President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations Monday greenlighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administrationβs estimate that no more than 200 U.S. citizens were left behind in Afghanistan is too low and also overlooks hundreds of other people they consider to be equally American: permanent legal residents with green cards.
The road to a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state, sidestepping for now the Supreme Courtβs landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, began in a town called Waskom, population 1,600.
A bipartisan police reform package was signed into law Thursday by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, emphasizing success of enacting provisions from a task force he commissioned following George Floydβs murder over panel recommendations left out.
Even before a strict abortion ban took effect in Texas this week, clinics in neighboring states were fielding growing numbers of calls from women desperate for options.
President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Courtβs decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they can to βinsulate women and providersβ from the impact.
The nationβs most far-reaching curb on abortions since they were legalized a half-century ago took effect Wednesday in Texas, with the Supreme Court silent on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold.
North Carolina Republicans sent a bill Wednesday to the stateβs Democratic governor that would limit how teachers can discuss certain racial concepts in the classroom.
Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Bidenβs administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people, ranging from transgender girls participating in school sports to the use of school and workplace bathrooms that align with a personβs gender identity.
Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed on Monday a measure that would have made clear North Carolina hotel operators could remove short-term residents for misconduct by making clear they lacked the rights of a long-term tenant.
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Monday that would do away with the permit someone must obtain from a county sheriff before buying a pistol, turning back a key agenda item of conservative gun-rights supporters.
The Taliban deployed extra forces around Kabulβs airport Saturday to prevent large crowds from gathering after a devastating suicide attack two days earlier, as the massive U.S.-led airlift wound down ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline.
U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedyβs assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFKβs sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhanβs release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars.
By promising to strike the extremists who killed 13 Americans and dozens of Afghans, President Joe Biden now confronts the reality of finding and targeting them in an unstable country without U.S. military and intelligence teams on the ground and no help from a friendly government in Kabul.
The Supreme Courtβs conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
North Carolinaβs minimum age to be married is now higher after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a measure Thursday increasing it from 14 to 16.
President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to complete the evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan despite the dayβs deadly suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport. He promised to avenge the deaths of 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack, declaring to the extremists responsible: βWe will hunt you down and make you pay.β
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the Kabul airlift β rescuing U.S. citizens β ahead of President Joe Bidenβs Tuesday deadline.
The American Civil Liberties Union, representing disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from requiring face masks, arguing the ban excludes vulnerable students from public schools.
Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents convicted of felonies but whose current punishments donβt include prison time can register to vote and cast ballots, a judicial panel declared Monday.
