A very unusual law Known as Senate Bill 8, the Texas law prohibits doctors from performing abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is usually possible four weeks after conception, or just two weeks after a missed period. Because that is before many

Civil rights groups on Friday filed a lawsuit in federal court trying to block Texas’ new voting legislation, saying it would violate the civil rights of minorities by making it more difficult for them to cast their ballots. “The Texas Legislature’s claims

(CNN) Texas' ban on abortion beyond six weeks -- before many women even know they have conceived -- has widened the reproductive health gap between the United States and other leading democracies. The US Supreme Court formally denied a request from Texas abortion

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court’s use of the so-called “shadow docket” — a method of issuing brief late-night rulings on key cases like the Texas abortion law. “The Supreme Court must operate with the highest regard

These days, one of the scariest phrases in the English language has become, “A deeply divided Supreme Court ruled...” The late-night Wednesday 5-to-4 decision rejecting the first challenge to the draconian Texas abortion law is an ominous indication of the

Florida may consider adopting an abortion ban similar to that of Texas, which banned all abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected — around six weeks after conception — after the Supreme Court declined to hear the case on Wednesday. Republican Florida

After the Supreme Court allowed the strictest anti-abortion law in the nation to go into effect in Texas on Wednesday, abortion rights supporters around the country were bracing themselves for the reality that their states could be next. “My mental state is

President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, September 3, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) President Biden told reporters on Friday that he consulted with the Justice Department regarding potential

A TikTok activist has designed a bot system to overwhelm a website where abortion opponents can inform on anyone who helps people in Texas get abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Vice’s Motherboard reported Thursday. “McCarthyism-era tactics of turning

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Thursday on her show “Deadline” that anti-abortion laws passed by Republicans were like “male governors in Florida and Arizona and Texas” reaching “deep into the uterus of a woman.” Wallace said, “Matt Dowd, this is your state.

“Rather than spending their time methodically developing arguments and evidence in cases limited to the parties at hand, both sides have been forced to rush from one preliminary injunction hearing to another, leaping from one emergency stay application to the

The White House continues struggling with President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, even though he claims to be a practicing Catholic. The president’s contradictory position will face additional scrutiny as reports say he is eager to attack the new pro-life

This story is part of As Equals , CNN's ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs . (CNN) On January 22, 1973, the US Supreme Court made the landmark decision that guaranteed women their

The opposition to abortion isn't a matter of religious doctrine, but an issue of "fundamental human rights," Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said in a Newsmax interview Friday while commenting on President Joe Biden's opposition

Bumble And Match Leaders Set Up Funds For People Affected By The Texas Abortion Ban Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergio Flores/Getty Images Sergio Flores/Getty Images The dating-app company Bumble has created a special fund to help people affected by

The Nation justice correspondent Elie Mystal on Friday urged President Joe Biden to create a “federal force” to provide free abortions in Texas to combat the state’s new abortion law. Mystal argued on CNN’s “New Day” that the federal force would serve as a

Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas filed for a temporary restraining order against an anti-abortion group in the latest stage of the fight for abortion rights. The request is to stop Texas Right to Life and associates from suing Planned Parenthood abortion

Bumble and Match are creating a so-called “relief fund” for women in Texas who want to kill their unborn children after their baby’s heartbeat is detected. The companies’ pledge follows the enactment of a Texas pro-life law that bans most abortions after six

After a Texas law restricting abortion went into effect on Wednesday, the state’s largest anti-abortion group publicized a website that invited citizens to inform on the law’s violators. The website, prolifewhistleblower.com, which was set up by the group

In this episode of “Never Underestimate the Depravity of the Left,” a Texas abortion mill not only raced to kill as many unborn children as it could before the Lone Star State’s fetal heartbeat law took effect; it actually bragged on social media about doing

Jessica Cheung , Sydney Harper, Robert Jimison and Listen and follow The Daily Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher In a way, the new Texas law that has effectively banned abortions after six weeks is typical — many other Republican-led states have sought

As we’ve previously reported, a great triggering commenced immediately after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling earlier this week on the Texas Fetal Heartbeat law. Though the ruling was on procedural grounds and other lawsuits against the law are winding their

