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"Abortion bans, attacks on same-sex marriage, restrictions on contraception": Scary reality of second Trump term

All three candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Republican primary for North Carolina Secretary of State — Chad Brown (R), Jesse Thomas (R), and Christine Villaverde (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

Pramila Jayapal and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuse president of behaving like Trump, saying ‘we must not buckle on our principles’

US President Joe Biden on Thursday slammed the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are children, a decision that has led IVF clinics in the state to halt operations because of their increased exposure to wrongful death lawsuits.

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Maca Casado, the campaign's Hispanic media director, called the former president's supposed "cheap politics as usual"

Nikki Haley seemed to side with the Alabama court's decision, telling NBC News, "Embryos, to me, are babies." President Biden has seized the opportunity to call for enshrining Roe.

An activist confronted Rep. Andy Ogles over "taxpayer dollars that are going to bomb those kids"

Activists decry anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric as they mourn Nex Benedict, 16, who died after ‘altercation’ in Oklahoma high school bathroom

Trump team complains about "unseemly rush" to collect the $355 million former president owes

Next week, Congress will have to choose between a rushed omnibus bill or a long-term continuing resolution that comes with a possible 1 percent spending cut.