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Senate impeachment trial begins for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas22:05 Alejandro N. Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in California, is the first U.S. Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years. Abortion ban has supercharged Arizona politics. What will GOP legislators do?13:23 As abortion politics and policy clash in Arizona and threaten to sway the swing state, GOP lawmakers scramble to address the issue amid fallout from a ruling reviving an 1864 ban. This trans author toured red-state libraries. What she found might surprise you13:23 Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read. Would she be recognized, or clocked as transgender? Supreme Court casts doubt on obstruction charges against hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters16.dubna Supreme Court conservatives questioned whether the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act can be used to prosecute those who attacked the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Too expensive, too slow: NASA asks for help with JPL's Mars Sample Return mission16.dubna NASA's administrator says the agency is committed to the mission to bring samples of Mars back to Earth -- just in less time and for less money. How it will pull that off remains to be seen. Goldberg: For Israel and Ukraine alike, U.S. support is proving unreliable and inadequate16.dubna Biden urged Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from retaliation against Iran even though its attack appeared to defy the president's own warning after Oct. 7. Damage found inside Glen Canyon Dam increases water risks on the Colorado River16.dubna Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that increases water risks in the Southwest. The abortion debate is giving Kamala Harris a moment. But voters still aren't sold16.dubna Vice President Kamala Harris has failed to win over a majority of voters or convince them that she is ready to step in if Biden, the oldest president in history, falters. Column: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes16.dubna Republicans criticizing Biden's student debt relief plan took millions of dollars in pandemic relief loans and never paid them back. But they say that's different. Litman: Trump's hush money trial is underway despite his antics. Don't expect him to give up15.dubna The former president can be expected to stick to his political strategy despite its legal risks and Judge Juan M. Merchan's lack of patience for it. Biden administration gives California $45 million to help recently arrived migrants15.dubna California is receiving a slightly larger share of a federal program earmarking $300 million nationwide for migrant-assistance programs. 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez sentenced to 18 months in prison15.dubna A New Mexico judge excoriated the 26-year-old Arizona woman, who loaded Alec Baldwin's gun with five dummy rounds and one lead bullet, which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. News Analysis: Can both sides declare victory in Iran-Israel clash?15.dubna Can U.S. officials and other world leaders persuade Israel and Iran to avoid dragging the Middle East into a wider war? Q&A: Yes, Trump could be elected president as a convicted felon15.dubna Donald Trump faces multiple criminal charges, but a conviction would not legally prevent him from serving as president — in theory, even from jail. 'Miracle' weight-loss drugs could have reduced health disparities. Instead they got worse15.dubna Ozempic and other drugs raised the possibility of reversing the country's obesity crisis. Doctors are frustrated that they've made health disparities worse. |