Dr. Rebecca Gomperts says the government has seized abortion drugs she has prescribed from overseas to patients in the U.S. The drugs are approved by the FDA to induce abortion under a doctor’s direction. Updated at 5 p.m. ET A European doctor who prescribes abortion pills to American women over the Internet is suing the…

A Trump appointee displayed a “Make America Great Again” hat at her Housing and Urban Development office. A top official at the Office of Management and Budget used his official Twitter account to promote President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. And White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway delivered a scathing and unprompted attack on Trump’s potential opponent,…

Christina Crowe signs a poster in support of the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Ala., during a convention of the National Weather Association. NOAA’s top scientist said Monday that he’s investigating why the agency’s leadership endorsed President Trump’s false tweet that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian, after Birmingham-based meteorologists from the…

Kris Kobach, the polarizing former Kansas secretary of state, launched a campaign for Senate on Monday — alarming Republicans who fear his candidacy could put the GOP-held open seat in jeopardy next fall. Kobach is the third Republican to announce a run for the seat held by Sen. Pat Roberts, who is not seeking reelection…

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President Trump’s depiction of urban life in America is often grim, and the tension between the president and big city mayors is often filled with name-calling and lawsuits. For many mayors who end up in the president’s crosshairs, it’s a balancing act as they try to determine how to ward off criticism, as well as…

Joe Biden weathered roughly three hours of political attacks from an array of fellow presidential candidates, only to end his debate performance Wednesday night with another viral gaffe. “Four more years of Donald Trump will go down as an aberration. Hard to overcome the damage he’s done, but we can overcome it. Eight more years…

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) says that if elected president she will tackle climate change by restoring and expanding Obama-era policies, while creating incentives to expand climate research and clean energy. What would the plan do? Klobuchar’s plan would largely follow the same executive-action based path advanced by former President Barack Obama by implementing strict fuel…

Shoppers beware. That warning has come from economists ever since the trade war with China began last year. Eventually, they said, the fight between the two economic superpowers will hit regular Americans with higher prices at the cash register. The tariffs will bite. Already some things are costing more. But the impact of the tariffs…