Two Lawsuits, in Texas and Idaho, Highlight Fight Over Emergency Medicine Law
In the weeks after the Supreme Court dismantled a constitutional right to abortion in 2022 and returned the issue of access to the states, a new series of court battles…
Biden to Give Abortion-Focused Speech in Florida, Tying State Ban to Trump
President Biden is expected to condemn a six-week abortion ban that will soon take effect in Florida — and blame former President Donald J. Trump for its enactment — during…
The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the water being pumped from under their feet.…
US migrant crisis shifts from Texas to California border
On the other side, visible through the gaps in the towering barrier, a group of more than 100 people – from countries including Ecuador, Colombia, China and Rwanda – huddled…
A Utah Mountain Town Brings Back an Old Idea: The One-Room Schoolhouse
As a throwback ski destination, Alta, thinks small, with a one-room public school to match. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In…
U.S. Military to Withdraw Troops From Niger
More than 1,000 American military personnel will leave Niger in the coming months, Biden administration officials said on Friday, upending U.S. counterterrorism and security policy in the tumultuous Sahel region…
VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant…
U.S.C. Cut the Valedictorian’s Graduation Speech. Now, the Celebrities Are Out, Too.
The University of Southern California, reeling after a controversy over its valedictorian selection, announced Friday that its main commencement program would eliminate outside speakers and honorees, including the director of…
Maryland school shooting averted after teen arrested: police
Mr Ye, who was born female as Andrea Ye but now uses male pronouns, previously was sent to hospital for one month in 2022 for threatening to “shoot up school”.…
How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes
In January, when Doug Dern, the state chairman of the Natural Law Party of Michigan, got an email from a top strategist for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign, he…