(CNN) President Joe Biden said Friday the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy is "almost un-American," pointing specifically to a provision allowing individuals to take civil action against people who help a woman get

Social media activists are trolling a website that asks for tips on people breaking Texas’ new anti-abortion law by flooding it with fake reports, memes and pornography. The pranksters have been anonymously flooding the abortion rights opponents website profilewhistleblower.com

Lyft And Uber Will Pay Drivers' Legal Fees If They're Sued Under Texas Abortion Law Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Ride-hailing apps Lyft and Uber said they will cover all the legal fees of any of their drivers

Left-wing actress and activist Alyssa Milano called out CNN for giving disgraced former New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin a platform to lambast the Texas pro-life law. “Was every woman elsewhere unavailable?” Milano asked. “Why is Jeff Toobin being given a

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace flamed the new anti-abortion law in Texas on Monday as “gender apartheid” that the conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court “for all intents and purposes have greenlit” by voting 5-4 to not take action to block it. Wallace

It’s always half shocking, half hilarious how animated the left side of the political aisle gets over the subject of abortion. They’ve been hiding under rocks over the plight of women in Afghanistan, and they’re seemingly fine with Jeffrey Toobin offering his

TikTok Activists Are Flooding A Texas Abortion Reporting Site With Spam Enlarge this image toggle caption Kiichiro Sato/AP Kiichiro Sato/AP Activists on TikTok are fighting back against Texas' new restrictive abortion law with spam. Sean Black, who goes

Left-wing actress Bette Midler suggests “all women refuse to have sex with men” in reaction to the Texas “heartbeat” law, which bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “I suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed

A North Carolina appeals court has blocked an order that had allowed well over 50,000 felony offenders who aren’t serving prison or jail time to immediately register to vote and cast ballots RALEIGH, N.C. -- A North Carolina appeals court on Friday blocked

The Senate Judiciary Committee will probe the Supreme Court’s practice of deciding complex cases on an emergency basis as a result of the justices refusing to halt Texas' abortion law. The Hill reported that the high court used the increasingly common practice

Critics on Twitter are piling on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) over her past strident defense of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh against what she seemed to characterize as a preposterous idea that he would overturn or undermine Roe v. Wade. Now the conservatives

Elon Musk tweeted that he prefers "to stay out of politics" after GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the SpaceX founder supported the Lonestar State's "social policies." Abbott appeared on CNBC Thursday and discussed Texas' new abortion ban. He insisted that

When Kat, a 23-year-old living in Central Texas, discovered they were pregnant, it was five days before a law that bans nearly all abortions after six weeks was to go into effect. "I was stuck with this reality that I was pregnant days before one of the worst

An abortion whistleblower site in Texas may be getting carpet-bombed with legions of false tips thanks to the efforts of one TikToker, Sean Black. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 not to block the Lone Star State’s new law banning most abortions

Republicans have long raged against “frivolous lawsuits,” but GOP lawmakers in Texas have given the green light for any random person to haul someone to court over an abortion. A restrictive new law that took effect this week gives plaintiffs the chance to

Hours after the Supreme Court declined to block a highly disputed Texas abortion law, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted that he is open to similar legislation. “I’m pro life,” DeSantis said. “I welcome pro-life legislation. What they did in Texas

Several lawmakers have said they will act to mirror the near-total ban. In the wake of a severe new abortion law in Texas, some state lawmakers have said they will attempt to mimic the near-total abortion ban. Texas' law makes most abortions illegal after

President Joe Biden on Friday continued to slam the new Texas abortion law that thjis week was allowed to stand by the U.S. Supreme Court, saying he doesn’t agree with the Catholic teaching that life begins at conception. The position looks to be a striking

Attorney Describes Legal Strategies Which Could Counter Restrictive Abortion Laws NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use

Rooted at the very core of Texas’s Heartbeat Act is the concept of basic humanity, informed by science. This week the U.S. Supreme Court allowed this law, which protects unborn children from abortion after their beating heart can be detected, to go into effect. For

(CNN) The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Friday that it plans to hold a hearing examining Texas' six-week abortion ban and the controversial, expedited Supreme Court procedure that allowed it to take effect this week. The hearing -- for which a date

Former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republicans should have the word “pro-life” ripped out of their mouths. Referencing former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks, anchor Nicolle Wallace said, “Yeah, I mean,

