Extreme abortion restrictions in conservative states do not affect all people equally.

Afghan civilians and U.S. government contractors will be vetted and given health screenings upon arrival in the United States, before they’re allowed into other parts of the country.

Both Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services claim gender confirmation surgery for transgender minors is child abuse — even though such procedures are nearly nonexistent.

The civil arrest warrants seek to compel 52 House Democrats back to the state Capitol.

The Missouri Republican wants to block efforts to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus even while children remain the most vulnerable.

Florida and Texas have banned schools and businesses from requiring that people wear masks or be vaccinated.

A progressive activist secretly recorded Republican state lawmakers saying their voter suppression bill is meant to keep Democrats from winning elections.

Crus says he’s upset that Texas Democrats are obstructing the ‘will’ of the majority.

Gov. Greg Abbott has constructed a chain-link fence in Del Rio, Texas, to stop migrants.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told a talk show host he has ‘another solution.’

The proposal disproportionately targets counties that voted for President Joe Biden.

Biden’s American Jobs Plan ‘will help prepare us before the next big cold snap hits,’ Steve Brown writes.

The Texas Legislature is considering bills banning trans student athletes from sports teams.

Dozens of Democratic state representatives left Texas for Washington, D.C., in an effort to both block a GOP voter suppression bill, as well as convince Congress to pass voting rights legislation.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for reelection as ‘conservative, stalwart leader with a deep passion and respect for our U.S. Constitution.’

Democrats are also protesting Republican attacks on transgender kids and other right-wing legislation.

From ‘election integrity’ to ‘critical race theory’ to targeting transgender students, Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda is red meat for the GOP base.

New polls show little support for GOP efforts to suppress the vote, ban abortions, and eliminate gun licensing and training requirements.

The program will receive $100 million in the next financial year, up from $20 million in 2017.

Experts and advocates say Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to shut down shelters could seriously disrupt the program for unaccompanied migrant children.

Allen West, notorious for bigoted comments and conspiracy theories, announced his resignation from the top party position.

‘This is a transparent and troubling ploy to politicize a humanitarian crisis,’ said the head of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.

Paxton Smith spoke out against a new Texas law that outlaws abortion as early as six weeks after conception, when many are unaware they are pregnant.

Gov. Greg Abbott has begun punishing and taunting Democrats while he settles on when he will order them back to work.

Republicans tried to cut back on Sunday voting hours, which would impact voter events organized by Black churches.

Georgia Democrats’ focus on narrow demographic slices of the electorate could prove especially intriguing to party leaders in other Southern Sun Belt states.

GOP lawmakers openly acknowledge that they are looking to upend the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

The new Texas law prohibits state officials from being the ones to enforce the ban on abortion.

Scandal-plagued Republican Ken Paxton says challenger George P. Bush doesn’t have the ‘legal skills’ to be attorney general.

Louisiana taxpayers may be on the hook for over $8 million after GOP lawmakers there took an abortion case to the Supreme Court and failed. Texas is following in the state’s footsteps.