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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended travelers continue to wear masks in airplanes, trains and airports despite a judge’s April …

WASHINGTON – Nearly two-thirds of Americans said they are more likely to back candidates who support the right to abortion in the November midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll …

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats will put forward a bill that will codify abortion rights into law this week, with a vote taking place next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …

By Mike Scarcella, Karen Sloan and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – The leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion striking down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized …

WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will deliver a speech on Thursday outlining U.S. policy towards China, the State Department said. Blinken will give the speech at 11 a.m. …

By Steve Holland and Mike Stone WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited a Lockheed Martin Co facility in Alabama that manufactures the anti-tank Javelin missile, putting the spotlight …

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO -Canada’s Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister affirmed on Tuesday their support of women’s right to choose after a leaked draft ruling suggests the U.S. …

By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE – The leader of Haiti’s feared 400 Mawozo gang, which last year abducted a group of missionaries from the United States and Canada, …

(Reuters) – A Republican county clerk, accused by Colorado authorities of leading an unauthorized breach of voter data with activists who back former President Donald Trump’s stolen election falsehoods, was …

WASHINGTON – The top Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday he would keep the chamber’s filibuster rules in place “at all costs” if he were the leader of …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the best way for Washington to speed aid to Ukraine was to pass a funding bill devoid of …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, following a report suggesting the Supreme Court …

By Maria Caspani (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers from 16 states on Tuesday pledged to introduce legislation providing legal refuge to transgender youth and their families displaced by restrictive laws in …

By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s government after …

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department has determined that Russia has wrongfully detained American basketball player Brittney Griner, a department spokesperson said in a statement. Russia said it …

By Joseph Campbell and Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA/MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Dozens of evacuees who took refuge for weeks in the bunkers of a steel works in Russian-occupied Mariupol reached the safety of …

(Reuters) – Here’s what getting an abortion in America could look like if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The first …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – During his 16 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito has forged a reputation as a staunch conservative on a range of issues, …

By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it would defeat Russia and expose the “gigantic error” of the Kremlin’s …

By Gabriella Borter BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Inside Planned Parenthood’s Birmingham, Alabama, clinic, a quiet space with few windows and stock photos of the city lining the walls, a woman tapped …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said the Supreme Court will investigate the leak of a draft decision indicating that a majority of the nine …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had been told that a leaked decision indicating the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – The United States will extend expiring work permits for a year and a half for tens of thousands of immigrants due to lengthy backlogs to …

IRPIN, Ukraine – Ukraine’s prosecutor general accused Russia on Tuesday of using rape as a tactic of war and described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the main war criminal of …