TikTok Users and Coders Flood Texas Abortion Site With Fake Tips

To protest Texas’ new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state’s largest anti-abortion group.

How Texas Banned Almost All Abortions

Legislation banning most terminations has gone into effect in Texas. How did it avoid being immediately struck down like so many previous anti-abortion laws?

Opinion | In the Dead of Night, the Supreme Court Proved It Has Too Much Power

The conservative majority essentially nullified the constitutional rights of millions of American women without so much as an argument.

Texas Abortion Case Highlights Concern Over Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’

A process intended to help the court deal with emergency petitions and routine matters has grown into a backdoor way of making major policy decisions.

Congress Moves to Increase Pentagon Budget, Defying Biden and Liberals

More than a dozen Democrats on a key panel broke ranks to endorse a $24 billion increase to military spending above what President Biden had requested.

Biden Vows to Protect Abortion Rights in Face of ‘Extreme’ Texas Law

President Biden directed a gender-focused policy council in the White House and other agencies to “launch of a whole-of-government effort” to respond.

Confusion in Texas as ‘Unprecedented’ Abortion Law Takes Effect

No lawsuits appeared to have been filed, but call centers for abortion services turned into help lines crowded with crying women. Some began seeking services by crossing state lines.

Will Hearing Aids Ever Be Hip?

A new generation of more affordable and stylish hearing aids could help preserve mind, life and limb for millions.

New York Passes Bill Extending Eviction Moratorium to January

New York is the first state to pass a new measure to protect struggling renters since the Supreme Court whittled away at existing shields against eviction.

Answers to Questions About the Texas Abortion Law

The law prohibits abortions before many women even know they’re pregnant, and it will be hard to challenge in the courts.

Opinion | Texas Is Trying to Overturn Roe v. Wade All by Itself

Outpacing Mississippi in the race for the worst state for women.

Answers to Questions About the Texas Abortion Law

The law prohibits abortions before many women even know they’re pregnant, and it will be hard to challenge in the courts.

Opinion | Is This How Roe v. Wade Dies?

The Supreme Court allowed the nation’s harshest abortion ban to go into effect, without lifting a finger.

Supreme Court, Breaking Silence, Won’t Block Texas Abortion Law

The law, which prohibits most abortions after six weeks and went into effect on Wednesday, was drafted by Texas lawmakers with the goal of frustrating efforts to challenge it in federal court.

N.Y. Legislature Expected to Extend Freeze on Evictions in Rare Special Session

The moratorium, which expired on Aug. 31, is part of the state’s effort to help tenants struggling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lessons on Child Care, From the Military

The military transformed what was once an underfunded, scattershot child care system into one of the best in the country. Some see it as a model to emulate.

N.Y. Legislature Expected to Extend Freeze on Evictions in Rare Special Session

The moratorium, which expired on Aug. 31, is part of the state’s effort to help tenants struggling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher

The bill, which will tighten what were already some of the nation’s strictest voting rules, represents a major victory for Republicans in their nationwide push to overhaul elections.

Supreme Court Asked to Block Texas Law Banning Most Abortions

The law, set to go into effect on Wednesday, bans abortions after about six weeks and deputizes citizens to file suits to enforce it.

Five Decades Later, Medicare Might Cover Dental Care

In the large budget bill now in Congress, supporters of the measure see a rare opportunity to advance a popular policy.