When the Supreme Court declined late Wednesday to block a severely restrictive Texas abortion law, it was fulfilling the long-held ambitions of a series of committed Republican presidents, senators and conservative activists who worked unceasingly for years

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Gov. Kristi Noem wants to pass tougher abortion restrictions in South Dakota after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Texas law banning most abortions in that state to go forward. The Texas law, which took effect Wednesday, prohibits

London (CNN Business) Tinder-owner Match Group and rival dating platform Bumble are creating relief funds for people affected by a Texas law that bans abortion from as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Bumble, which is based in the state capital of Austin

MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that the Supreme Court has essentially deputized private vigilantes by not sticking down the Texas anti-abortion law. Katyal said, “The Supreme Court has greenlit the overruling of Roe v. Wade

News Brief: Hurricane Aftermath, Texas Abortion Law Fallout, NRA's Future Ida leaves a path of death and destruction from the Gulf Coast to New England. Texas clinics that provide abortions face a new reality. The NRA cancels its annual meeting because of the

Logan Green, co-Founder and CEO of Lyft speaks at the WSJTECH live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. October 22, 2019. REUTERS/ Mike Blake Logan Green, co-Founder and CEO of Lyft speaks at the WSJTECH live conference in Laguna Beach, California,

About the author: Mary Ziegler is a professor at the Florida State University College of Law. She is the author of Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present. The five justices who upheld Texas’s anti-abortion law in the middle of the night

Florida may consider adopting an abortion ban similar to that of Texas, which banned all abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected — around six weeks after conception — after the Supreme Court declined to hear the case on Wednesday. Republican Florida

The Supreme Court Heads Toward Reversing Abortion Rights Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed a legal bomb into the abortion debate late Wednesday night. By a vote

Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tenn., said there were no "current" plans for The Volunteer State to introduce an abortion law similar to the one recently enacted in Texas, The Hill reports. Lee told reporters on Thursday that his priority was to wait for a court ruling

Women's Clinics In Texas Must Abide By State's New Abortion Law In Texas, it's illegal to get an abortion six weeks after pregnancy. At the Whole Women's Health clinic in Austin, pregnant woman arrive for appointments but may not be able to get the care they

The dystopian hit Hulu series "The Handmaid's Tale" reemerged in the political arena as liberals have compared the Texas abortion law to the award-winning drama, but one media personality has attempted to erase his past condemnation of such comparisons: CNN

The vote on the Texas abortion law came Wednesday, in the dead of night, when a narrow majority of the court declined to stop Texas from implementing a new ban on abortions past the sixth week of pregnancy, which is often before many women even know they are

Senate Democrats will soon hold a hearing examining this week’s emergency Supreme Court ruling that declined to block an extreme anti-abortion law in Texas. The hearing, to be conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee in the coming weeks, will probe the

The court also uses it to dispose of emergency appeals. Each justice handles requests from a different region, and can reject them or bring them to the full court. And increasingly, the court has been using its orders docket — which was deemed the “shadow docket”

Mitch Landrieu is the founder and president of E Pluribus Unum, former mayor of New Orleans, former lieutenant governor of Louisiana and a CNN political commentator. The opinions expressed here are his own. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN) Hurricane Ida pounded

FILE PHOTO: The Shell Norco manufacturing facility is flooded after Hurricane Ida pummeled Norco, Louisiana, U.S., August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Devika Krishna Kumar/File Photo FILE PHOTO: The Shell Norco manufacturing facility is flooded after Hurricane Ida pummeled

New York (CNN Business) The Biden administration is releasing 1.5 million barrels of crude oil from America's emergency stockpile of oil as Louisiana's gas crisis worsens. The decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve , or SPR, comes as two-thirds of

President Biden on Friday pledged the full help of the federal government to assist the thousands of victims of Hurricane Ida, which wrought devastation across the Gulf Coast states. Mr. Biden delivered his remarks from LaPlace, Louisiana, where he arrived

(CNN) Many Louisiana residents are still struggling days after Hurricane Ida slammed the state, as they try to rebuild and move on amid dangerous heat, continued power outages and a fuel shortage that's hindering relief efforts. "We're in the heat. We ain't

