In a victory for abortion-rights supporters, a federal judge struck down a Kentucky law that had put the state's last abortion clinic at risk of closing when Gov. Matt Bevin's administration cited it in a licensing fight with the facility. U.S. District Judge Greg Stivers, in a long-awaited ruling, said Friday that the two-decade-old law violates constitutionally protected due process rights. The law required Kentucky's abortion clinics to have written agreements with a hospital and an ambulance service in case of medical emergencies.

The Senate hearing was a travesty — at once tragic, corrupt, and hateful.

A monument to Confederate soldiers that stood in a San Antonio, Texas, park for more than 100 years is now history.

Political donations are behind an appellate court ruling that overturned a jury's verdict requiring an apartment company to pay $1 million to two women raped by a man who entered their Garland home through a window with a broken latch, the women's attorney claims in a motion filed this week...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a lawsuit to defend the Texas law requiring students to cite the pledge.

We shouldn’t allow the questions raised about the nominee in his first hearing to be submerged by the onrushing tide of scandal.

An alleged witness to the rape attempt the Supreme Court nominee stands accused of has opined about rowdy-young-male behavior for years. By Spencer Kornhaber. (Sept. 19, 2018)

The California senator questions the way the ex-Starr aide pushed back on a claim a witness was asked a sexually explicit question. By Josh Gerstein.

Amnesty International is calling on senators to to halt the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over his “possible involvement” in human rights violations after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. By Emily Birnbaum.

Michael Holick, a renowned scientist turned expert witness, relies on his own controversial theory about a condition called hypermobile EDS to help alleged abusers avoid prison and regain custody of the babies they were accused of harming. By David Armstrong.

Gamble v. United States isn’t related to the Russia investigation. But the outcome—which one senior Republican senator has tried to influence—could still have consequences for the probe.  

The White House has drafted an executive order for President Donald Trump’s signature that would instruct federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to open investigations into the business practices of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and other social media companies. The order is in its preliminary stages and hasn’t yet been run past other government agencies, according to a White House official. Bloomberg News obtained a draft of the order.

Another Pulitzer for Kathleen Parker pls! By Robyn Pennacchia.

“We are about to drive a lot of dark money donors into the light—it’s gonna look like the climax of a Harry Potter movie where the creatures shrivel in the sun.” By Jon Queally.

Khaw Kim Sun, 53, has been convicted of killing wife and teenage daughter with deadly gas

"I was just sitting there talking to my Dad, and suddenly an explosion went off in my pocket," Mann said.

"The Republicans move in lockstep, and so do the Democrats," the Notorious RBG said at George Washington University

The EU Wednesday passed a controversial law that could fundamentally change the way the internet works, forcing companies like Google and Facebook to pay publishers every single time someone shares a link to an article.

In one of the dumbest technology regulation moves since the US's FCC destroyed America's net neutrality, the European Union's copyright law overhaul promises to wreck today's internet.

The EU parliament has approved new copyright rules that campaigners have warned could be "catastrophic" for the internet. MEPs voted for the controversial rules, known as article 11 and 13. The most criticised of those is the latter, which stipulates that technology platforms must filter the things people post on them, and check for copyright infringement.