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State lawmakers are shaping the future of abortion. Watch these names.
Legislators were long unable to impose major regulations on abortion. Now, the power to decide when — and whether — abortion should be legal is squarely in their hands.
Searches for abortion medications have soared
Doctors fear people will manage their own care and turn to black market products.
Magazine
When the Supreme Court Makes a Mistake
The history of the Supreme Court is replete with outrages and abominations, but they can be tough to overcome.
Opinion | The Supreme Court is Retrenching. States Don’t Have To.
It's a little-appreciated feature of our democracy that the U.S. Constitution only sets a minimum for individual rights — not a maximum.
Secret Service: Jan. 6 committee didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony
The agency says it got no outreach for 10 days before the committee aired testimony about Donald Trump's behavior in the presidential vehicle on Jan. 6.
Opinion | Why Are Democrats Letting Republicans Steamroll Them?
For too long, the GOP has busted norms with no consequences.
Illinois GOP takes big right turn with primary victories
State Sen. Darren Bailey won the GOP nomination for governor, besting Richard Irvin, whose campaign received $50 million from megadonor Ken Griffin.
‘Uvalde moment’: Congressional immigration talks could restart after Texas trailer deaths
Dick Durbin said he has restarted reform talks with Thom Tillis while the senators have been traveling in Europe this week.
Elections
Jan. 6 hearings
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Delivered daily by 10 a.m., Pulse examines the latest news in health care politics and policy.
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Fourth Estate
Opinion | The Effing President Gets His Comeuppance
White House insider Cassidy Hutchinson blows the whistle on Trump.
Politics
Opinion | How Democrats Can Win on a Culture-War Issue
It’s time to run again on same-sex marriage.
Politics
Republicans Are Sending Abortion Back to the States. But D.C. Isn’t a State.
The District of Columbia is a Democratic bastion. A GOP-led Congress could ban abortion there.
LAW AND ORDER
The Supreme Court’s Unusual Move on the Death Penalty
One bright spot for judicial liberals in an otherwise bleak week.
On The Bench
Opinion | Roe Was Overturned Because of Politics, Not the Constitution
A series of choices — made by justices and presidents from both parties — have fueled the Supreme Court’s hard-right turn.
Foreign Affairs
Opinion | The Future of the West Is in Question
Without more forceful intervention in Ukraine's war, the consequences for the U.S. and Europe could be devastating.
The Big Idea
20 Ways the Supreme Court Just Changed America
A range of thinkers on the future of abortion post-Roe in America — and how that will affect everything else.
history dept.
The Supreme Court’s Faux ‘Originalism’
The conservative Supreme Court's favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess.
Supreme Court
The lonely chief: How John Roberts lost control of the court
The chief justice had zero support for his middle of the road effort on Roe v. Wade.
Column | Altitude
A Radical Ruling for Radical Times
Shattered precedents are the signature of this era.
The Big Idea
The Twilight of Pope Francis
Even this supremely good man has so far failed to tackle the church’s most urgent moral task.
Law And Order
Opinion | Trump’s Legal Advisers Could Be the First Major Jan. 6 Defendants
There’s a straightforward case that attorneys who promoted Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud should be indicted for making false statements to the government.
Republicans are poised to win the House and Senate. Welcome to our Election Forecast.
We rated every race in play in the midterms. Here’s who we think will win.
Ginni Thomas lawyer has ‘serious concerns’ about Jan. 6 committee fairness
The attorney’s letter threw cold water on the prospect of a voluntary interview between Thomas and the House panel.
‘The dog that caught the car’: Republicans brace for the impact of reversing Roe
Everything was going right for Republicans in the midterm campaign. Then the Supreme Court decision came down.
‘Unwilling to accept defeat’: How Sinema and Murphy clinched guns deal for Dems
They're not party leaders and they don't chair committees. But their tenacity and chemistry ended up sealing an unexpected bipartisan victory.
Biden’s state gas tax holiday plea lands with a thud among Dems
Even as the president lauds New York and Connecticut for suspending their gas taxes, motorists aren’t seeing much in the way of savings at the pump in either state.
There’s a strongman holding NATO hostage. And it’s not Putin.
As the Western alliance expands to counter the Kremlin, Biden has to placate NATO’s problem child and ‘weakest link’ — the Turkish president.
STATES
Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for reporting false crime, New York Mayor Eric Adams says
New York City's Mayor called on the Staten Island DA to investigate “America’s Mayor” — and said he's talking to his police commissioner about a probe of Giuliani's claim that he was assaulted by a politically motivated ShopRite worker.
Biden administration ramps up monkeypox vaccination amid rising cases
Cities say demand for vaccines is still outstripping supply.
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