A state judge has struck down Iowa's restrictive "fetal heartbeat" abortion law.
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Get In, Millennials, We're Going To Congress

An endlessly mocked generation is growing up to become the power brokers and thought leaders a wider culture told us we were too lazy and entitled to be.
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Here Are Some Of The Ways The Shutdown Is Affecting People Across The Country

12 minutes ago | The Huffington Post

Americans say, 50 percent to 35 percent, that Trump should have compromised on the border wall.
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Senate votes to extend federal welfare program through June amid shutdown

12 minutes ago | The Washington Post

The measure, which extends block grants for temporary assistance to needy families, now heads to the president's desk.
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Ex-prison official details second career as El Chapo fixer

26 minutes ago | Star Tribune | 2 articles

After escaping a Mexican prison in 2001, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman recruited a former security chief from the same lockup as a fixer for his Sinaloa cartel, a jury was told...
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I Know the Truth About the Covington Catholic Controversy

28 minutes ago | Politico

During my long service on the public jury of opinion, the high judges have constantly reminded me that eyewitness testimony can't be trusted. Memory lies, they say...
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Supreme Court Temporarily Clears Way For Ban On Transgender Military Personnel

32 minutes ago | NPR | 2 articles

The Supreme Court has revived the Trump administration's ban on transgender military personnel, for now. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Shannon Minter of with the National...
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Chelsea Clinton announces that she's having a 3rd baby

40 minutes ago | ABC News

The new baby is due this summer.
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Democrats and their voters have lurched left as 2020 nears. They're betting the rest of the country follows

40 minutes ago | The Washington Post

For years, Democratic presidential candidates have been skittish about taking liberal positions. The caution has given way to confidence.
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Budweiser brings back beloved Clydesdale horses for Super Bowl ad

42 minutes ago | Boston Herald

Budweiser's beloved Clydesdale horses will be trotting back into the hearts of football fans this Super Bowl Sunday. After ditching the feathered horses last year for a more...
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White House Moves Forward With State Of The Union Plans After Pelosi Urged Delay

It's unclear whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will allow the president to address Congress amid the government shutdown. Trump was originally invited by the speaker to make... Read more ...

Alyssa Milano Calls Trump's Red MAGA Hats 'The New White Hood'

The actress and activist was responding to a viral video of a Covington Catholic High School student at the Indigenous Peoples' March over the weekend. Read more ...

Trump: I Told Sanders 'Not to Bother' With Briefings

Tuesday will be the 35th straight day without a news briefing at the White House, which is the longest stretch since they began under President Clinton, reports ABC News. The... Read more ...

Judge Denies Republican Mark Harris' Request To Be Certified Winner In...

The ruling is the latest in an ongoing investigation into irregularities and allegations of fraud in North Carolina's ninth congressional district. Read more ...

Supreme Court Permits Trump's Transgender Military Ban To Move Forward

The 5-4 ruling temporarily reinstates the ban, but several lawsuits in lower courts are still pending. Read more ...

Wilbur Ross To Testify On Census Citizenship Question At House Oversight Hearing

The commerce secretary has agreed to be questioned by lawmakers on March 14, after a federal judge ruled that his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census was... Read more ...

Top House Democrat Likens Trump To KKK Grand Wizard In MLK Day Slugfest

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats connected Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights struggle to the fight against Trump today. Read more ...

Trump Spent 2 Minutes At Martin Luther King Jr.'s Memorial, Jokes Abound

The president made an unannounced trip to the civil rights leader's memorial on Monday with Vice President Mike Pence. Read more ...

Analysis: How The Rise Of The Far Right Threatens Democracy Worldwide

From Turkey and Hungary, to India and the Philippines, the voices of nationalism have become dominant forces that begin with the election of a charismatic, influential and... Read more ...

Wilbur Ross Agrees To Testify Before Congress Amid Controversy Over Census

Ross faces allegations that he lied to Congress about the process of adding the question. Read more ...