Topline Only 27% of Americans have a great deal of confidence in 14 major American institutions on average, a record low since 1979 and a 5% drop from 2021, according to a poll conducted by Gallup, wh...
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Biden And Democratic Governors Pledge To Increase Abortion Protections
Topline President Joe Biden met with Democratic governors in a video conference Friday to discuss efforts to protect access to abortion as more Republican-controlled states implement abortion bans in ...
Changed Hearts And Minds – A Personal (Ongoing) Journey To Better Understanding LGBTQ+ Equity Issues
Last week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas opined that we should revisit several major Supreme Court decisions, including Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage. This startled m...
EPA Targets Permian Basin, Widening Biden’s War On Oil And Gas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 22, 2018: A flag with the United States Environmental Protection Agency … [+] (EPA) logo flies at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Rob...
In The Supreme Court’s Latest Term, The Conservative Majority Continued To Radically Transform The Role Of Religion In Public Life
While the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish the right to an abortion has garnered a great deal of attention, the same bloc of conservative justices who overturned Roe v. Wade also dramatically redef...
Ginni Thomas Won’t Testify to Jan. 6 Committee, Lawyer Says — Here’s What We Know About Her Efforts To Overturn The Election
Topline Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will not testify to the House January 6 Committee as of now, her lawyer told the committee in a letter Tuesda...
Supreme Court Restores GOP-Drawn Louisiana Redistricting Map Originally Blocked For Racial Bias
Topline The Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily reinstated a Republican-drawn redistricting map for Louisiana’s six House districts pending further review, pausing a preliminary injunction from a low...
The Ultimate Explainer On What It Means
Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh—both of whom voted to overturn Roe v. Wade … [+] this week—attend the State of the Union address on February 5, 2019. Getty Images The Sup...
Medical Journals And Professional Groups Condemn Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe
Topline Major medical journals and professional societies — including those for pediatricians and gynecological and obstetric doctors — condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nat...
GOP-Run States Push New Abortion Restrictions After Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe
Topline Within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some Republicans began pushing for new abortion restrictions, possibly adding to over a dozen states already on track to b...
Here’s How It’ll Impact Reproductive Healthcare — Beyond Abortion
Topline The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday and gave states license to ban abortion—and many already have—which experts warn could have far-reaching and dangerous implications for treat...
Here’s How It Could Impact Fertility Treatments And IVF
Topline The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, a monumental decision that’s already rolling back abortion rights in many states and could possibly make it harder for Americans to access o...
Police Who Don’t Confirm ‘Right To Remain Silent’ When Making Arrests Can’t Be Sued, Supreme Court Rules
Topline Criminal suspects now have less legal recourse if police officers fail to read them their Miranda rights—that they have the “right to remain silent” and to an attorney—as the Supreme Court rul...
Gun Stocks Surge Higher As Supreme Court Rejects New York’s Concealed Carry Law
Topline The share prices of U.S. gun- and ammunition-makers shot up Thursday after the Supreme Court struck down a New York law restricting concealed carry, the widest expansion of gun rights in over ...
In Another Victory For Religious Conservatives, The Supreme Court Struck Down Maine’s Prohibition Against Funding Religious Schools
In a 6-3 ruling further expanding religious interests, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down a Maine program prohibiting government vouchers to religious schools. The exclusion of reli...
Ginni Thomas Will Testify to Jan. 6 Committee — Here’s What We Know About Her Efforts To Overturn The Election
Topline Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will testify to the House January 6 Committee, she told the Daily Caller Thursday after chair Rep. Bennie Tho...
Abortion Rates In The U.S. Rose In 2020 After 30 Years Of Decline, Report Says
Topline The number of abortions carried out in the U.S. rose in 2020 after hitting a 44-year low in 2017, according to a study published on Wednesday, a finding that comes before a widely expected Sup...
Nebraska Governor Will Push For Total Abortion Ban If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned
Topline Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday he hopes to work with the state’s GOP-dominated legislature to pass a statewide abortion ban—without exceptions for rape...
Abortion Rights Advocates Rally Across U.S. With Supreme Court Expected To Overturn Roe V. Wade
Topline Protesters gathered at more than 300 events across the U.S. on Saturday, including in Washington, D.C., New York City and Houston, to demand access to abortion after a leaked draft opinion fro...
Abortion-Themed Political Ads Surged After Leaked Roe V. Wade Decision, Study Finds
Topline References to abortion in TV political advertising surged after Politico published a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion last week that would overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a report publish...
New York Launches $35 Million Fund To Help State Abortion Providers
Topline New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday said the state would allocate $35 million to launch a new Abortion Services Provider Fund to offer direct support to abortion clinics in the wake of a...
New York Times Changes Today’s Wordle #324 Answer Amid Abortion Controversy
Topline Wordle fans around the world were left confused on Monday after the popular puzzle offered up two different solutions for answer #324, a move the game’s owner, the New York Times, said was int...
Wisconsin Anti-Abortion Office Targeted In Suspected Arson Attack, Officials Say
Topline An anti-abortion nonprofit based in Madison, Wisconsin, was set alight by a suspected arsonist Sunday morning, police said, in an incident reflecting the heated tone of debate as the Supreme C...
Arkansas Governor Who Signed State-Level Abortion Ban Says He’s Against A National Ban
Topline Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R)—who supported a near-absolute ban on abortions in his own state—told ABC Sunday he would oppose a national abortion ban, arguing the idea goes against the prin...
Oklahoma Enacts Texas-Style 6-Week Abortion Ban
Topline Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill Tuesday that bans virtually all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, threatening to sharply curtail abortion access for both Oklahomans and Texan...
Reactions Divided Along Partisan Lines Following Reports That Supreme Court Is Set To Overturn Roe V. Wade
Topline Democratic leaders and pro-abortion rights activists called for legislative action to protect the right to abortion services while Republican leaders and anti-abortion activists cheered after ...
Supreme Court Reportedly Plans To Overturn Roe V. Wade, According To Leaked Draft Opinion
Topline Members of the Supreme Court have agreed to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed abortion rights nationwide, according to an apparently leaked draft opinion obtained by Pol...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Argues ‘Racist’ Decisions Against Puerto Ricans Should Be Overturned—Here’s What That Could Mean
Topline Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called for the court Thursday to overturn a series of landmark decisions from the early 1900s that deprived residents of U.S. territories from having full co...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Restrictive Kentucky Abortion Law
Topline A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a restrictive new Kentucky abortion law that effectively banned the state’s only two clinics from offering the procedure, a week after the law m...
Scraping Data From LinkedIn Profiles Is Legal, Appeals Court Rules
Topline An appeals court Monday ruled that web scraping—or automatically extracting information from websites and storing it for later use—is legal, protecting a tool used by researchers but dealing a...
GOP Sens. Romney, Murkowski Will Vote For Supreme Court Nominee Jackson
Topline Republican Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, they announced Monday night, joining Sen. Susan Collins (Maine...