New York Doctor Indicted in Louisiana for Sending Abortion Pills There
A state grand jury in Louisiana has indicted a New York doctor for providing abortion pills to a Louisiana resident. The case appears to be the first time criminal charges…
German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
The man who has been heavily favored to become Germany’s next chancellor took an extraordinary gamble this week, both for his political future and his country’s longstanding firewall against political…
Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives
The 119th Congress began, as it so often has in recent years, with calls from Republican politicians for wrestling down the national debt, which is near a record level relative…
What Israel’s UNRWA Ban Could Mean for Palestinians
Israeli legislation taking effect on Thursday will threaten the operations of a major United Nations agency that provides critical humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip after more than a year…
The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?
On Oct. 4, 2019, a 13-year-old British boy called a child welfare hotline from his home in Banks, a village in northwest England, and asked: “What should I do if…
Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both.
For two summers during high school, instead of joining her classmates at the beach, Noura Ghazoui had an internship at the town hall of her hometown, Borghetto Santo Spirito, on…
Democrats Block Bill to Impose Sanctions on International Criminal Court Officials
A bill to impose sanctions on officials affiliated with the International Criminal Court stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after Democrats refused to back it, a setback for legislation that…
Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule
For years, the fossil fuel industry and its allies have tried to overturn one of the most important federal rulings in the history of climate policy: the one that requires…
The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee
When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, they agreed that the authority over buying shots from drug…
Could Trump Use the ‘God Squad’ to Override Environmental Law?
In at least two executive orders since he took office last week, President Trump has invoked a panel with a telling nickname: the God Squad. The committee is made up…