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The Supreme Court extended until Friday a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would restrict availability of mifepristone.

WASHINGTON — A federal agency has given judges a new tool to reduce unusually long sentences for some prisoners if there is a change in a law, an approach Republican senators warned will hamper, if not destroy, the possibility of future criminal justice legislation.

Advocacy groups have urged the Senate to ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify on his relationship with a wealthy GOP donor.

Weeks after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she had been diagnosed with shingles, her extended absence from the Senate has left Democrats in a tight spot given the party’s slim majority in the chamber, spurring some high-profile calls for her resignation.

Weeks after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she had been diagnosed with shingles, her extended absence from the Senate has left Democrats in a tight spot given the party’s slim majority in the chamber, spurring some high-profile calls for her resignation.

Weeks after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she had been diagnosed with shingles, her extended absence from the Senate has left Democrats in a tight spot given the party’s slim majority in the chamber, spurring some high-profile calls for her resignation.

WASHINGTON — A Louisiana-based federal appeals court could decide as soon as Wednesday the availability of the nation’s most used medication abortion drug, as members of Congress from both parties weighed in on a lower court ruling that would stop the manufacture and distribution of the drug this Saturday.

Members of Congress weighed in on a lower court ruling that would stop the manufacture and distribution of an abortion drug.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a rare statement Friday in response to an investigative news report about unreported trips he received from a Republican donor that renewed Democratic criticisms of the high court’s ethical standards.