The AGs are suing Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication.

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack.

Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges for defying a judicial order by sending more than 100 Venezuelan men to a brutal Salvadoran prison last year. 

Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The only action Congress could plausibly take before November’s elections is a relatively toothless measure aiming to control the massive consumer electricity costs of AI.

The decision by the White House budget office to cancel the funding could make it much more difficult for negotiators to reach agreement on the dozen full-year government funding bills later this year...

Poole’s departure comes as Ivey’s time in office nears an end and ahead of what several officials, have said could be a tight fiscal year for Alabama.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee can't seem to stick to a script. And if it doesn't cost him the election, it could make GOP legislators' lives difficult next year.

The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process  puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s report also raised concerns about the reliability of federal absenteeism data.

Alabama taxes people based largely on how important the state government views them. And that makes life in this state more expensive.

As part of the settlement, the company will need to create features that allow parents to limit children's access on the social media site.

Voters in nine states will weigh changes to their criminal legal systems and drug policies this fall. The Nov. 3 ballot measures include questions about pretrial release, fentanyl and human trafficking penalties, immigration enforcement, traffic cameras, drug cartels and marijuana regulation.

The appeals decision found that immigrants must have an opportunity to challenge their removal if they fear for their safety.

President Donald Trump plans to hold a campaign rally in Mobile next week amid concerns among Alabama Republicans about turnout. 

Retiring U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, voted for the resolution, joining three other Republicans seeking to rein in Trump's war powers.

Senators pressed Heidi Overton about her personal views on mifepristone, one of two prescription pharmaceuticals used in medication abortion.

Commissioners with ACVCC approved the amount it planned to compensate victims for medical expenses, moving costs and lost wages.

The analysis estimates that the 17 states with the highest provider reimbursement rates will have to cut their spending by between 10% and 25% of their overall Medicaid budgets.

The order said the White House must “immediately return, reinstate, and restore the White House ‘hard pass’ press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked” Friday and over the weekend.

Democrats largely stayed away from the hearing, and criticized it as both a distraction and an ongoing "vendetta" hurting transgender and cisgender people.

Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps. New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows more than 330,000 Americans lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, between May and June, the latest numbers available.

The DSCC chair said the current environment reminded her of the 2006 election cycle, when Democrats flipped both chambers of Congress.