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March 29, 2024

Judge blocks NJ ballot design panned for alleged pro-establishment favoritism

A federal judge agreed Friday to block New Jersey's primary ballot design, widely panned as being deliberately structured to boost candidates favored by their parties' establishment.

March 29, 2024

Polish president vetoes legalization of over-the-counter morning after pill

Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed Friday a law that would have permitted over-the-counter access to the morning after pill for women and girls 15 and older.

March 29, 2024

Biden rolls out new endorsements for controversial judicial nominee as Dem support dwindles

President Biden's administration is continuing its effort to confirm a controversial judicial nominee as senators press concerns over antisemitism and anti-law enforcement accusations.

March 28, 2024

South Carolina congressional map can stay for this year's elections, panel rules

A federal court on Tuesday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under current district lines, which it previously deemed unconstitutional.

March 28, 2024

Top court upholds Maine's Sunday hunting ban

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that the state's longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional, dismissing a lawsuit asserting the contrary.

March 28, 2024

We were loving foster care parents until Washington state insisted we violate our faith

Devoted foster parents were disqualified by Washington state because of their faith. Officials decided that new gender expression policies outranked the couple's religious beliefs.

March 28, 2024

Supreme Court throws a curve ball in hearing on legality of abortion pills

Two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in a majority-conservative bench, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the abortion pill Tuesday.

March 27, 2024

Prosecutors slam Hunter Biden attorneys in federal court: 'You attack the facts'

A federal judge in California on Wednesday said he will rule on Hunter Biden’s effort to have the tax charges against him dismissed by April 17.

March 27, 2024

Nashville PD to stop rejecting HIV-positive officers after settlement

Metropolitan Nashville Police officers will no longer be disqualified on the sole basis of HIV status, the city agreed in a legal settlement Friday.

March 27, 2024

Fox News Poll: Record number say abortion should be legal

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a record number of voters think abortion should be legal, with two-thirds favoring nationwide law guaranteeing access, according to a Fox News national survey.