Valerie Richardson

Kansas voters rejected Tuesday a ballot measure to remove abortion rights from the state constitution, handing a resounding victory to the pro-choice movement in the first popular vote on the issue since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her congressional record Sunday after California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Democrats for dropping the ball on abortion rights.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand advocated for eliminating the filibuster ahead of a Senate vote on legislation to codify the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Sen. Jim Risch said President Biden made a “horrendous gaffe” with his ad-lib about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

She came up short against male-born swimmer Lia Thomas, but Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant is being cheered as a winner after placing second at the NCAA Division I women’s swimming championships.

Perhaps no major publication has hyped the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot more than The New York Times, but one of its top reporters says the event has been blown out of proportion.

Collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas is shattering women’s swimming records this season, and critics say there’s a reason: She used to be a man.

A newly released survey shows Republicans are better informed than Democrats on several key climate issues.

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin.

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips may be one of the nation’s best-known Christians, but he wasn’t always a believer.

The Justice Department lined up Thursday against states with newly passed laws banning transgender participation in women’s sports and gender-reassignment treatment for minors, arguing that the measures violate federal law.