Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation guaranteeing access to contraception, calling it unnecessary and accusing proponents of the bill of staging a political stunt ahead of the November elections. Democrats brought the bill to the floor out of fear that reproductive rights will be further threatened after the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to an abortion two years ago. Republican lawmakers in some states have proposed or discussed bills aimed at restricting...

A Georgia appeals court has halted all pretrial proceedings in Donald Trump’s Atlanta-based criminal case while a three-judge panel considers whether to disqualify the lead prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The order issued Wednesday effectively confirms that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and more than a dozen codefendants — charging them with an attempt to corrupt Georgia’s 2020 election results — will not come before a jury in 2024. The case had...

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee announced this week that they are referring both Hunter Biden and James Biden for criminal prosecution. "Our Committee, along with @JudiciaryGOP and @WaysandMeansGOP, today sent criminal referrals to the DOJ recommending Hunter and James Biden be charged with making false statements to Congress about key aspects of the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden," the committee said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. "These false statements...

While a rematch is already set for President  Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, one presidential candidate is trying to get into the ring with them and, according to a recent NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll, most Americans think someone in his position should be allowed to. The poll found that most American voters (65%) believe third-party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., should be allowed to participate in presidential debates. According to Decision Desk,...

The world's fossil fuel industries should be banned from advertising to help save the world from climate change, the head of the United Nations said on Wednesday. UN Secretary General António Guterres called coal, oil and gas corporations the “godfathers of climate chaos” who had distorted the truth and deceived the public for decades. Just as tobacco advertising was banned because of the threat to health, the same should now apply to fossil fuels, he said. His remarks were his most...

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said Wednesday on Fox News that the guilty verdict in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case would likely be “overruled” and could lead to people questioning the fairness of the 2024 presidential election. Legal analysts have sounded the alarm on Bragg’s trial against former President Donald Trump and the nature of how Bragg brought the case, noting it was unprecedented for a state to prosecute alleged federal election law violations. Barr...

Congressional Democrats have been quick to condemn recent reports that President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities are in decline, dismissing claims that he is too old to hold the presidency by testifying to their first-hand experiences where he is “on top of his game.” A Wall Street Journal article published on Wednesday quickly gained praise from Republicans and criticism from Bidenworld after it quoted anonymous sources saying the president’s cognitive abilities are declining. The president...

Federal prosecutors have charged 47 Somali Muslim immigrants in Minnesota for skimming $250 million from a coronavirus relief program meant to help feed needy children. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s office is calling the case the “largest pandemic relief fraud scheme charged to date.” “Today’s indictments describe an egregious plot to steal public funds meant to care for children in need in what amounts to the largest pandemic relief fraud scheme yet,” said FBI Director...