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The Idaho Secretary of State's office says fewer than 10,000 of Idaho’s roughly 1 million registered voters switched their affiliation to Republican ahead of next week’s primary election.
Two physicians who run a clinic in Alabama to treat children with gender dysphoria are bracing themselves now that a law that makes some of their work a crime has gone into effect. Dr. Hussein Abdul-Latif and Dr. Morissa Ladinsky lead a team in Birmingham, Alabama, that cares for more than 150 young people who are transgender or gender diverse.
The United States is calling an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday following North Korea’s latest test of a ballistic missile.
Members of the US Senate are aiming to pass a bipartisan bill that would expand security protection to the family members of justices, following protests at some Supreme Court justices' homes over the weekend.
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on inflation Tuesday, a White House official said, as his administration looks to further address one of the key economic concerns for voters.
Donald Trump’s legal team wants to void a contempt ruling and $10,000-per-day fine against the former president over a subpoena for documents related to a New York civil investigation into his business dealings.
A former staff member’s decision to continue working with Sen. Orrin Hatch paid off in an unexpected way. It was just one of the many good memories shared during the late senator’s final farewell Friday.
Among the hundreds of pieces of legislation that Sen. Orrin Hatch helped to pass during his time in Congress, the ADA, or Americans with Disabilities Act, ranks among the most important.
Rape, incest and the health of the fetus or mother were once accepted reasons to obtain an abortion in even the most conservative Republican-led states. But now roughly 20 states have abortion bans in the works without some of those exceptions.
Politicians, friends and colleagues paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch at a memorial service in Salt Lake City. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday called Hatch an 'old friend' and described him as a principled conservative, committed public servant and man of faith
On Friday, Utah honors Sen. Orrin Hatch with a funeral ceremony followed by a lengthy procession from Salt Lake City to Newton, Utah where he will be laid to rest.
President Joe Biden is highlighting new figures showing the government’s red ink will grow less than expected this year and the national debt will shrink this quarter.
Family, state officials and everyday Utahns paid their respects to Orrin G. Hatch on Wednesday, as the late senator lay in state at the Utah Capitol rotunda.
Gay rights activist and plaintiff in the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, worries that marriage equality is at risk if the high court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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WILL WEISSERT and JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press
Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown beat former state Sen. Nina Turner for the second time since last summer, easily prevailing in an Ohio primary billed nationally as a critical showdown between the party’s more moderate establishment and its progressive activist wing.
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JILL COLVIN and JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press
Several Utah leaders have taken to social media to share their thoughts after a draft opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court on the Roe v. Wade case was leaked Monday.
The nation's capital has a long tradition of stunning leaks, from national security secrets to political scandals, but this week's disclosure of a draft Supreme Court decision is one for the history books.
Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court may be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
While there have, on very rare occasions, been leaks of the outcomes in cases, the publication of an apparent draft running nearly 100 pages was without an evident modern parallel.
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Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue and Joan Biskupic, CNN
In a stunning breach of Supreme Court confidentiality and secrecy, Politico has obtained what it calls a draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade.
Ivanka Trump has been cooperating with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 and the state of play inside the White House as well as then-President Donald Trump's state of mind that day.
