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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt circa 1930 at the White House. In the 1930s, FDR’s “court packing” plan brought the U.S. to the brink of a constitutional crisis. ‎/AFP via Getty …

President Trump hasn’t talked about the war in Gaza much since landing in the Middle East. But on Thursday, he doubled down on his plan to develop it as a …

President Trump’s order that would end automatic citizenship for the children of many categories of immigrants has been blocked from going into effect by three separate federal judges. Those injunctions …

Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Julie Caine/Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco hide caption toggle caption Julie …

Texas State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, one of the original sponsors of the Texas Heartbeat Act, is now the lead sponsor of a bill to clarify when a doctor can …

A small network of anti-abortion rights activists has been making progress pushing for bills that would classify people who get abortions as criminals. AILSA CHANG, HOST: A small network of …

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson called the House budget plan a “sad joke.” He and other Senate Republicans are already raising questions about the legislation, even before the House finalizes …

A demonstrator carrying a sign that says “VOTING RIGHTS NOW” walks across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in 2022 in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel …

President Trump speaks with leaders at the Gulf Cooperation Council on May 14, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He met briefly with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa earlier on Wednesday. …

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, wait to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Aug. 27, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption …