LOS ANGELES — Planned Parenthood of California plans to launch a multimillion-dollar campaign Tuesday to oust Republicans from several California congressional districts, the latest signal of how critical the state's House races will be in determining which party takes control of the House of Representatives after the November election.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Victims of radiation exposure are aiming to ramp up the pressure on the House to take up a Senate-passed bill that would extend and expand the compensation fund for those harmed by radiation from America’s development of nuclear weapons.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has fairly broad support in both parties, ...Read more

Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has been under siege for several months, with reports suggesting about 200 gangs have seized control of more than 80% of the city.

The surge of violence has left residents with few options other than to shelter in their homes or seek refuge in other towns or countries.

But finding safety ...Read more

Most Americans don’t know two key facts about pregnancy, including how they are dated and how long a trimester is – and this could matter, as a growing number of states place restrictions on abortion.

Florida enacted a new law on May 1, 2024, that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, with a few exceptions – including ...Read more

Much of the country has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but Ruth and Mohammed Nasrullah keep a vigil from their Houston home, posting thousands of pictures and stories of those who have fallen: coaches, tax clerks, teachers, autoworkers and graphic designers.

"We spend our time immersed in death," Ruth said of the couple's COVID-19 Wall of...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House is expected to easily clear the bicameral Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, sending the measure to the president’s desk with time to spare before a Friday funding deadline.

The legislation is scheduled to be considered in the House Tuesday under suspension of the rules. The measure would ...Read more

NEW YORK — In hotly anticipated testimony Monday, Michael Cohen took the stand at Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial as one of the final witnesses, telling a Manhattan jury of how he painstakingly arranged to pay off a porn star to influence the results of the 2016 election, working directly off the boss’ orders: “Just do it.”

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LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are heading to Southern California in June for big-dollar fundraisers.

The former president arrives first for an event June 7 in Beverly Hills where top tickets go for $250,000 per person, according to an invitation obtained by The Times. The following day, he will headline a...Read more

NEW YORK — For weeks, jurors have heard about Trump fixer Michael Cohen and the role he played in the hush money saga involving Stormy Daniels. Monday, the star witness took the stand, where he’ll be filling in the final blanks in the prosecution’s case, now is in its final days.

Once among the closest allies of the former president, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen directly connected Donald Trump to the hush-money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to keep their alleged sexual encounter out of the news ahead of the 2016 election.

Taking the witness stand in the Manhattan criminal trial Monday, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer recalled an October 2016 conversation in ...Read more

HILLSDALE, Michigan — About 40 people crammed into a courtroom in Hillsdale Monday to show support for lawyer Stefanie Lambert and former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, who were arraigned on charges they mishandled voter data as they advanced dubious claims of 2020 election fraud.

Members of the crowd prayed for Scott before the ...Read more

Since the overturning of Roe V. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022, abortions have become limited, restricted or banned in more than half of the country.

Seeking an alternative, many people have turned to abortion pills for their medical care, whether through an in-person clinic or by ordering them through the mail.

From 2012 to 2021, ...Read more

Using Facebook in the lead-up to the U.S. 2020 presidential election might have increased the chances of someone voting for Donald Trump, university researchers said in a study published Monday in the academic journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

As part of the study, the researchers asked nearly 19,900 Facebook and 15,600 ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — All eyes will be on Nevada in November as a swing state likely to determine who will be the next president. After all, the Silver State has a long-standing reputation for picking the candidate who will head to the White House.

“It’s hard to think of a place where an individual vote is more valuable than Nevada,” said David ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A plurality of Pennsylvania voters name the economy as their top issue this fall and say former President Donald Trump is best able to fix it, according to a poll released Monday.

Almost 3 in 10 voters named the economy (22%) or inflation (9%) in the New York Times/Siena College/Philadelphia Inquirer poll. A majority (52%) said ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff on Monday announced bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for a bill that would offer police, firefighters and teachers federal help in buying their first homes.

The Georgia Democrat said the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator and Responder Act or HELPER ACT he introduced in early 2023 with co-sponsors Sen. Marco Rubio,...Read more

Srinagar, a city in the volatile region of Jammu and Kashmir, voted Monday in the fourth phase of India’s national elections, amid rising concerns about low voter turnout and the campaign’s increasingly acrimonious tenor.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party isn’t contesting the Srinagar constituency or the two other ...Read more

As scandal-plagued Sen. Robert Menendez went on trial Monday in Manhattan, his son is battling for his own political survival across the Hudson River in New Jersey.

After winning the seat in 2022, first-term Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. faces a powerful Democratic primary challenge from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the 8th District once held by his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of Louisiana voters urged the Supreme Court on Monday not to pause a ruling that threw out the state’s latest congressional map, arguing the state’s new map unconstitutionally prioritized race.

The voters argued to keep in place a ruling from a three-judge federal court that blocked the use of the newest map for any ...Read more