Abortion is almost entirely banned in Texas, but a handful of different laws and amendments have made the specifics of the ban complex and sometimes confusing. The short version: Abortion is entirely illegal in Texas, with rare exceptions when the pregnant woman’s life is at risk. When it comes...

June 16, 2025 8:19 amAs more details emerge on former President Joe Biden‘s mental and physical state while in office, President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on the autopen in their attacks on Trump’s predecessor.Biden, 82, has faced a whirlwind of public scrutiny, with new report...

Supreme Court Eight in 10 respondents believe the Trump administration shouldn't ignore a federal court ruling the White House doesn't like, per the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll. Chief Justice John Roberts, center-left, along with, from left, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch...

Federal agents attempt to control protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday as demonstrations continue after a series of immigration raids began last Friday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered ...

June 8, 2025 12:01 amAfter then-President Joe Biden engineered the largest illegal immigrant invasion in our nation’s history, voters soundly rejected the Democratic Party’s open borders policies. They chose to embrace the order and security of President Donald Trump’s vision of a secure b...

Los Angeles Protests Live Updates: Marines Could Arrive Tuesday, Reports Say Jun 10, 2025, 08:06am EDT ToplineCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state will sue to block the White House deploy hundreds of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests over federal immigration raids, as he...

Politics By Eleanor WatsonUpdated on: June 10, 2025 / 7:12 AM EDT / CBS News Trump's National Guard memo raises legal questions Trump's troop deployment to L.A. wades into "uncharted legal waters," expert says 03:17The military has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could be sent...

A doctor and professor is suing the University of California, San Francisco, alleging school officials fired her for her advocacy for Palestinian human rights in an attempt to silence her.In late May, UCSF terminated Rupa Marya following a nine-month suspension from the elite medical school based...

“I run the country and the world,” President Trump boasted to reporters for the Atlantic in April, by way of explaining how his current presidency differs from his first. Even for the clinically braggadocious Trump, that was a mouthful.Yes, alas, he does run the country, with a bold recklessn...