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday it will utilize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address fuel shortages in Louisiana because of Hurricane Ida. The Category 4 hurricane devastated coastal areas and inland parishes across the state’s

(CNN) Two top Trump Organization officials appeared before a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday in the latest sign that the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business is ongoing. The Trump Organization's corporate director of security,

38 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail From the first day of his Presidency, Joe Biden has committed numerous blunders that are beginning to have a very negative impact on the welfare of America. Even though he has been president for only seven months,

One who spoke to ABC's Jonathan Karl said of the withdrawal, "Bravo! Well done!" It's no surprise that former President Donald Trump and his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have condemned President Joe Biden's messy withdrawal from Afghanistan -- after

President Joe Biden was likely to get his first glimpse at the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ida even before he landed in Louisiana on Friday, with blue tarps covering shredded roofs of houses and uprooted trees visible as Air Force One approached New Orleans. In

Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Maldonado family stands outside their damaged home in Barataria, Louisiana, on Tuesday, August 31. Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana with devastating force on Sunday. "I've lost everything in my trailer because of (Hurricane

A Thursday poll reveals a plurality of Americans holds President Joe Biden responsible for “losing” the war in Afghanistan, not former President Donald Trump, according to Emerson College polling. When respondents were asked which president “holds the most

Washington (CNN) Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Republican former football star Herschel Walker his "Complete and Total Endorsement" in Georgia's US Senate race, praising him as "a friend, a Patriot and an outstanding American who is going to

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows questioned President Biden’s promise not to leave Hurricane Ida survivors behind, comparing it to his promise to evacuate Americans stranded in Afghanistan. "Joe Biden just told hurricane survivors they ‘won’t

Philadelphia Is Starting To Get A Handle Of The Damage Caused By Ida's Floods Philadelphians are taking stock of damage after record-high floodwaters caused by Hurricane Ida filled their homes and businesses. Northwest Philly's Manayunk neighborhood was hit

A Business Insider article touting an opinion from a Trump-Pence administration adviser that former President Donald Trump’s Afghanistan policy set the stage for disaster omits that the adviser was a holdover from the Obama-Biden administration. The article,

President Joe Biden will spend his Labor Day weekend vacationing in Delaware, according to the White House schedule. The president will travel to his home in Wilmington, Delaware, Friday evening after he visits Louisiana to view the Hurricane Ida damage. Biden

The White House admitted it is dealing with "multiple crises" in the wake of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and deadly Hurricane Ida, which has killed over 40 Americans in recent days. Karine Jean-Pierre, White House deputy press secretary, held a press

President Biden on Friday toured damage from Hurricane Ida in Louisiana as the state struggles to restore power and rebuild after the Category 4 storm. Biden was greeted by local officials after stepping off Air Force One in New Orleans. The tarmac welcome

Voters favor former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, an Emerson College survey released this week found. The national survey, taken August 30 to September 1, 2021, among 1,200 registered voters, presented respondents

In one of the most tin-eared and imbecilic speeches ever given by a U.S. president, Joe Biden claimed Tuesday that the sudden withdrawal of U.S troops from Afghanistan that he ordered without a plan and without notifying the Afghan government and America’s

After Hurricane Ida, several men discovered a cow in the bayou of Louisiana, wedged in a tree and unable to free itself. Road Yard Chief of Operations Louis Pomes and St. Bernard Parish government employees Tyler Acosta, David Palmer, and Roy Ragan discovered

A poll on Friday revealed the majority of Americans hold President Joe Biden responsible for the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers and 170 Afghans, according to Washington Post-ABC News. Before asking the question, the poll prefaced that 13 “members of the

President Biden will head to Louisiana on Friday to survey damage after the state was battered by Hurricane Ida. Biden will be in Louisiana for six hours beginning at noon, and is scheduled to deliver remarks in LaPlace at 4:15 p.m . He will begin his tour

FILE PHOTO: A view of Mississippi River at sunset during a blackout in the city after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo FILE PHOTO: A view of Mississippi River at sunset

56 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing, deliver a speech, and meet with rabbis. President Biden’s Itinerary for 9/3/21: All Times EDT 9:00 AM Receive daily briefing 10:00 AM Deliver

