Donations to a Susan Collins' Super PAC have been busted for possible violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act, namely hiding the source of the money.
Susan Collins Busted as Illegal Dark Money Pours Into Her Campaign
Opinion: Katie Hill Continues to Give Back As She Writes About Surviving Revenge Porn
There is no substitute for the powerful words of Katie Hill in her weekend article in the New York Times about surviving revenge porn. In taking on this cause, she’s showing that it can be done. She is also disempowering the very weapon used against her.
Republicans Insult Sexual Assault Victims By Circling The Wagons To Defend Alex Acosta
White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters Tuesday morning that Trump’s labor secretary Alex Acosta is doing a great job in the wake of the new Jeffrey Epstein child sex trafficking indictment.
House Speaker Pelosi calls for Acosta to resign over Epstein deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for President Donald Trump's Labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, to resign amid renewed concerns over his handling of sex abuse charges involving wealthy U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. judge blocks Ohio ‘heartbeat’ law to end most abortions
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Ohio from enforcing a new law that critics said would effectively ban most abortions in the state, starting as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
Rachel Maddow Tells Missouri GOP To Get Lost After They Whine About Her Abortion Coverage
Rachel Maddow had a response for the Republican-led government in Missouri after they asked her to stop reporting on the state's attack on women.
Rachel Maddow: Missouri GOP Now Forcing Women To Have ‘Medically Unnecessary’ Pelvic Exams
The GOP-led government in Missouri is now forcing the last abortion clinic in the state to conduct mandatory and medically unnecessary pelvic exams.
It’s (still) a man’s world as equality pledges fail 1.4 bln women
World leaders are failing 1.4 billion girls and women on promises of a fairer future, according to a global index launched at the world's biggest gender equality conference.
Support for abortion rights grows as Republicans move to ban it in some states: Reuters poll
Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, even as a wave of Republican-controlled state governments have imposed new restrictions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.
‘Power’ loss: TV show protests Georgia abortion law by leaving U.S. state
"It felt wrong for us to go ahead and make our show and take money/tax credit from a state that is taking this stance on the abortion issue," Morano wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.
BUSTED: Secret Memo Exposes Republican Talking Points On Abortion Bans
The very secret, “'strictly OFF-THE-RECORD' and not to be printed or reproduced by/for media" document was produced by the Republican Study Committee to offer “messaging guidance” on the Republican Party's "pro-life platform."
Republicans Dig Their Own Graves As Voters Massively Oppose Alabama And Georgia Abortion Bills
By a margin of 56%-33%, voters oppose the anti-choice laws being passed in red states like Alabama and Georgia.
Hundreds gather at U.S. Supreme Court to protest state abortion bans as step backward
Hundreds of abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party's 2020 presidential nomination, rallied in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states.
Abortion-rights activists rally at Supreme Court to protest new state bans
U.S. abortion-rights campaigners, including several Democrats running for president in 2020, are set to rally in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by legislatures in eight states.
Alabama Gov Ivey is Sure the GOP Abortion Ban Won’t Hurt Tourism or Business
In what might be seen as a dismissively antagonistic stance, Republican Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said she doesn't think the abortion ban that has no exception for rape or incest, which she just signed into law, will hurt tourism or business recruitment.
Missouri assembly passes restrictive abortion bill, days after Alabama
The lower house of the Missouri General Assembly passed a bill on Friday to prohibit women from seeking an abortion after the eighth week of pregnancy, days after Alabama enacted the most restrictive abortion law in the United States.
Republicans Are Running Away From Their Own Toxic Platform on Abortion
Republicans are very busy running away from Alabama's tough abortion law, even though they not only enabled this exact situation by stealing a Supreme Court seat from President Obama and then installing two exceptionally far-right extremists to the bench but also, their platform insists on personhood for a fetus.
Elizabeth Warren Goes Big With Reproductive Rights Protection Plan
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to attacks on reproductive rights in Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri with a big plan to protect the right to choose.
U.S. anti-abortion groups plot course from state capitals to Supreme Court
Anti-abortion advocacy groups have pushed hard in recent months for the passage of bills to restrict or even ban the procedure outright at the state level, inspired by the perception that the U.S. Supreme Court has tilted in their favor.
Missouri GOP-led Senate passes bill to ban abortions after eight weeks
The bills, along with similar measures proposed in more than a dozen other states, are the latest effort by conservatives to challenge Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1973 establishing a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy.