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A person votes in the Virginia redistricting referendum at Lake Braddock Secondary School, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Burke, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redrawn US House maps, giving Republicans a win

May 8, 2026 at 4:20 p.m.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge...

FILE – Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies

May 4, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across...

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

May 1, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person at clinics.

People rally outside a courthouse while a hearing for Purdue Pharma takes place inside in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s criminal sentence could be the last step before company dissolves

April 28, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma could be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the end of the week, as a massive legal settlement resolving thousands...

FILE – Protesters who have lost love ones to the opioid crisis protest outside a courthouse in Boston, Aug. 2, 2019, where a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Judge postpones OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s sentencing to let opioid victims attend in person

April 21, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

A judge on Tuesday delayed the criminal sentencing of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in order to allow victims to attend the court proceeding in person.

Judge refuses to block sending abortion pill by mail for now, but says FDA must finish review

April 7, 2026 at 4:45 p.m.

A federal judge Tuesday refused to block filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone by mail across the U.S. — at least for now — in a setback to Louisiana’s...

FILE – Electric Time Co. employee Walter Rodriguez cleans the face of an 84-inch Wegman clock at the plant in Medfield, Mass. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

This weekend’s US clock change is a problem, and there’s a deep divide on how to fix it

March 6, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-morning...

FILE – A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

A judge says she’ll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients

February 13, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s administration cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a judge said...

Daphne Williams, director of the Smarty Pants Early Learning Center, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, reads to children on Jan. 7, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Judge rules Trump administration can’t withhold child care and social service funds to Illinois and 4 other states

February 6, 2026 at 7:09 p.m.

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least...

FILE – A customer walks past an EBT payment sign posted on the front window of a grocery store in Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Expanded work requirements for the biggest US food aid program are kicking in for more states

January 30, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

Work requirements are kicking in for more older adults and parents of teenagers across the U.S. who get help with groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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