President Biden will spend the Labor Day weekend at his home in Delaware. Mr. Biden is taking a break after touring hurricane damage in Louisiana on Friday and overseeing the final U.S. troop pullout from Afghanistan on Monday, though at least 100 Americans

Good morning and welcome to Fox News First. Here's what you need to know as you start your day … Biden's post-Ida promises to Gulf Coast ring hollow after Afghanistan disaster, Mark Meadows says Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Thursday questioned

During Thursday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Hannity,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that President Joe Biden knew the Taliban threat prior to the U.S. military withdrawal despite suggesting otherwise. Pompeo called a reported phone conversation

The Afghan Resistance Says Reports Of Its Defeat In Panjshir Are Taliban Propaganda Enlarge this image toggle caption Arman/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Ima Arman/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Ima A band of Afghan resistance fighters holed up in the country's

So much for Taliban 2.0. A top spokesman for the Taliban warned the US government Friday that it should not attempt to alter the behavior of the new rulers of Afghanistan — especially on the issue of women’s rights. “There will be no issue about the women’s

A former anti-Soviet fighter, al Qaeda ally, and proud father of a suicide bomber known as the "Commander of the Faithful" is poised to take on a significant role as the Taliban forms its Afghan government . Hibatullah Akhundzada is considered the “emir” of

A Taliban spokesperson insisted to Fox News on Friday that "there will be no issue about women’s rights" following the militant group’s takeover of Afghanistan , despite widespread international concerns. But Suhail Shaheen also says he opposes western views

A small group of female Afghan activists protested the Taliban on Friday in Kabul. The Hill.com reported that the group, called the Women's Political Participation Network, was calling for equal rights for women in the government and society. The group gathered

Florida Rep. Michael Waltz pledged his continued support to resistance fighters Thursday still battling Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, amid heightened clashes in the group’s last remaining stronghold. The former Army Green Beret and Afghanistan veteran

Women who served as judges under the former government of Afghanistan have denounced visits by criminals they convicted to their homes, presumably seeking to harm them, Reuters reported on Friday. The criminals are back on the streets thanks to the return

Feared Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — who was once nicknamed “Baradar the Butcher” — will lead the new Afghan government, sources within the militant group told Reuters. The new Taliban-led government is yet to be announced almost three weeks

Two Taliban soldiers are pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 1, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Two Taliban soldiers are pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 1, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS September 3, 2021 By

FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces patrol at a runway a day after U.S troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces patrol at a runway a day after U.S troops

FILE PHOTO: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, speaks during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari FILE PHOTO: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the

FILE PHOTO: Afghans line up outside a bank to take out their money after Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer FILE PHOTO: Afghans line up outside a bank to take out their money after Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan

Multiple Afghan and international news outlets, citing Taliban sources, reported on Friday that the terrorist group would appoint its leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar the head of its formal Afghan government in the near future. The Taliban, a jihadist organization

Feared Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — who was once nicknamed "Baradar the Butcher" — will lead the new Afghan government, sources within the militant group told Reuters. The new Taliban-led government is yet to be announced almost three weeks

The Taliban were on Friday close to forming a government, with the hardliners under intense international scrutiny over their vow to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women's rights. The announcement of a new administration, earlier expected

As the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the Northeast, killing more than 50 people, other areas are bracing for the storm’s impact as swollen rivers are threatening additional flooding. In Trenton, New Jersey, police officers were going door-to-door Wednesday

Taylor Wilson USA TODAY On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Ida floods the Northeast; New Jersey and New York City have been hit particularly hard. Plus, President Joe Biden says he's launching a government effort to respond to the Texas abortion

The cleanup — and mourning — continued Friday as the Northeast U.S. recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. At least 46 people in five states died as storm water cascaded into people’s homes and engulfed automobiles, overwhelming

Ida is still wreaking havoc across parts of the eastern United States, continuing its path of destruction that started when the now-tropical depression first made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane. Photos and videos taken from each

The scope of devastation caused by the tail-end of Hurricane Ida ravaging the northeast was still emerging Friday – as the cleanup continued and some areas braced for even more flooding due to surging rivers. At least 48 people died across five states when

