Geoff Mulvihill

Participants carry a large pride flag during the World Pride parade with the U.S. Capitol in the background, June 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

June 4, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

Without directly saying the idea was to replace Pride, the governors of Indiana and Tennessee rebranded June as Nuclear Family Month to celebrate units made up of “one husband, one...

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill while lawsuit plays out

May 14, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to mifepristone, a common abortion pill, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill

May 11, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take...

A person leaves the state Capitol after a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Here’s what to know about the latest wave of changes to congressional districts

May 9, 2026 at 11:33 a.m.

The congressional map appears to be tilting more red amid the latest flurry of redistricting developments across the U.S.

A person votes in the Virginia redistricting referendum at Lake Braddock Secondary School, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Burke, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redrawn US House maps, giving Republicans a win

May 8, 2026 at 4:20 p.m.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge...

FILE – Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies

May 4, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

The Supreme Court on Monday 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...

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

May 1, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person at clinics.

People rally outside a courthouse while a hearing for Purdue Pharma takes place inside in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s criminal sentence could be the last step before company dissolves

April 28, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma could be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the end of the week, as a massive legal settlement resolving thousands...

FILE – Protesters who have lost love ones to the opioid crisis protest outside a courthouse in Boston, Aug. 2, 2019, where a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Judge postpones OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s sentencing to let opioid victims attend in person

April 21, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

A judge on Tuesday delayed the criminal sentencing of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in order to allow victims to attend the court proceeding in person.

Judge refuses to block sending abortion pill by mail for now, but says FDA must finish review

April 7, 2026 at 4:45 p.m.

A federal judge Tuesday refused to block filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone by mail across the U.S. — at least for now — in a setback to Louisiana’s...

All Stories