics

Texas joins list of states dropping permit rules for guns

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training. It's the latest and largest on a growing list of states to roll back permitting requirements for carrying guns in public.

WATCH: Pelosi calls Supreme Court ACA decision a ‘landmark victory’

By Associated Press

The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact in ruling that Texas, other GOP-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal court.

Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal

By Yesica Fisch, Associated Press

Gbagbo was extradited to the International Criminal Court at The Hague in 2011 and spent eight years awaiting trial on war crimes charges. A judge acquitted him in 2019, saying prosecutors had failed to prove their case.

Biden’s Federal Trade Commission pick is an energetic critic of Big Tech

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general.

As COVID-19 crisis ebbs, some lawmakers seeking 9/11-style commission

By Jay Reeves, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

The proposal comes amid lingering questions over the government's response to the crisis and the origin of the virus that has killed more than 600,000 Americans.

More Black women are being elected to office. Few feel safe once they get there

By Candice Norwood, Chloe Jones, Lizz Bolaji

As Black women continue to achieve record levels of representation in elected office, the constant harassment and threats of violence many of them face challenge that trajectory. Some live in fear, others have chosen to leave public life. These are…

House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The repeal legislation was passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 268-161. Forty-nine Republicans voted for the bill. Only one Democrat, Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, voted against it.

WATCH: Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to Biden, while the Senate passed the bill unanimously the day before.

WATCH: Fauci says U.S. to spend $3.2 billion on antiviral pills for COVID-19

By Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press

The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral pills for COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics.

High court sides with Catholic agency in same sex family foster care dispute

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the city of Philadelphia violated the Constitution by limiting its relationship with a Catholic foster care agency over the group's refusal to certify same-sex couples as foster parents.