South Carolina House approves abortion ban with exceptions

South Carolina’s bill currently allows abortions if a mother's life is in danger and then lists several different medical emergencies that would fit into that exception.

Georgia House committee considers benefits of 'magic mushrooms' for veterans with PTSD

Georgians suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) already qualify for the state's medical cannabis oil program, but state lawmakers are now considering the potential benefits of psilocybin, commonly known as "magic mushrooms," for military veterans.

'Fund the police': Biden outlines crime plan, pushes assault weapons ban

Democrats and Republicans worked together in a rare effort to pass gun safety legislation earlier this year after massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

Biden to deliver prime-time speech Thursday on 'battle' for democracy

President Joe Biden will deliver a prime-time address "on the continued battle for the soul of the nation" Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the White House announced Monday.

Judge denies Kemp's attempt to quash subpoena in Fulton County election probe

A Fulton County superior court judge has denied Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's attempt to not testify in the county's special grand jury investigating possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election.

Biden administration crackdown on 'ghost guns' takes effect

The new federal rule will mandate background checks for homemade firearm kits and require serialization on some weapon parts, the Biden administration announced.

Nevada approves hand counting votes over fears of machines

Nye County is one of the first jurisdictions nationwide to act on election conspiracies related to mistrust in voting machines.

Abrams, Democrats look to prove 2020 Georgia election wasn’t ‘fluke’

After Democrats won national election races in Georgia for the first time in 28 years with Joe Biden's victory, Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock and others are trying to prove that that victory was not a "fluke."

Dixon Butts? Candidate endorsed by 'your mother'? Joke Arizona political signs catching people's attention

It's campaign season, and that means political signs are being put up along some major intersections. In between political signs for the various candidates, however, are signs that are being put up as practical jokes.

Gavin Newsom on donating $100K to Ron DeSantis' opponent: 'I like Charlie Crist and I don't like bullies'

The Gubernatorial feud between California's Gavin Newsom and Florida's Ron DeSantis continues. The latest came from Newsom revealing he had donated $100,000 to DeSantis' opponent and former Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

Republican Mehmet Oz's bid for Senate possible Muslim first, but it's 'complicated'

While some in the Muslim community aren’t aware Dr. Mehmet Oz is Muslim, others suggest that faith doesn't matter “if you're not on the right side of the issues.”

More 'trigger laws' take effect: 4 more states to ban almost all abortions

To date, 13 states have passed so-called trigger laws that were designed to outlaw most abortions if the Supreme Court threw out the constitutional right to end a pregnancy.

Brian Kemp fighting subpoena in Fulton County's Trump election probe

The judge presiding over a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia is wading into a fight over whether Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has to testify before the panel.

Former Georgia first lady Sandra Deal dies at 80

Georgia’s former first lady Sandra Deal lost her long battle with cancer on Tuesday. She was 80.