Shinzo Abe, powerful former Japan PM, leaves divided legacy and was assassinated
Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, he was also perhaps the most polarizing, complex…
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Sen. McCain and Rep. Giffords among recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Joe Biden awards 17 Americans the Presidential Medal of Freedom including late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Rep. Gabby Giffords…
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Arizona Gov. Ducey backs Robson as successor over Trump pick
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday endorsed businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson to be his successor, adding his name to a growing list of…
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Biden is caught in a storm between Russia and its US prisoners
President Joe Biden is in a tightening vise between increasingly fretful families of Americans imprisoned in Russia and Vladimir Putin – a leader…
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Sentencing set for 2 in Arizona ballot harvesting case
Two women faced sentencing Thursday in southern Arizona for illegally collecting four early ballots during the 2020 primary…
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Britain’s Boris Johnson resigning as PM amid scandal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three…
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Biden Administration plans to “replace” 30-foot walls at Friendship Park to finish border wall
The Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas approved plans to build two 30-foot walls across Friendship Park, the historic location at the…
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Biden Administration releases five-year offshore drilling plan
The Biden Administration has released its proposed five-year plan for offshore oil and gas drilling lease sales in federal…
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Tony Ornato credibility questioned after meeting with January 6 committee
The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, met with former White House deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato on two occasions in January…
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Two women arrested at pro-choice rally
After the overturning of Roe v Wade, protesters in Yuma have continued marching to raise awareness for reproductive…
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Democrats swiftly raised $80M after court overturned Roe
In the first week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an…
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From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden
Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside the White House for an event that would have been unthinkable for many…
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Myths about abortion and women’s mental health are widespread, experts say
It’s an unfounded message experts say is repeated again and again: Having an abortion may damage a woman’s mental health, perhaps for…
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WNBA’s Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court
American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to…
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Trump’s vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony
Stunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities…
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NY overhauls handgun rules in effort to preserve some limits
New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state’s handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on firearms after…
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Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling
Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney…
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Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed abortions
The Texas Supreme Court blocked a lower court order late Friday night that said clinics could continue performing abortions, just days after some…
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Primary election registration deadline approaching
The deadline to register to vote is July…
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US Court fractures decades of Native American law
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around…
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