The struggle over the sweeping red-state drive to roll back civil rights and liberties has primarily moved to the courts. Since 2021, Republican-controlled states have passed a swarm…
Read more Red States Are Rolling Back the Rights RevolutionPORTLAND, Ore. — Midterm voters in Oregon narrowly passed one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation, buoying the hopes of gun control supporters, but the…
Read more Tough Oregon gun law faces legal challenge, could be delayedRIO DE JANEIRO — The two men were sitting at a bar on Nov. 21, sipping drinks for relief from the scorching heat of Brazil’s Mato Grosso state,…
Read more Brazilian protests intensify; Bolsonaro stays silentWEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Surrounded by a slew of players with their arms draped over shoulders, West Bloomfield High School assistant coach Justin Ibe bowed his head…
Read more Prayers go on, sometimes out of sight, in prep footballWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year…
Read more Supreme Court OKs handover of Trump tax returns to CongressNEW YORK — President Joe Biden’s plan to provide up to $20,000 in federal student loan forgiveness has been blocked by two federal courts, leaving millions of borrowers…
Read more What to know if you’ve applied for student loan forgivenessToday in History Today is Friday, Nov. 11, the 315th day of 2022. There are 50 days left in the year. Today is Veterans Day. Today’s Highlight in…
Read more Today in History: November 11, World War I armistice signedHOUSTON — A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness is set to be executed Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body…
Read more Texas to execute man for killing mother nearly 20 years agoFILE – Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as she and members of the Supreme Court pose for a new group portrait following her addition, at the Supreme…
Read more Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinionSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday posthumously pardoned an abortion activist from the 1930s and 1940s, acting days before Californians finish voting on whether to enshrine…
Read more California governor pardons abortion activist from 1940sRIO DE JANEIRO — In the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election, many feared a narrow result would spell the death knell for Latin America’s largest democracy. So far,…
Read more With Bolsonaro tamed in defeat, Brazil steps back from brinkToday in History Today is Tuesday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2022. There are 60 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 1,…
Read more Today in History: November 1, Thomas joins Supreme CourtToday in History Today is Monday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2022. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today’s Highlight in History:…
Read more Today in History: October 31, Indira Gandhi assassinatedSAO PAULO — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro Sunday in…
Read more Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s presidentToday in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2022. There are 65 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 27,…
Read more Today in History: October 27, Sadat and Begin win NobelMEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in the border state of Tamaulipas voted Wednesday night to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions.…
Read more Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s statesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico, Texas and Colorado have negotiated a proposed settlement that they say will end a yearslong battle over management of one of the longest…
Read more Western states propose deal over beleaguered Rio GrandeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico, Texas and Colorado have negotiated a proposed settlement that they say will end a yearslong battle over management of one of the longest…
Read more Western states propose deal over beleaguered Rio GrandeCOMENDADOR LEVY GASPARIAN, Brazil — A Brazilian politician attacked federal police officers seeking to arrest him in his home on Sunday, prompting an hours-long siege that caused alarm…
Read more Brazil pol and Bolsonaro ally refuses arrest, injures policeST. LOUIS — Attorneys for six Republican-led states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to block the Biden administration’s program to forgive hundreds of…
Read more GOP-led states appealing dismissal of suit over loan relief
