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Organizations representing obstetricians and gynecologists say the law already provides protections to newborns, whether born during a failed abortion or under other circumstances.
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The protests come after prosecutors said two officers who fired their weapons at Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, were justified in using force to protect themselves after they faced gunfire from her boyfriend.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.
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With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday at the court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon.
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|By LAURAN NEERGAARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
A huge international study of a COVID-19 vaccine that aims to work with just one dose is getting underway as top U.S. health officials sought Wednesday to assure a skeptical Congress and public that they can trust any shots the government ultimately approves.
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President Trump said the new steps announced by the Treasury Department will ensure that U.S. dollars do not fund the Cuban government, but go directly to the everyday Cubans.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican who has steadfastly refused to require residents to wear masks, tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security denied allegations Wednesday that he molded intelligence reports to suit the administration, telling a Senate committee that a recent whistleblower’s report is “patently false.”
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A judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump must testify in a New York investigation into the family’s businesses before the November election.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK
The report did not implicate Biden in any wrongdoing, focusing instead on his son, Hunter, who it said “cashed in” on his father’s position by joining the board of a Ukrainian gas company.
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|By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATTHEW DALY
House Democrats on Wednesday proposed a sweeping bill to curb presidential abuses, a pitch to voters weeks ahead of Election Day as they try to defeat President Donald Trump, capture the Senate from Republicans and keep their House majority.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Jacqueline Policastro
The Save Our Stages Act aims to help more than 2,000 independent music venues in danger of closing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 9:30 PM EDT
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Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided U.S. House have voted to take a government shutdown off the table this fall, giving a big, bipartisan vote to a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:50 PM EDT
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Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting political activity in the U.S. and several other countries.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:04 PM EDT
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Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday that Cindy McCain plans to endorse him for president, a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP’s 2008 nominee.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 3:52 PM EDT
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The prospect that President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans will fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat before the year is out has ignited a call for major changes on the court, including expanding the number of justices.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 3:44 PM EDT
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Republicans believe the court fight will energize voters for Trump, boosting the party and potentially deflating Democrats who cannot stop the lifetime appointment for a conservative justice.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 2:53 PM EDT
|By DEB RIECHMANN
Trump is not popular at the United Nations and his speech this year comes at a time when U.N. members are pushing back against Washington.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 1:31 PM EDT
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In court papers filed Tuesday, the Trump administration suggested the court hear arguments in the case in December, potentially with a new justice appointed by the president in place.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 1:13 PM EDT
The Washington Post reports that a CIA assessment says Russian President Vladimir Putin is “probably directing” efforts to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 1:05 PM EDT
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A federal appellate court ruled on Sept. 11 that in addition to serving their sentences, Florida felons must pay all fines, restitution and legal fees before they can regain their right to vote.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 11:40 AM EDT
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Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth was pronounced dead Tuesday following a brief hospitalization, Warren Lee, chief investigator for the Ouachita Parish Coroner’s Office, told The Associated Press.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:10 AM EDT
|By DAVID BAUDER and TRAVIS LOLLER
The story came from a Thursday report by Nashville’s Fox affiliate WZTV on “leaked emails” that the station retracted late Friday upon learning that they didn’t mean what its reporter thought they did.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 9:08 PM EDT
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The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person through the air.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:57 PM EDT
|By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE
President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week’s end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launching a monumental Senate confirmation fight ahead of the November election.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 6:50 PM EDT
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The report by the Office of Inspector General did not identify who made the decision to shorten the 2020 census from the end of October to the end of September, but it said bureau officials confirm it was not made by them.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MARCY GORDON
The Government Accountability Office, Congress' auditing arm, said in a report Monday that possibly 8.7 million or more individuals who are eligible for the economic impact payments have yet to receive those payments because of inadequate IRS and Treasury Department records.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 3:44 PM EDT
|By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG
The woman was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 3:26 PM EDT
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The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to identify localities that permit “anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities.”
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 12:35 PM EDT
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Ginsburg’s casket will be on public view Wednesday and Thursday under the portico at the top of the court’s iconic steps in front of the building.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 11:36 AM EDT
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The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 10:24 AM EDT
|By MICHAEL TARM and MICHAEL BIESECKER
Amy Coney Barrett, a devout Catholic, is hailed by religious conservatives and others on the right as an ideological heir to conservative icon Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice for whom she clerked.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 8:38 AM EDT
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The athletic retailer is joining forces with Rock the Vote to provide voter registration services. Foot Locker customers will be able to sign up to take part in the political process in the stores.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 8:07 AM EDT
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A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:34 AM EDT
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A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users to delay looming federal government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:09 AM EDT
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to rush a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as pressure mounted on senators to support or oppose a quick vote to fill the seat.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 9:51 PM EDT
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she doesn’t support taking up a Supreme Court nomination so close to the Nov. 3 election.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 6:48 PM EDT
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The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles is approaching 156 square miles, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 5:05 PM EDT
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The U.S. move faces stiff opposition from the other members of the U.N. Security Council who have vowed to ignore it.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 5:01 PM EDT
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Joe Biden is using the sudden Supreme Court vacancy to reinforce his argument that the upcoming election should be a referendum on President Donald Trump’s handling of health care and the coronavirus.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 4:50 PM EDT
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Just 44 days before President Trump’s reelection will be decided, Republicans are again looking to a Supreme Court nomination fight to unite a deeply fractured party as it faces the very real possibility of losing the White House and control of the Senate this fall.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 1:56 PM EDT
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Because the contest is a special election to finish John McCain’s term, the winner could be sworn in as soon as the results are officially certified. Other winners in the November election won’t take office until January.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 1:33 PM EDT
|By Kyle Midura
Republicans and Democrats remember the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg while suggesting opposing plans for filling her seat
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 6:34 AM EDT
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The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is another example of how the conspiracy theory has penetrated mainstream politics, spreading beyond its origins on internet message boards popular with right-wing extremists.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 10:29 PM EDT
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Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 9:32 PM EDT
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President Donald Trump on Saturday promised to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican-controlled Senate to consider the pick without delay.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 9:30 PM EDT
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President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s given his “blessing” to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the U.S. operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he’s targeted for national security and data privacy concerns.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 6:17 PM EDT
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The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday cast an immediate spotlight on the vacancy on the high court, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowing to bring President Donald Trump’s nominee to a vote with just over six weeks before the election.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 3:20 PM EDT
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The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:27 PM EDT
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A large group of mourners packed the high court’s steps and the street across from the U.S. Capitol in a nighttime memorial.