Nation and World Politics
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Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
May 04, 2026 10:04 am - The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.
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European leaders see Trump's troop drawdown from Germany as new proof they must go it alone
May 04, 2026 7:43 am - YEREVAN, Armenia — European leaders on Monday said President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany is just the latest signal th...
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UAE says Iran has resumed attacks as the US moves to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
May 04, 2026 7:40 am - The U.S. military said it battled Iranian forces and sank six small boats as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The United Arab Emirates, a key American ally, said it had come under attack from Iran for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold in early April.
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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition, his spokesman saysMay 03, 2026 7:42 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable condition at a hospital, his spo...
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Agent hit by buckshot from the gun of man charged in correspondents' dinner attack, prosecutor saysMay 03, 2026 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in an ...
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Drugmaker asks Supreme Court to restore abortion pill access by mail
May 02, 2026 6:09 pm - A drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to immediately pause a lower-court order reinstating a requirement that a commonly used abortion pill, which has often been accessed through the mail, can only be picked up in person.
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Roots of political violence aren’t as simple as Trump makes them sound
May 02, 2026 3:38 pm - To hear Donald Trump tell it, the attempts on his life are a measure of his singularity as a president.
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The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedent
May 02, 2026 3:38 pm - The criminal indictment of former FBI director James B. Comey for allegedly threatening President Donald Trump appears to fall short of a standard articulated by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a 2015 opinion, when the Supreme Court pointedly distinguished a genuine threat from mere speech, legal analysts say.
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Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site
May 02, 2026 3:38 pm - President Donald Trump’s expansion of the wall along the southern border with Mexico has damaged a rare Native American archaeological site in the Arizona desert, area residents said Thursday, as the administration moves to rapidly build hundreds of miles of additional barriers in a $46.5 billion project.
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Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be ready to fly Trump as Air Force One this summer
May 01, 2026 8:22 pm - The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, the service announced late Friday.