Policy

People hold signs during a news conference by Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom.

Nevada enshrines abortion rights in state constitution in final statewide vote

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 4, 2026 7:49 am

Collage of an abortion-rights protester and Gov. Brad Little (R-ID).

Idaho rejects measure to repeal one of nation’s strictest abortion bans

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2021.

Anti-Islam, anti-DEI Republican loses bid for Texas oil agency seat to Democrat

Flags of Massachusetts and the United States waving in the wind on a clear day, left, and a close-up of growing marijuana plants, right.

Massachusetts votes to keep recreational marijuana legal

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), abortion rights protests, and transgender flags.

Missourians vote down amendment to limit abortion and transgender medicine for minors

Two United Airlines Boeing 737s.

United Airlines plane hits truck driver on descent into Newark airport

Rena Rowe May 4, 2026 10:08 am

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington.

Mullin warns of challenges with DHS restart after thousands quit during shutdown

Emily Hallas May 4, 2026 9:06 am

Children walk past the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM denies Iran’s claim it damaged US warship in Strait of Hormuz

Emily Hallas May 4, 2026 8:19 am

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

Tensions between John Thune and Mike Johnson loom over GOP immigration push

Ramsey Touchberry May 4, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump arrives at Miramar Air Corps Air Station, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump speaks to service members at Miramar Air Corps Air Station, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s top border official, Rodney Scott, unpacks wins and path forward

Anna Giaritelli May 4, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Ocala International Airport, in Ocala Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026, after speaking at an event in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ to allow stranded ships through Strait of Hormuz

Carter Schroppe May 3, 2026 5:10 pm

FILE - U.S and Moroccan military forces take part in the 20th edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Two US service members missing after war games exercise in Morocco

Molly Parks May 3, 2026 12:05 pm

Retired Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott, testifies during a House Committee Homeland Security hearing, June 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

After ‘missteps’ in Minneapolis, CBP’s Rodney Scott resets partnership with ICE

Anna Giaritelli May 3, 2026 7:00 am

Water is dropped by helicopter on the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

Taxpayers could foot $100 million jet fuel bill for wildfires as prices spike

Barnini Chakraborty May 3, 2026 6:00 am

Collage of Donald Trump, top left, anti-abortion protesters holding signs with baby feet prints, and Trump's surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier, right.

Trump surgeon general nominee praised by anti-abortion groups for keeping teen pregnancy

Gabrielle M. Etzel May 3, 2026 5:00 am

Collage featuring President Donald Trump and an Iranian

Trump to review latest Iran proposal, but ‘can’t imagine it would be acceptable’

Carter Schroppe May 3, 2026 1:49 am

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping, right, stand in front of their respective flags.

China blocks US sanctions on five refineries accused of buying Iranian oil

Carter Schroppe May 2, 2026 10:00 pm