Bolsonaro’s Ban on Removing Social Media Posts Is Overturned in Brazil

President Jair Bolsonaro had issued rules forbidding social networks from removing many posts that the sites considered misinformation. On Tuesday, Brazil’s Senate and top court killed the policy.

Opinion | Joe Manchin Doesn’t Know What He’s Missing

Infrastructure isn’t about the price tag. It’s about what the money gets us.

Drug Plan Fails, Signaling Thorny Path for Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Bill

Senior Democrats said they could still preserve elements of their plan to lower prescription drug prices, but they have little room for defections, and divisions remain on that and other issues.

Opinion | Why Are We Still Going Great Guns?

The subject is guns. The password is safety.

Barbara Lee’s Long Quest to Curb Presidential War Powers Faces a New Test

The Democrat spent two decades building consensus to rein in war authorizations that have been stretched beyond their original intent. The Afghanistan withdrawal has complicated the debate.

Opinion | Abortion Has Never Been Just About Abortion

The way it became a “godsend” for the right is a peculiar tale.

Opinion | Abortion Has Never Been Just About Abortion

The way it became a “godsend” for the right is a peculiar tale.

Opinion | Slogans Don’t Save Lives

America needs safer streets, not empty slogans.

House Bill Raises Chance for Global Pact to Curb Corporate Tax Havens

Several big details remain to be worked out before an international October deadline.

Democrats propose a compromise bill on voting rights.

The stripped-down measure is intended to demonstrate party unity in the face of Republican opposition to new federal voting standards.

Opinion | Texas’ Abortion Law Traps Desperate Teenagers

The six-week ban is tragic for adults. It’s worse for minors.

House Democrats’ Plan to Tax the Rich Leaves Vast Fortunes Unscathed

The House Ways and Means Committee’s proposal to pay for trillions in social spending leaves wealth gains and inheritances largely alone. It focuses instead on a more traditional target: income.

House Democrats Outline Tax Increases for Wealthy Businesses and Individuals

The draft proposal includes raising the corporate tax rate to 26.5 percent for the richest businesses to help pay for President Biden’s sweeping expansion of the social safety net.

Opinion | Even Texas Allows Abortions to Protect a Woman’s Life. Or Does It?

History shows us that what counts as a threat to a womans life isn't always clear-cut.

The Texas Abortion Law Creates a Kind of Bounty Hunter. Here’s How It Works.

There is little precedent for the provision that deputizes ordinary citizens to enforce an effective ban on abortions — and offers them a financial incentive to do so.

Behind the Texas Abortion Law, a Persevering Conservative Lawyer

Jonathan Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.

As Democrats Push a $3.5 Trillion Bill, a Top Lawmaker Stays Mum on Tax Increases

The silence from Representative Richard Neal of Massachusetts has some liberal Democrats worried that he could thwart the scope of their economic ambitions.

Democrats Unveil Details of Sweeping Climate Change Spending Plan

At the heart of a budget bill is a powerful mechanism that would cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, which are fueling climate change.

California Moves to Outlaw ‘Stealthing,’ or Removing Condom Without Consent

The bill, which the Legislature approved unanimously and which awaits the governor’s signature, would make it a civil offense to remove a condom during intercourse without a partner’s consent.

The Justice Dept. sues Texas over its new restrictive abortion law.

The move is the first major step by the Biden administration to confront the new law, the nation’s most restrictive in terms of abortion access.