The death toll was highest in New Jersey, where at least 25 people died. At least a dozen deaths due to flooding and carbon monoxide poisoning were also reported in the South. President Joe Biden will visit hard-hit Louisiana on Friday. Flooded cars and

(CNN) After Ida's remnants swept through the East Coast leaving at least 46 dead, many are mourning as they sift through the damage of a tragic storm the New York City's mayor urged everyone to see as "the biggest wake-up call we could possibly get." "We are

Ida continued its path of destruction across parts of the eastern United States before tapering off into the ocean Friday morning. The storm left eight states with immense damage and destruction. Photos and videos taken from each of the affected areas have

A sign advertising job openings is seen as a man exits a FedEx branch in New York, N.Y., August 6, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) The U.S. economy added about 235,000 new jobs in August according to U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics released on Friday, falling

A help wanted sign is displayed in the window of a Brooklyn business in New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The miss on the headline jobs numbers was disappointing enough, but the August 2021 jobs report showed that Black workers are facing an even bigger

President Joe Biden again struggled to defend the disappointing jobs numbers for August, promoting more taxes as a solution. The United States economy only created 235,000 jobs in August, a disastrous number as analysts predicted as many as 740,000. Biden

Things haven’t been going well for Joe Biden. Once touted as a great unifier representing a return to normalcy, he’s now a shell of his former self, and that former self was never anything to write home about. When he’s not blowing up American foreign policy

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that private schools saw a “notable” jump in jobs amid concerns over parental flight from public classrooms. The agency reported that the sector added 40,000 positions last month while public schools lost 27,000

The U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate dipped to 5.2 percent, the Labor Department said in its monthly labor assessment Friday. The median Econoday forecast of analysts was for 740,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent,

President Biden on Friday insisted the American economy is “durable and strong” although the U.S. economy added far fewer jobs than expected in August, blaming the COVID-19 delta variant for the weak jobs numbers. Hiring slowed sharply in August, adding just

Authorities in New Zealand say they shot and killed an Islamic terrorist on Friday, seconds after he stabbed six people at a supermarket. Three of the victims were in critical condition, according to outlet Stuff New Zealand. The man, a Sri Lankan national,

New Zealand authorities say they shot and killed a violent extremist after he entered a supermarket and stabbed and injured six shoppers WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand authorities said Friday they shot and killed a violent extremist after he entered

New Zealand police shot and killed a terrorist inspired by ISIS after he stabbed and wounded six people in a grocery store Friday. The man entered a supermarket in the city of Auckland on Friday afternoon and took a knife off the shelves, said Andrew Coster,

New Zealand police officers shot and killed a man who injured several people in an apparent attack at an Auckland mall supermarket, according to local reports. “Police can confirm that a man has entered a New Lynn supermarket and injured multiple people,”

An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge PHOENIX -- An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with

Jacob Chansley, a former actor and Navy sailor widely known as the QAnon Shaman, who stormed the Capitol in January in stars-and-stripes face paint and a horned fur hat, pleaded guilty on Friday to a single felony count of obstructing an official proceeding

Jacob Chansley, a former actor and Navy sailor widely known as the QAnon Shaman, who stormed the Capitol in January in stars-and-stripes face paint and a horned fur hat, pleaded guilty on Friday to a single felony count of obstructing an official proceeding

The FDA Is Looking At The Benefits Of Booster Shots And Vaccinating Kids Under Age 12 The Biden administration's COVID booster plan for the general population is supposed to start soon, but the FDA still wants to review its safety — and whether kids under 12

Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout Enlarge this image toggle caption Mary Altaffer/AP Mary Altaffer/AP The leaders of two federal health agencies are urging the White House to rethink its plan to roll out

The order, coming little more than a week before the 20th anniversary of the attacks, is a significant moment in a yearslong tussle between the government and the families over what classified information about the run-up to the attacks could be made public.

Kids accounted for more than one-fifth of total COVID-19 cases in the U.S. for week ending Aug. 26, according to data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Last week, children made up 22.4% of the reported cases.

Sep 2, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Bianca Andreescu of Canada serves against Lauren Davis of the United States (not pictured) on day four of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA

In a statement, Raj Parekh, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who is also a member of the prosecution team on the Kotey and Elsheikh cases, said the case has always been dedicated to the victims and their families. He added, “Their