LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the two years since federal abortion protections were overturned and a near-total ban on the procedure was enacted in Kentucky, lawmakers have filed six bills to add exceptions to the state’s strict abortion ban.

But nearly all of them have floundered — the fate of the two bills proposed this session remains to be seen...Read more

Ana, a University of Minnesota student who is undocumented, said it’s hard to talk about her anxiety as President-elect Donald Trump returns to office. She’s afraid of losing everything she’s achieved in the U.S.

“Personally, I feel very scared about this new president,” said Ana, who only agreed to be interviewed using her nickname ...Read more

TikTok said it will be forced to “go dark” in the U.S. on Sunday unless there is a clear statement from the Biden administration to service providers that are maintaining its availability.

Statements issued on Friday by the White House and the Department of Justice “have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance” to the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has distributed at least $27.6 billion of dollars in financing to clean-energy companies in its final days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The moves — including a $15 billion loan guarantee to California utility PG&E Corp. for a host of clean-energy projects announced Friday — mark ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A Boise State University public policy survey found that the majority of Idaho residents prefer abortion policies that are more lax than the state’s current restrictions.

The university published the results of its annual public policy survey Friday. It came as state officials and stakeholders are unsure whether President-...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider whether a Maryland school system is violating the Constitution by incorporating LGBTQ-friendly books into the elementary school curriculum without giving parents the right to opt out.

Plunging into a culturally divisive fight, the justices agreed to hear an appeal by parents who say ...Read more

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he didn’t discuss his federal corruption case with soon-to-be president Donald Trump during their meeting in Florida on Friday — and he chided a growing chorus of fellow Democrats back in New York who are blasting him for the sit-down.

Late Thursday, Adams’ office first announced the mayor would meet ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday’s inaugural ceremony will be held indoors, with temperatures in the teens to low 20s forecast for the region.

The move, which will spare visitors and workers from the frigid cold, also means many who had planned to come to the Capitol grounds will be left disappointed.

The Joint ...Read more

The Supreme Court has paved the way for TikTok to be banned in the U.S. on Sunday.

The highest court on Friday upheld a new law that requires the social media app's Chinese owner to sell off TikTok's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban.

"Given just a handful of days after oral argument to issue an opinion, I cannot profess the kind of ...Read more

Jimmy Donaldson has compiled quite the resume since he began making videos as a teenager in his Greenville, North Carolina, bedroom. The world’s most popular YouTube channel. A successful snack line. A new Amazon reality competition that (despite mixed critical reviews) has been watched more than 50 million times in the past month.

A content ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that calls for the shutdown of the U.S. operations of social media app TikTok because of privacy and security concerns related to its Chinese owner.

The justices in a unanimous opinion said the 2024 law does not violate the First Amendment or its protection for freedom of speech. The ...Read more

Over the past half-decade, the state of Texas has been pushing an evolution in the administration and enforcement of immigration law. Stepping into a traditional federal role, state lawmakers in 2023 passed Senate Bill 4, allowing Texas police to arrest those illegally crossing the border from Mexico.

But that law, which survived ...Read more

Members of Congress scrambled to get tickets to as many constituents as possible for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Some held ticket lotteries because demand overwhelmed supply.

Then came word on Friday that the swearing-in was moving indoors because of the anticipated extreme cold.

Suddenly, House offices had to tell...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump got the last laugh, beating a slew of criminal charges without punishment and defeating his political foes. His reward: dealing with often-clashing Republicans in Congress.

The president-elect is scheduled to return to Washington this weekend to kick off the capital city’s quadrennial pomp and circumstance around a...Read more

Will she or won’t she?

Palm Beach gossip watchers can’t help but wonder if Donald Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend is going to attend the inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

There’s a good chance Bettina Anderson may be front and center as she and Jr., though not Instagram official, have been dating for a hot minute.

The two were ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday declared the Equal Rights Amendment the law of the land, creating a constitutional quandary three days before leaving office and after years of warning that his successor would shred the rule of law.

At question is a 1982 deadline for state ratification of the amendment, which the Biden White House ...Read more

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can’t revive part of her racketeering case against incoming President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others, an appeals court ruled Friday.

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel on the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court judge who killed six counts in the ...Read more

A man defaced two crisis pregnancy centers in Texas in light of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court draft opinion that indicated the high court was going to turn abortion decisions back to the states in 2022, federal prosecutors said.

He took a can of spray paint to the two centers in Denton in May 2022, writing phrases including “not a...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law mandating the social media giant TikTok sell its U.S. subsidiary or face a ban in the United States, setting the stage for the app potentially to be banned as early as this weekend.

The unanimous unsigned opinion found that Congress had legitimate concerns about the Chinese government’s ...Read more

The Supreme Court has paved the way for TikTok to be banned in the U.S. on Sunday.

The high court on Friday upheld a new law that requires the social media app's Chinese owner to sell off TikTok's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban.

"Given just a handful of days after oral argument to issue an opinion, I cannot profess the kind of ...Read more