Politics

After the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a Texas woman seeking permission to obtain an abortion in the state, three other state top courts are scheduled to hear abortion cases this week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that “when the free world hesitates, that’s when dictatorships celebrate.”

Kate Cox has sought an abortion elsewhere, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is not disclosing her whereabouts.

A judge gave Kate Cox, a mother of two from the Dallas area, permission last week but that decision was put on hold by the state’s all-Republican high court.

Antisemitism has only intensified since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and other militants sparked Israel's ongoing war in Gaza -- which faces heightened criticism for the mounting Palestinian death toll.

Republicans are demanding changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine and Israel.

Musk had previously said he would not allow Alex Jones back on the platform, citing the death of his first child. "I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame," Musk said at the time.

According to the Associated Press, John Whitmire was elected as Mayor of Houston, defeating his opponent Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

The Supreme Court has taken up a case that could reshape US tax law – and ban a wealth tax.

The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction in Ukraine.

In a one-page order, the court said it was temporarily staying Thursday's ruling "without regard to the merits." The case is still pending.

The Texas Supreme Court put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.